Name: 與隱居村莊的日本隱士共度 24 小時 (24 Hours With a Japanese Hermit in a Hidden Village)
Uploaded: 2025-08-25T17:59:39.000Z
Duration: 20 min 8 s

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Last year I learned about a hidden village here in Japan that apparently couldn't be accessed anymore. Naturally I aspired to locate it and went straight to Google Earth. And I found it.

去年，我瞭解到日本有一個隱祕的村莊，但顯然已經無法訪問了。我自然渴望找到它，於是直接進入了谷歌地球。我找到了它。

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But there was a problem. It really wasn't accessible. There was only one road from the village and it led to a dead end. A facility that turned out to be a landing point for a maintenance boat operated by the nearby dam. So of course I followed the lead. I contacted the dam but they wanted to make two things very clear in our conversation. A. Nobody but dam staff was permitted on the boat. And B. That the village truly was no longer accessible and that there were no other access points. It turns out that this was their standard response. And it was a lie.

但有一個問題。這裡確實交通不便。從村子裡只有一條路，而且通向一個死衚衕。原來那是附近大壩維修船的停靠點。我當然順著這條路走了下去。我聯繫了大壩方面，但他們希望我們在談話中明確兩件事。A. 除了大壩工作人員，任何人不得上船。B. 村莊確實無法再進入，也沒有其他入口。事實證明，這是他們的標準回答。這是個謊言。

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I knew this because I had found a blog by a man who claimed to have visited the village saying that he was friends with the last remaining resident. But that getting there was no easy feat. His blog painted a picture of traversing over entire mountains by foot in order to reach the village. A journey that took hours, required safety equipment, and ran the risk of falling off the side of a mountain or coming across bears or other aggressive wildlife.

我之所以知道這一點，是因為我發現了一個人的博客，他自稱去過這個村子，說他是最後一位居民的朋友。但要到達那裡並非易事。他在博客中描繪了一幅徒步翻越整座大山才能到達村莊的畫面。旅途耗時數小時，需要安全裝備，還有從山邊跌落或遇到熊或其他凶猛野生動物的風險。

And he wasn't wrong. Any remnants of a mountain path had disappeared long ago and for the first hour of the hike I could honestly barely keep from slipping off the narrow ledges.

他的判斷沒有錯。山路的遺蹟早已不復存在，在徒步旅行的頭一個小時裡，老實說，我幾乎無法避免從狹窄的壁架上滑落。

So with the guidance of Ebisun I've been hiking through these moderately narrow mountain paths for about the last hour or so and honestly there's literally barely enough space to stand on the edge for most of this. And when I saw that on Ebisun's blog I reached out to him and asked him if he'd be willing to come along with me and be my guide for this. And he said that he would absolutely love to do that as he's part of a society that is trying to preserve the last remains of the village that we're hiking out to right now. And so the stars kind of lined up for this one.

是以，在 Ebisun 的指導下，我在這些中度狹窄的山路上徒步行走了一個多小時。當我在 Ebisun 的博客上看到這一點時，我聯繫了他，問他是否願意和我一起走，做我的嚮導。他說他非常願意這樣做，因為他所在的社團正在努力保護我們現在徒步前往的村莊的最後遺蹟。就這樣，這一次的行程一氣呵成。

Now he is just a little bit shy so he's asked me not to put him on camera too much.

現在他只是有點害羞，所以他讓我不要讓他太常出鏡。

But so far an amazing person, an amazing guide, and this hike is something else.

但到目前為止，他是一個了不起的人，一個了不起的嚮導，這次遠足也是一次與眾不同的遠足。

I hike fairly often. Ebisun is 75 years old and leaving me in the dust. And he says that the old hermit that we're going to visit is even faster at getting through these trails. But I am genuinely so glad that I brought Ebisun. Mostly just because there are a lot of spots along the way where the path just disappears and I wouldn't be sure of which way to continue or if it was okay to continue or safe to continue. Also apparently these mountains are filled with bears so I do have my bear spray and I do have my emergency SOS Garmin thing.

我經常徒步旅行。Ebisun 已經 75 歲了，他的速度比我還快。他還說，我們要去拜訪的那位老隱士走起路來更快。但我真的很高興能帶 Ebisun 來。主要是因為一路上有很多地方的路都不見了，我不知道該往哪走，也不知道繼續走是否安全。另外，顯然這些山裡到處都是熊，所以我帶了防熊噴霧，還帶了緊急求救Garmin。

This is certainly within the top five most difficult hikes that I've done so far. But definitely within the top three, maybe four, most beautiful.

這無疑是我迄今為止走過的難度最高的五次徒步旅行之一。但絕對是最美的前三名，也許是前四名。

I will say that man is fast and he's making like a game of it too. Every time he manages to get really far away from me he turns back and throws me this shady grin. In order to cross the river I had to change into my my rain boots. I have rain boots now. I haven't had rain boots since I was a little kid.

