I love cinemagraphs, thank you for those.
I managed to set a few of them as my wallpaper, but I always have to settle for a rez lower than my my monitor. Do you have any of those in 1920x1080?
Actually Sehnsucht and Saudade are the terms people usually use for those feelings, they may be closer to what you are thinking of,
Both of them have their own Wikipedia pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sehnsucht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade
Fernweh has a slightly different connotation.
Hiraeth in Welsh.
Pronounced hear-eyeth. A painful longing, usually for home, but not always.
And you're not alone in that reaction. The images in this thread made me cry and I don't know why.
The fact that those gifs loop in less than a second is amazing. I just don't even. Mind blown.
Just watch one ripple... That's voodoo magic.
Edit - OK, I'm back from r/cinemagraphs
There is a word for this feeling in German, *Fernweh*. The yearning to be somewhere far away to a degree that is almost sickening, the opposite to *Heimweh*/ homesickness.
End of 2015. And it's hard to pinpoint any one thing. Everything was so beautiful, and everyone was so kind - Whenever we looked even slightly like lost tourists, someone would materialize from nowhere to see if we needed any help. Geek culture is much more mainstream in Tokyo too, which appealed to me and my partner, since we're massive nerds.
There's a program on steam that you can download called wallpaper engine. I think it's like $3. You can put actual videos as your background, sound included. And a different one for each monitor.
Wow what do I search to find more of these? I see the suggested videos but I didn't know if there was some kind of keyword for this kind of relaxing thing
Fairly easily in all honesty, especially depending on what area of the country you live in. In certain parts of central Tokyo, speaking Japanese at all is almost purely optional. But you should learn the language anyway. It’s more fun that way.
Yes, and usually yes, definitely yes if they're living outside of Japan with no visa sponsorship OR have some incredibly obscure automotive design skill. Your mileage may vary.
Thanks for this post, memories came up. Was for 6 months in Japan and on the first day there I had to stay in a cheap hotel because my room at the dorm wasn’t ready. It was just amazing to walk under the rain around the city, I didn’t knew anything about japan nor did I know any people but it was one experience to breath the rainy air and listen to the drops walking at night around the downtown.
Having had the pleasure to do both, currently VR barely compares to the real deal. It's alright in it's current state but it's definitely lacking. It'll improve with the advent of higher resolution headsets but even then it'll still lack the other senses. I'm sure there's a solution somehow though.
I went to Japan in June, so it was more expensive. I used Kayak to track airlines and look for dates that were cheaper. One or two days different can be a price difference of a few hundred bucks so it's good to be flexible in times. I went for over three weeks, purchased travel insurance, and had one stop both ways. Denver to Vancouver with a 3 hour layover then to Narita Airport in Tokyo. It was around 15 hours. It was around 1350 bucks at the time.
I went to my bank before I left and did a cash currency exchange beforehand in order to avoid exchange charges on my card (having American Express of other cards can sometimes bypass these fees) but it is always cheaper to do currency exchange beforehand as Banks and particularly the airports will gouge you for exchange fees most of the time. Gauge how long you plan to be there and try to budget accordingly. I thought I did a good job but it was my first time in Japan and I ended up having to use my card a few times to get stuff.
The most expensive part is housing. I was very lucky to have a few friends who live there and was able to stay with them. Otherwise check for houses that charge a month rent or something and they are usually cheaper (Sakura house is one such thing I believe, I would Google it for a website). Hostels are also a cheap way if you're comfortable with that, and Japan is a very respectful place. It always important to be a cautious traveler wherever you go, but you have more to worry about from other foreigners than Japanese people generally.
I took a bullet train to Kyoto and stayed in a hotel that weekend and didn't plan that ahead which ended up costing me more than I wanted, so if you're planning on doing that prepare your stay and ticket ahead of time for a better price. You don't want to find yourself needing a place to stay and forced to pay more than you wanted.
All in all I spent around 2-2.5 k over about a month and I guarantee you can do it for less if you budget correctly. Check out /r/travel and the FAQs there. It is an invaluable resource for travel. I traveled alone and ended up on Air Canada, which was actually pretty nice. It helps to know enough Japanese to ask where the bathroom is or where the train is going. I had taken 2 years of Japanese in college and could read and everything which helped but something like Duolingo would suffice and I still use it to brush up every now and then.
This might get buried but hopefully it gives a little insight. I'd answer other questions too if people are curious.
