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Hello everyone. It’s Kunimi.
Your favorite Hachijo Island ramen shop owner.
Today, as a climbing edition, We’re going to
Kuro-suna in the Kashitate area.
This is our guide, Rui.
Hello. Good morning.
Good morning. Thank you for
coming. Please introduce yourself.
I am a nature guide on Hachijo.
My name is Yuriko Ohrui. My shop
is called Shiinoki.
Yay!　Kunimi, do you often climb…
I never climb mountains! But in a past video there was Hachijo-Fuji.
Oh, you’re right! Now that you mention it that one time,
just once. During elementary school most islanders climb
one of the mountains. But other than that, without a REALLY
good reason, we won’t climb the mountains. Unexpectedly, most islanders
don’t know much about the island, so I’ve asked a guide
to join me today. What kind of place is Kuro-suna
where we’ll be going? Well,
the island was formed about 100,000 years ago.
We’re going to one of the older areas of the island.
By the way, do you know where we are right now geologically?
I’m not sure. Umm. Kashitate? Kashitate, okay, but this
area.
Great, I was right!
What’s this area? Um, what do you mean?
Oh!
A crater？Am I right？ Yes!
Amazing! It’s said that this area used to be a
volcanic crater. So, from here
we’ll be heading up toward to outer part of
the crater. Shall we
get going? Sure. My tours progress
slowly. Look at this
plant
here. I don’t know it. It’s feed for goats, right? Goats
eat it, yes. It’s called magusa. Hachijo’s
silver grass. Right, right. That’s it. Goat food!
It’s also fed to cows. On the mainland, silver grass
can cut your hands when you touch and pull it like this.
The thorns of Hachijo silver grass are rounded. It’s not
thorny. It’s soft. It’s soft so cows
love it. Interesting. So it evolved?
The thorns of plants which come to Hachijo
gradually degenerate, and many plants lose
their thorns. Even if there are thorns when they first come. What!?!
Awesome! This occurrence is frequent in Hachijo. It’s amazing. Ok then,
Shall we go? We finished the introduction, so. Yes.
That’s cool. I had no idea. By the way,
Hachijo’s Jersey cows often eat magusa. So when you
drink the Jersey cow’s milk, you indirectly get the nutrients
of Hachijo’s silver grass. Let’s
go. I have a feeling today’s video will be full of
great information. Be sure to watch it all!
So today, since we’re hiking,
I came dressed like this, but, what kind of wear
is appropriate for climbing mountains?
Hmm, what you’re wearing is no good. Wait what? No way! Really?
For starters, sneakers. I’m in sneakers. Right,
sneakers. There’s nothing we can do about it now,
but when when you climb mountains, even small mountains,
you ought to wear hiking shoes. These are low
cut hiking shoes. That’s what I should have worn?
Yes. They’re much safer. Gotcha.
What else is bad? Well… Yes?
Jeans are defintely
out. You should
wear pants with good breathability
designed for hiking. Understood. They’re much easier to
move around in, so you’re less prone to injury. Okay. As for the top
This is a Hachijo windbreaker, something I got somewhere,
that I’m wearing. Your top is perfect! This
is OK then?
I’m wearing a couple layers underneath, too. Also, the towel around your neck is not
very fashionable as a lady.
Let’s look good, too! I see. Maybe I should have wrapped
a red one instead. Younger girls, no matter what they
wear, have plenty of stamina, so most anything is okay, but
as you grow into a woman, starting by considering
how you look is also important.
Of course, things can sometimes get Uh-huh
pricey.
I see. So, 10 or 20 points for my outfit? How about 3 points.
Only 3!? Out of 100? Of course, out of 100.
That’s so awful! I’ll make some purchases! Today is not so
strenuous a hike, so for now what you have on is
OK. Got it. 3 points. How difficult is the hike to Kuro-suna?
This hike? Yes. Well if Hachijo-
Fuji is a 3, then this is about a
1.2.
Do you know this plant? Wait, no, I don’t know. It’s called
broad-leaved oleaster. The back of the leaves are
super cute. When light hits it just right it
shines.
Quiz time! Oh no! Nature quiz
time! Okay, shoot. Why is the underside shiny?
Gimme a second. There’s definitely a reason
for it. Of course.
