Officially my 10th video documenting my trip to JAPAN! All shot on a GoPro Hero5.
We arrived in Kumamoto the day prior. Today is the day that was actually anticipated. Both my brother and father wanted to see the Reigando Cave and that is what we did first thing in the morning. For those that don’t know, it was temporarily home to a ronin, Miyamoto Musashi. In the cave he wrote Book of Five Rings, which introduced Musashi to my family.
After the cave, we met a cat. No surprise but we had to stop and give it a little love an attention. We then head to a samurai workshop. There a Swedish man, Hans Koga, works on and repairs swords. He showed us his collection. My brother saw a cockroach and then Koga proceeded to tell us that it was fine because a huge Huntsman preys on them. We did not stay too long, suffice to say.
Last stop of the day was at Matsunaga Genrokuro’s workshop. He showed us how he makes his swords. Sparks flew and burnt holes in our tour guide’s jacket. After the demonstration we watched his students cut bamboo mats, and after both my brother and father got to try. And so ended our day in Kumamoto.
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I’m new to filming. New to editing. And new to Japan. Please enjoy!
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