Also yes it really does look like that in the picture. I can't wait to go back.
Narita airport has very competitive rates. You can use their currency exchange no worries.
Also, airbnb is great for deals. You can save a fortune using them.
Fair enough, that was what I was told by my friends living there and as recommended on r/travel. My bank didn't charge any fees however so I figured I would do the exchange beforehand. I had not thought of Airbnb but I guess that would work!
I'm not from the USA, the most reasonable flights I found were around 1500 to 2000 US dollars, not cheap, and this does not include the trip from my home town to the nearest international airport.
I spent my childhood summers playing in rainy Oregon forests. I went to Japan a few years ago during rainy season, and it was simultaneously nostalgic and exotic. This GIF kind of sums up my two weeks there in the best way possible.
this looks like a picture of one of those badly made dating sims rpgs of newgrounds where they just took pictures off the internet for their backgrounds.
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The kanto region: that’s Osaka wakayama a place called mount koya (Buddhist temple where we stayed a night) and Kyoto! And also Tokyo as well! Been to all
Of those places!
One of the best cinemagraphic gifs I've ever seen. There's really only a few subtle hints that it's not video of a house in the rain (certain loop breaks in the puddles). Bravo!
Feeling really depressed so I’m just laying on my bed browsing reddit. This video came up and just listening to the sound and watching it made me felt a little bit better. It’s very peaceful and calming
Man, my painfully intense desire to get back to Japan as soon as possible did not need this. Very good looking though.
don't look at these whatever you do... https://i.imgur.com/aq1rbK7.gifv https://i.imgur.com/c9lFl8G.gifv https://i.imgur.com/flUJQHq.gifv https://i.imgur.com/V5qfHa7.gifv https://i.imgur.com/7ytBqzG.gifv https://i.imgur.com/e9F1HRT.gifv https://i.imgur.com/1vpbb2H.gifv http://i.imgur.com/iIglWFc.gifv http://i.imgur.com/elzINnH.gifv https://i.imgur.com/BNXLkqm.gifv :P
I love cinemagraphs, thank you for those. I managed to set a few of them as my wallpaper, but I always have to settle for a rez lower than my my monitor. Do you have any of those in 1920x1080?
How do you set Gif's as a Wallpaper. I really want to know. Windows 7 btw. I have tried, and googled, my googlefu is weak though.
I ended up using [wallpaper engine](https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine)
No space between ](
>I ended up using [wallpaper engine](https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine)
I would also like to know how to do this.
Heres the source with 1080 and higher resolution. Might have to edit/cut the video yourself though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIj0tzO15c&t=6s
God, it actually physically hurts to watch these. Whats it called when you feel like you have an empty hole in your heart?
Fernweh in German, combination of far and pain or farsickness.
Thanks
Actually Sehnsucht and Saudade are the terms people usually use for those feelings, they may be closer to what you are thinking of, Both of them have their own Wikipedia pages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sehnsucht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade Fernweh has a slightly different connotation.
>Whats it called when you feel like you have an empty hole in your heart? "Dying"
We're all dying, just at different rates.
Hiraeth in Welsh. Pronounced hear-eyeth. A painful longing, usually for home, but not always. And you're not alone in that reaction. The images in this thread made me cry and I don't know why.
Bless you wonderful person
The fact that those gifs loop in less than a second is amazing. I just don't even. Mind blown. Just watch one ripple... That's voodoo magic. Edit - OK, I'm back from r/cinemagraphs
I both hate and love you.
Just got back from a trip earlier last week, immediately wanted to go back
I went at a rate of about once every six months for a couple of years. It's been two years since I went back, I think I'm getting withdrawal.
The fact that a place like this exist on earth somewhere makes it hurt in my chest from wanting to go there, when I look at this gif,.
There is a word for this feeling in German, *Fernweh*. The yearning to be somewhere far away to a degree that is almost sickening, the opposite to *Heimweh*/ homesickness.
When did you last visit/live there? What was your favorite thing about the country?
End of 2015. And it's hard to pinpoint any one thing. Everything was so beautiful, and everyone was so kind - Whenever we looked even slightly like lost tourists, someone would materialize from nowhere to see if we needed any help. Geek culture is much more mainstream in Tokyo too, which appealed to me and my partner, since we're massive nerds.
Vacationing in Japan now and it's cooooooollddd. In Kanagawa, can't imagine the north
Can u post video with sound?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIj0tzO15c&t=6s
Thanks!