Umm
Think about it as if you were a plant.
When you look I got it! It’s a lady plant!
女子。違う？おしゃれ。え違うな。葉っぱは何のため
the LEAVES are reflective.
Incorrect, huh. So they don’t lose any of the sunlight which is
gathered? No, that doesn’t seem right either. To get extra light? Oh, so close!
The leaves
form in a spiral, right? Yes, yes.
It’s so the lower leaves can also get light.
That makes sense. These leaves are rather dried out.
Because they’re dried out, they cover each other up
like this. Right. So… So all the leaves can share the light!
That’s right!
How kind! It’s the leaf version of a Hollywood mirror.
The underside of the leaf creates a reflection so
the leaves below can also bathe in the
light. How wonderful!. Kunimi, have you heard of kanjou-shiba?
Yes, I have. I’ve heard of it.
Do you know which plant kanjou-shiba is?
I can’t say which, but I know that you can use it as
toilet paper. Right. Hmm, it looks to me like I could use
any of these. I’m not sure which.
This is soft. Is it this one? Maybe not? Yes, yes. This.
You’re right. It felt the softest. Exactly. Islanders
used to use this instead of toilet paper.
I’m from that era.
One more. There’s a plant with a name only used on Hachijo. It’s
got a strange name. Do you know what this is?
It feels soft and nice.
On the mainland it’s sometimes called “cow’s won’t eat it.” Hachijo has
a different name. Back to the toilet paper story. Oh!
This is also soft. Toilet-talk,
right? So maybe it’s called “not good enough for
toilet paper?” You’re on the right track…
It’s real name is “sennin-sou,” (lit. hermit grass)
and in September on the island its flowers bloom.
This part looks like the beard of hermit
so it’s called senninn-sou. This is the seeds.
If you break off part of the plant, a liquid comes out and
gets all over this soft part. I see, I see..
Oh! It’s called “Mustn’t wipe!” “Stank-ass”
is what it’s called. I had no idea!
“Stank-ass” is great! There’s a lot of the older
generation that call it that. About how long does it take to get
to the top? If you don’t stop to chat, it takes about
15 minutes. With Rui?
It might take about 2
hours. I can’t help it. I stop a lot.
Hachijo Island is part of Fuji Hakone Izu National Park. Where we’re walking now
is part of the 3rd Protected Area. So,
taking plants or
leaving things behind is actually not
allowed. For today, taken from close to
my house, I brought these.
That’s what makes you a guide!
This can be used to make a flute, right? Really?
You roll it and blow. I used to do it way back in
day. Can you make one? I forgot how. Maybe you do
this, then fold it like this,
and it’s hollow , right?
then
No sound. It used to go ‘piii’. 1, 2, ‘piii’. It worked!
Great! Ready, go,
‘piii’. I played with this long ago. Wow,
that’s interesting. This’s the first time I’ve heard that. Yes, kids who grow up around nature
play around with plants this way.
If you tear it and smell it,
it has a nice, fresh scent.
You don’t think so?
Amongst leaves, it has a refreshing citrus smell.
The branches of the yabu-nikkei
is one of my favorite scents.
Depends on the person, huh?
It’s an aromatic smell.
It’s a relative of cinnamon.
It doesn’t smell like a plant at all. Fragrant.
It’s fragrant. I like it.
I’m glad. That one just smelled like a leaf,
but this one smells nice. Wonderful!
On Hachijo, a great smelling tree is
this here. Yabu-nikkei. This is that?
Right. The dried branches have a great scent.
Okay. Yabu-nikkei.
Hachijo’s cinnamon. But you can’t just go picking it,
right? Right. There are places where
it’s okay and places where it’s not.
In the Tokyo Metropolitan Branch Office, check out
the map of the National Park’s Protected Areas.
That area is not allowed. Got it.
Here is an incredible view!
Oh wow.
You can see the ocean.
The sea is so close.
That’s Aogashima. Can you see it?
I see it! There it is! You can clearly see it’s
Aogashima.
Can you see Kae? She must be there…
Hey, there she is!
She’s waving back.
You bring the circles together to form into
one circle.
Once we climb a little farther, we can look for
whales. Do whales often come by here?
Yes, they do.
