Evening walking to Yokote castle in snow, Akita, Japan, 2025 • 4K

No talking or faces, just natural surround sound.
Yokote is a city in the southeastern part of Akita Prefecture. There’s a snow festival here in February, which some say is even better than the one in Sapporo. However, this time it was a quiet town.
I stopped in Yokote, planning to explore the neighboring stations, but I got sick on the day I arrived.

🕒 2025 January 2 @ 15:52 🌡️ +0℃☔ 🚶‍♂️4km
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Camera: Sony FX3
Settings: 4K 60p HLG3, 1/100, MF and AF
Lens: Sony PZ 1635G
Stabilizer: DJI RS4
Mic: Sony ECM-M1
ePay&GPS: Garmin Epix Gen 2

Chapter by @ozy_o
0:00 Yokote Station
0:29 Map
1:11 Snowing town
2:34 Yokote City Interchange Center
3:42 Snow piles
6:58 Church
7:50 Fruit tree #1
10:07 Frozen park
12:56 Beef food vending machine
13:35 Crunchy road
15:37 Teatime #1
18:49 Small shrine
19:37 Winter river
21:37 Build snowman
24:12 Riverside walk
26:20 Fruit tree #2
27:26 Residential area
33:42 Elementary School
36:20 Teatime #2
40:48 Snow pile + mini waterfall
47:27 Orange streetlamps
49:20 Solar panel
50:29 Uphill
54:03 Town view
55:43 Smooth snow
57:01 Yokote castle

38 Comments

  1. I'm starting my morning here in Ohio with your video, I've been a long time fan of yours. God bless you brother.

  2. The big snowplow drifts along the side of the roads remind me of when I was a kid and all of us in the neighborhood would use the biggest ones for elaborate construction projects. This town either has well-behaved kids or the snow was too recent, there's a few there that would make for some epic snow forts.

  3. So nice – the snow covered hill, samurai pond, and the traditional castle on the top – true Japanese winter image of our dreams ❄🏯❄💖… The castle was reconstructed in 1965 but the 16th century spirit of the samurai times sure can still be felt there 🤗. Beautiful night view of the city – and of the river before. I was happy, this time the little snowman didn't fell down by himself, nor was ''executed'' ⛄😅 !! Liked the atmosphere of the walk, a bit melancholic – the weather, the hour… ❄💙❄😊👍

  4. I read an interview where you said that good shoes are very important. Do you have special shoes?

  5. This is the sort of video people can experience a few years before unaligned artificial super intelligence wipes everyone out.

  6. Video çok güzeldi, çocuklarımla birlikte Televizyondan izledik, çok keyif aldık, karlı havayı severiz, karlı görüntüler güzeldi. Teşekkürler👏❄️😊

  7. Don’t your wrists and shoulders get tired from the weight? The camera and the gimbal weighs like 1.4 kg doesn’t it?

    I tried using my iPhone 16 Pro Max and the DJI OM6 gimbal for a week of filming on a different account but my hands and arms hurt so much it wasn’t a sustainable method.

    Wondering if you’ve ran into similar problems.

  8. 0:02 Yokote Station

    0:29 Map

    1:11 Snowing town

    2:34 Yokote City Interchange Center

    3:42 Snow piles

    6:58 Church

    7:50 Fruit tree #1

    10:07 Frozen park

    12:56 Beef food vending machine

    13:35 Crunchy road

    15:37 Teatime #1

    18:49 Small shrine

    19:37 Winter river

    21:37 Build snowman

    24:12 Riverside walk

    26:20 Fruit tree #2

    27:26 Residential area

    33:42 Elementary School

    36:20 Teatime #2

    40:48 Snow pile + mini waterfall

    47:27 Orange streetlamps

    49:20 Solar panel

    50:29 Uphill

    54:03 Town view

    55:43 Smooth snow

    57:01 Yokote castle

  9. i loved this walk Rambalac. really peaceful. i visited Akita once in 2012, for the contemporary art museum.

  10. can someone tell me why his videos look so bright in my phone. i used to have an android and it was okay but now i have iphone and i cant watch these at night cause its very very bright

  11. Hi there Rambalac. Don't you feel many times your videos (the recent ones for the past year or maybe more) look a bit dark sometimes? Like if the camera was under exposing on purpose? I feel the overall brightness is not consistent and this darker moments make the HDR experience a little more dull. Is it maybe because of the camera you use?

  12. Йокоте! Милейший городок. Предлагаю вернуться туда 15 -16 февраля на фестиваль снежных камакур и поснимать красивые вечерние виды )))

  13. Unfortunately, it's not possible to click several times on like button on youtube, but I love each of your videos ❤

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