我得說那人跑得很快，而且他還在玩遊戲。每當他設法離我很遠時，他就會回頭向我露出陰險的笑容。為了過河，我不得不換上雨靴。我現在有雨靴了。從小時候起，我就沒穿過雨靴了。

This is quite likely the deepest into any Japanese mountain valley that I've had the chance to hike so far. But the thing that I love about it the most is that for the most part it's only people who are stuck on the tree. We lived in that village and people like Ebisun here. On

這很可能是我迄今為止有機會徒步旅行過的日本山谷中最深的地方。但我最喜歡的一點是，在大多數情況下，只有人被困在樹上。我們住在那個村子裡，這裡的人們就像惠比順一樣。關於

Ebisun's recommendation I actually sent a case of beer out to the gentleman that we're heading out to visit right now and it turns out that Ebisun actually did this entire hike and carried the beer. He was very proud. He managed to pull off the entire thing in just over an hour and a half.

Ebisun 的推薦 實際上，我把一箱啤酒寄給了我們現在要去拜訪的那位先生，結果發現 Ebisun 真的完成了整個徒步旅行，還扛著啤酒。他非常自豪。他只用了一個半小時就完成了全程。

So Ebisun says once we get into this group of trees here we're only about 15 minutes away from the village itself.

Ebisun說，一旦我們進入這片樹林 我們離村子就只有15分鐘的路程了

And this was Izumi-san, the last living link to Kadonyu, a nearly forgotten village hidden in the mountains of Gifu.

這就是泉小姐，她是岐阜山區一個幾乎被遺忘的村莊--角牛村最後的倖存者。

The village was bought out by a major dam decades ago along with seven other villages but as it was on the outer edge it was never flooded and so Izumi-san and a few others went back. But now he's the only one left.

幾十年前，這個村子和其他七個村子一起被一個大壩買走了，但由於它位於外圍，一直沒有被淹沒，所以泉先生和其他幾個人就回去了。但現在只剩下他一個人了。

He's told me to take a peek upstairs. Oh wow. Oh this is a beautiful beautiful room.

他讓我去樓上看看。哇哦 Oh wow.這房間真漂亮

I don't have any feathers so I'm just a normal tatami mat.

我沒有羽毛，所以只是一張普通的榻榻米。

It was one of the most inconvenient villages in Tokuyama and Hachika-san in the countryside.

這是德山和八幡山鄉下最不方便的村莊之一。

But it had the widest nature and a lot of beautiful rice paddies.

但這裡有最廣闊的大自然和許多美麗的稻田。

There were a lot of self-sufficiency lives here.

All the salt, medicine, and toothpaste were brought in here.

所有的鹽、藥和牙膏都運到了這裡。

The older you get, the more you have to get married.

Even in Kadonyu, they don't get married often.

即使在角友，他們也不經常結婚。

I like it here, but people say it's because it's Kadonyu.

我喜歡這裡，但人們說這是因為這裡是卡東育。

So there were people in the village who didn't like it.

But I don't want to bring them here and make them suffer.

但我不想把他們帶到這裡，讓他們受苦。

Most of the people in the village work in the city.

The air is good, there's a lot of greenery, and the water is free.

這裡空氣好，綠樹成蔭，水是免費的。

I'm grateful that my parents raised me here.

我很感激我的父母在這裡把我養大。

The best time to exercise is when there's a lot of grass on top.

最好的鍛鍊時間是上面長滿草的時候。

He plays hide-and-seek, plays hide-and-seek, and climbs trees.

他玩捉迷藏、玩躲貓貓、爬樹。

I have to walk 8km, 7km, or 500km every day.

我每天要走 8 公里、7 公里或 500 公里。

The teacher makes me a big lunchbox every day.

老師每天都會給我做一個大飯盒。

It takes about 4 to 5 hours to walk every day.

每天步行大約需要 4 到 5 個小時。

I don't know if it has anything to do with it.

So it's better not to get too close to the fruit.

In my house, the spider's footprints sometimes stick to the glass window.

在我家，蜘蛛的腳印有時會粘在玻璃窗上。

It looks like the door to the front door is big.

In the field over there, there's a black bear.

For all the trips and all the times that I've said we might come across a bear on this trip, there's one right there.

這一路上，我說過多少次我們可能會遇到熊，可現在就有一隻。

I'm obviously going to keep a safe distance from him.

很明顯，我要和他保持安全距離。

Something tells me he's probably faster than me.

He's small. It's just a little black bear.

I do actually have my bear spray on my wrist.

事實上，我的手腕上還帶著防熊噴霧器。

順便說一句，我喜歡這條小走道。

I'm probably happier than I should be to be coming across a bear.

遇到一隻熊，我可能比我應該感到的還要高興。

But there are plenty of structures for me to go inside of or on top of.

但有很多建築可以讓我進去或爬上去。

I realistically should probably be just a little more nervous.

實際上，我可能應該再緊張一點。

如果有的話，我對他的離去感到失望。

I left my other camera here with a big, long zoom lens on it.

我把另一臺帶長變焦鏡頭的相機留在了這裡。

I was looking forward to coming up and getting some shots of him.

他一定是聽到了我的聲音，然後離開了。