Kuro-suna Sand Dune is like a cliff where you can see straight down to the ocean
so you can get almost a bird’s eye view of whales.
You can see them very close. I see. The form of the land
is good for viewing. When the wind
is light you can hear the whale’s
blow.
It’s a great place then. It feels like I’m walking on gravel
Is it gravel? What is this?
It’s not gravel. It’s called scoria.
It gets spit out of a crater when it
erupts. It’s also called sunaryuu. Like clumps
of sand. Yes, sunaryuu. There’s a lot on
the island. Nature quiz time! Another one?! Exactly when did this scoria
first start to pile up
here?
Here? Umm, it comes from eruptions but here is no longer
active, right? It is said this area of the island is over
100,000 years old.
Was it blown up from the sea?
That’s half right.
It’s not exactly known from where it was blown
here from, but from the west side, this side,
is what research has shown. About 10,000 to
16,000 years ago, the scoria was blown out
from somewhere and landed here like
rain and formed this sand dune.
16,000 years ago.
Coming to this place, I have a vague memory of this view.
It’s been since you were a child.
Kunimi from the back, this picture would be
cute.
It’s scary! There’s often landslides, so you should avoid coming here especially the day
after a big rain. Wasn’t it stormy yesterday?
[音楽]
[音楽]
The weather is so fickle on the island.
When I lived in the city I never looked at
the sky.
Wow! It’s so beautiful!
It’s incredible! Thank you so
much!
When going down, start with your heel.
It seems like Kunimi is afraid of heights.
Yes!
The Izu Archipelago slowly formed out here in the Pacific
from erupting magma which gradually built up into land,
and that’s how we got Hachijo.
Before people came, there were only 3 ways for plants get to the island.
One is the wind. And another is
birds.
And then, the sea. Right, riding on the sea
currents.
That’s how we got all this flora.
But a difference between here and the mainland is
usually lichen and mosses first show up in the barren land and other plant life follows.
But the Izu Archipelago, like on Hachijo,
this kind of place. This kind of place had
other plants before mosses and lichen,
one of those being this plant. It’s called
Ohbayasha-bushi. This little guy can suddenly come to
this kind of wasteland area and take root. It’s no
problem. So the way Hachijo’s nature came about is different from
the mainland. This type of thing is what makes this island
so interesting! Amazing!
People have brought many things with them here
and the ecosystem is a little bit compromised.
We all want to keep this island as an island
rich with nature. Enjoying the nature while
protecting it. Let’s all work for it
together.
Hydrangea is another plant which came riding
on the wind. It’s another kanjou-shiba (usable as T.P.)
What!? Hydrangea leaves are also kanjou-shiba?
Yes, this species of hydrangea is. It’s Gaku hydrangea. But
Japanese Hydrangea isn’t. We only have these two species in Hachijo.
Inside here, after the flowers bloom, contains
seeds. Then, at a certain time of year
they all flip upside-down
like this.
Look at this!
This is so cool!
These are almond-shaped seeds with small wings on
both sides so it can catch the wind and fly.
These should fly so easily! Plants are
evolved to fly easily, that’s exactly
right. This part that had seeds
where the flower used to be. It will eventually turn upside-down
so the seeds can catch the wind and fly
off, they’re evolved to fly off
all on their own.
That’s amazing. It’s so smart. I know, but islanders
still use it as toilet paper. So if you ever find yourself in need…
[音楽]
This is Japanese silver leaf. There’s these lines
on it. Is it made from some kind of insect? Yes, that’s right.
It’s the path an insect took, but actually it’s not the top of the leaf
nor the underside. What do you mean? What path did
the insect take?
It didn’t crawl across here? No, it didn’t.
I don’t know. This path is actually through the
inside of the leaf. Inside of it? Yes.
If you look closely, you can see where an insect was
born. Really? Oh, is it here? Nope.
Try to think like an insect.
There was either a housefly or a housefly moth inside
here. When it’s born it’s super small.
I think I got it. This super thin part. That’s right. It’s
born here and eats through the leaf. As it
gets bigger, how much it eats increases and then
eventually exits and flys off somewhere.
I can see it. There’s a
hole. This must be the exit.
It came out from the underside. There’s an
exit. In Shimoda, Izu peninsula, the leaves
had this pattern of being eaten, but they way
were eaten was different. How’s that?
