Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to beautiful Japan.
We are currently in Tokyo, in Shibuya Crossing, one of the busiest intersections of the world
and we’re ready to explore this dynamic country.
We have two weeks, two G-Classes.
We’re ready to explore the technology, the culture, the history and the beautiful landscape.
Are you ready? ’Cause I am. Let’s go.
Okay, guys.
We’re in Kanda Myojin.
I’m probably not pronouncing that perfectly, but the cars are about to get blessed,
which is a very traditional process that happens in Japan.
Alright guys, so we are in Roppongi Hill.
Ropponchi or Roppongi.
Roppongi.
Roppong-i.
Roppongi Hills.
Alright guys, so we are in Roppongi Hills.
It’s a beautiful area, there’s a nice garden here and Max is currently talking
to a local photographer by the name of Take.
I am really curious to know what they’re talking about.
Come on, let’s see what’s happening.
This is Take, he’s an awesome photographer.
He’s from the North of Japan
and he’s doing landscape photography, but in a completely different
context than you would think now.
So I’ll let you guys carry on then.
So, how would you describe your photography?
I step into nature and I like to capture all kinds of living creatures.
And I heard you have a really specific concept, like life and death.
What is your motivation for this subject?
Nature is not just life.
If you just capture life you may capture it sparkling,
but if you also capture death, the other side of the coin, life stands out further,
and death on the other side as well.
So, this gives us a deeper and broader view on nature.
So, right now we are at the top of Roppongi Hills.
The observatory that overlooks the entire city.
The city just stands for miles and miles.
It’s absolutely incredible.
It’s crazy, as a landscape photographer, to be in this kind of jungle, this skyscraper jungle.
Just endless to the horizon.
I’m doing a timelapse.
I got this remote.
You just need to set the time.
One shot, five seconds.
And here we go.
I need to send it to my girlfriend.
Good morning.
What happened?
Why is everyone looking at me suspiciously?
You’re not recording?
Yes.
I was gonna try to open the door with the hotel key.
Alright guys, so we just woke up at 3:00 and we’re at Lake Tanuki right now.
Mount Fuji is just there on the other side.
We’re waiting for the sun to start to show up.
So, we are on the top of Mount Fuji.
Unfortunately, today it’s a bit cloudy.
But we used the drones and we got amazing pictures of the tip of the mountain.
With all the clouds that are surrounding it.
It’s an amazing place.
So, we’re in the trunk of the car trying to get really cool shots of the G-Class.
It’s winding roads.
So we’re trying to stay as well situated as possible here.
It’s music.
I’ll see you on the other side.
Today was a lot of fun.
We got to play around with the axles here,
which is really nice, the controls.
Especially, if you’re going really steep or if you’re going into really tight bends,
where there’s rock formations where you have to
be very careful with how you approach it.
Izu, we’re on our way.
If we don’t get stuck in a rainstorm.
It looks like it might drizzle a little bit.
See you guys in Izu.
We are facing the most unimaginable weather conditions right now.
There’s a rainstorm happening in Izu.
Back to Max for the 411 on traffic.
You can head up.
Okay.
Everyone really needs a good videographer with them.
This guy has been recording us the entire time and I want to introduce him to you.
What’s up, Carlos?
Hey, how are you guys?
How’s it going, man?
Really good. Really good, yeah.
Carlos, where are you from, buddy?
I’m from Germany.
Having a good time with these two guys.
With Alen and Max here in Japan.
Really, really good.
What’s been the highlight of your trip so far, other than this rain?
Oh, it’s hard to tell.
So many good things.
I don’t know, I really liked Mount Fuji.
You know what, that’s probably one of the highlights of mine, too, seeing Mount Fuji.
I feel like we’ve always seen Mount Fuji in pictures growing up.
Yeah, you’re right.
You’re getting so drenched right now.
One thing I love about Japan is that nothing is the way you imagine.
At first you might think it’s a straight highway with just a bridge.
But no, they’re like, no, we’re gonna make an awesome spiral highway, which probably
took a long time to engineer and structure.