Category Archives: Cities

Walks: ‘Montmartre – Paris In Snow’ (4K Video)

Montmartre is a large hill in Paris’s 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank in the northern section of the city.

Video timeline: ◄ 00:00​ Metro Lamarck Caulaincourt 02:20​ Place Constantin Pecqueur 04:47​ Rue de l’Abreuvoir 07:24​ Montmartre Vineyard 08:20​ Rue Saint Vincent 10:31​ Rue du Mont Cenis 14:05​ Rue Caustine 22:44​ Goutte d’Or 27:40​ Boulevard Barbès

Walking Tour: ‘Bayreuth – Germany’ (4K Video)

Bayreuth is a town on the Red Main river in Bavaria, Germany. At its center is the Richard Wagner Museum in the composer’s former home, Villa Wahnfried. Wagner’s operas are performed at the Bayreuther Festspielhaus, home of the annual Bayreuth Festival. On the eastern outskirts, the Hermitage Gardens surrounds the Altes Schloss Eremitage palace and the Temple of the Sun (Sonnentempel), honoring the god Apollo.

Walking Tour: Kitsuki City In Japan (4K Video)

Kitsuki City is located at the southern end of the Kunisaki Peninsula, facing north across Oita City and Beppu Bay. During the Edo period, Matsudaira of Kitsuki clan prospered as a castle town of 32,000 koku of rice, and was the political and economic center of the Kunisaki Peninsula until the abolition of the fief.

Video timeline: 00:00​ タイトル(Title) 00:18​ 番所の坂(Bansho no saka slope) 01:01​ 勘定場の坂(Kanjoba no saka slope) 03:08​ 大原邸(Ohara Residence) 04:07​ 酢屋の坂(Suya no saka slope) 04:35​ 塩屋の坂(Shioya no saka slope) 06:07​ 酢屋の坂(Suya no saka slope) 07:14​ 杵築城 (Kitsuki Castle) 09:27​ 本丁(Honcyo street) 09:48​ 一松邸(Ichimatsu Residence) 11:51​ 商人の町(Merchant Town) 12:09​ 飴屋の坂(Ameya no saka slope) 13:03​ 裏丁(Uracyo street) 13:35​ 寺町(Teramachi street) 13:44​ 長昌寺(Cyosyoji Temple) 14:54​ 寺町(Teramachi street) 15:20​ 天神坂(Tenjin zaka slope) 15:46​ 天満社(Tenmansha shrine) 16:17​ 杵築市の夕暮れ(Kitsuki city sunset)

Walks: ‘Baden’ – A Spa Town Near Vienna, Austria (4K)

Baden bei Wien is a spa town southwest of Vienna, the Austrian capital. The focus of its main square is the Trinity Column plague memorial. Narrow surrounding streets are known for their 19th-century Biedermeier architecture. The leafy Kurpark features the Casino Baden, memorials to composers like Beethoven and Mozart, and trails leading to Kalvarienberg, a hill where the park transitions into the Vienna Woods.

Walks: ‘Kathmandy City – Nepal’ (4k Video)

Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, is set in a valley surrounded by the Himalayan mountains. At the heart of the old city’s mazelike alleys is Durbar Square, which becomes frenetic during Indra Jatra, a religious festival featuring masked dances. Many of the city’s historic sites were damaged or destroyed by a 2015 earthquake. Durbar Square’s palace, Hanuman Dhoka, and Kasthamandap, a wooden Hindu temple, are being rebuilt. 

Views: ‘Scotland’ – Cities, Castles & Landscape (4K)

Scotland  is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154 km) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and the Irish Sea to the south. There are also more than 790 islands; principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt – the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands – in the Scottish Lowlands.

Aerial Views: ‘Denver – Colorado’ (4K Video)

Denver, the capital of Colorado, is an American metropolis dating to the Old West era. Larimer Square, the city’s oldest block, features landmark 19th-century buildings. Museums include the Denver Art Museum, an ultramodern complex known for its collection of indigenous works, and the mansion of famed Titanic survivor Molly Brown. Denver is also a jumping-off point for ski resorts in the nearby Rocky Mountains.

Travel Tour: Brooklyn, New York’ (4K Video)

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, co-extensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the most-populous county in the state, the second-most densely populated county in the United States, and New York City’s most populous borough, with an estimated 2,648,403 residents in 2020. 

Walks: ‘Seishō-ji Temple’ In Tokyo, Japan (4K HDR Video)

Seisho-ji is a temple located in the Toronomon Hills area of central Tokyo. It is part of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism and moved to its location on Mount Atago in 1600. It sits among a complex of other Buddhist temples and a Shinto Shrine. The various temples are separated by a set of gardens that wrap in and out of a wealthy urban high-rise office setting.​

At the Seisho-ji temple itself, resident monks offer zazen orientation for any level of meditator. Timing is flexible while the temple is open (9:00-17:00). It depends on temple’s schedule; please contact staff (contact below).