Likely, the ones in Shimoda avoid the hard veins when
they eat. Once they get bigger they exit the
same way. The ones on Hachijo don’t care and just
munch away. Because the leaves here are softer? That, or
the bugs have changed.
That’s interesting. When you compare Hachijo to other areas
it’s quite interesting.
New ashitaba sprouts in the middle of winter.
If we spent longer doing this it’d be so interesting to hear about everything.
Do you know what this is? There’s a bug
inside, and it’s a small cradle for a baby
bug. So it’s like a insect hive? The leaf has become
a nest? The leaf? Yes, you can think of it that
way. It’s called a plant gall. Are the bugs still in there?
I’m not sure. I think they are.
There was 1 time a client almost begged me
to see what it looked like inside. So I took
1 and opened it. It was curled up like this. Aww, c’mon.
You apologize, fold this side, fold that
side. Close it back up.
The way back seems slippery.
Kuro-suna Sand Dune is a hidden gem!
Kuro-sun is scary. But Mt. Hachijo-Fuji, that caldera loop!
That was terrifying! This place is scary,
but it’s better than there.
I don’t know, this place gives it a run for its money.
The landscape changes, so everybody being careful
when climbing here is important. Now that you mention safety,
I’ve actually never actually heard of anyone getting injured or falling here.
Even though it’s the kind of landscape that it is.
You should also not loop the Hachijo-Fuji caldera
on strong windy days. One time I witnessed an emergency
rescue on Hachijo Island.
Someone got injured on the mountain, so emergency
rescuers climbed up with a stretcher.
The injured person couldn’t move, so they got them in the
stretcher, and maybe a dozen people, despite bad footing, carried it down
on their shoulders. They started around noon,
and finally got back around 5PM. The top of
the mountain isn’t somewhere frequented by many people.
It made me feel getting injured is the worst thing you can
do. I don’t mean to sound rude, but for someone who injures themself, it ends with that person. You say, “You messed up.” And it’s settled.
But if you also think about ALL the people that had to spend their time on this one person? Please don’t be reckless.
If you’re dressed properly like me, but still
get injured, you can be nicer, “I’m sorry you got injured.”
But if your in sandals or wearing a skirt when you
shouldn’t be and you get injured, the emergency workers might even feel
disappointed in you. I bet you’re right.
There’s appropriate wear for mountain climbing. Wearing the right gear for the
places you go is important. Listen well
to the advice you get from the people who know.
Right, because you only got 3 points today.
Yeah, yeah, say it all you want.
I’m personally not so knowledgeable about gear,
but for example at the Tourism Association, you can
find a National Parks pamphlet put out by the Ministry of the Environment
which has information about what to wear and climbing etiquette.
Hachijo also has a pamphlet with simple information,
but there’s info about what to wear in that, too,
which you can use as a reference. There’s
ashitaba. Yeah. There was some up top with fresh sprouts.
It looks tasty. From now is the season.
It’s scary. Like this. It really is scary, so
just like this, please be careful when you
walk.
Today’s video, the Kuro-suna chapter, we climbed to
Kuro-suna. Which I haven’t in some-teen years.
It was fun! Yes it was. It was a lot more fun
than I was expecting. It’s all thanks
to our guide, Rui. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much. Is it okay if I do a
plug? Be my guest. Please.
Thank you. I have been guiding
for almost 20 years now,
and recently started desiring for more islanders to know more
about their island. Well, I’ve felt that way for a bit, but
this month I started the Hachi-ware Exploration Club,
where I bring only islanders or my shop’s
repeat customers to famous island
tourist spots and mountain climbing areas. Also
I do tours to kind of maniac spots as well.
It’s a club for people to learn much much more about the island’s
great points. Nice! So it’s designed for
islanders? That’s right. So it’s super cheap.
If you’re interested, I plan on doing it about
once a month, so
please join us. Great. Once a month
you’ll pick a date and place, and everyone gathers
there?
I only got 3 points this time, so I will try to get
100 points
Hachijo has lots of fun
places, so visit many things, and for lunch
don’t forget Ramen shop Renge in Mitsune. It’s the best.
It’s fantastic!
The owner is also fantastic. I’ll be waiting
for you. Please watch again.
See you.

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