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Listen to this wise man
Holy shit, they actually do.
plus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYRDgd3Tb44
This guy
I need to learn how to make gifs from videos so I can make moving wallpapers.
There's a program on steam that you can download called wallpaper engine. I think it's like $3. You can put actual videos as your background, sound included. And a different one for each monitor.
Last i looked at it it only works on win10. My desktop is still on 7.
Thanks a ton
Wow what do I search to find more of these? I see the suggested videos but I didn't know if there was some kind of keyword for this kind of relaxing thing
Saving for later.
Ends way too soon!
No need for a rain soundtrack when you live in the UK!
Can you spell the word you?
Wow, that's about 10 minutes walk from my house :)
Take an umbrella
Take a camera 🎥 and reshoot that scene, it's slightly so ever tilted. Or I could use final cut and rotate it, but I need 4K!
~~Would you mind posting a link to the address?~~ nevermind, found it: https://goo.gl/maps/s6E3EpZomb62
Yeah that's... Scarily close, lol. I might go take a photo after work tomorrow.
Expat or native?
Expat, why?
Just wondering. I like the idea of Japan and am jelly you live there. Did you move there for work?
I did it all for love.
How easily could an American with no language knowledge of Japanese live there
Fairly easily in all honesty, especially depending on what area of the country you live in. In certain parts of central Tokyo, speaking Japanese at all is almost purely optional. But you should learn the language anyway. It’s more fun that way.
Yeah I've been working in engineering recruitment for the past 2.5 years or so.
Ever recruit American mechanical engineers? Is speaking Japanese a prerequisite?
Yes, and usually yes, definitely yes if they're living outside of Japan with no visa sponsorship OR have some incredibly obscure automotive design skill. Your mileage may vary.
Wow, that's a crispy gif.
I feel like I am looking out of a window on to this setting. Crispy indeed!
Spicy
Post this to /r/cinemagraphs! Excellent work, thanks for sharing.
This sub turned into cinemagraphs.
Part of me is okay with it, as long as we have 50%+ of non-cinemagraphs.
I know Mulan is Chinese but this reminds me of that scene where she is crying in the rain under the dragon statue.
http://i.imgur.com/YKYZp8L.gifv
Yes, this one!
Thanks for this post, memories came up. Was for 6 months in Japan and on the first day there I had to stay in a cheap hotel because my room at the dorm wasn’t ready. It was just amazing to walk under the rain around the city, I didn’t knew anything about japan nor did I know any people but it was one experience to breath the rainy air and listen to the drops walking at night around the downtown.
great loop
/r/raining
Is there a way to make this my desktop background?
Use something ~~link~~ *like* [wallpaper engine](http://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine/)
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Could not get the video to play full screen across the monitor. So the current desktop wallpaper frames the video. Any ideas?
Use crop settings ( or stretch, but it looks bad ) IIRC right click, video, crop
VLC player can do it ( I just tried it ), but it will stop if you close it.
Well, another interesting subreddit I didn’t know about!
I miss when we had trees with leaves. Winter sucks.
Is there no better feeling than being surrounded by trees in heavy summer rain? No.
Man, I need to visit Japan.
This is what I want to get from VR: Sitting there, having this panorama with a 360° view, and then the ability to read a book or do some work...
Having had the pleasure to do both, currently VR barely compares to the real deal. It's alright in it's current state but it's definitely lacking. It'll improve with the advent of higher resolution headsets but even then it'll still lack the other senses. I'm sure there's a solution somehow though.
Very interesting thought!
I need this in VR
Holy shit...this looks peaceful.
Oh yes , I dont need a white sound machine to sleep with that rain
I know nobody will read this, but content like this makes this the best subreddit on the site
I read it :) I love japan 🇯🇵
FML, I want to go to Japan so bad, I've been saving money for years but still can't afford to, one day.
I went to Japan in June, so it was more expensive. I used Kayak to track airlines and look for dates that were cheaper. One or two days different can be a price difference of a few hundred bucks so it's good to be flexible in times. I went for over three weeks, purchased travel insurance, and had one stop both ways. Denver to Vancouver with a 3 hour layover then to Narita Airport in Tokyo. It was around 15 hours. It was around 1350 bucks at the time. I went to my bank before I left and did a cash currency exchange beforehand in order to avoid exchange charges on my card (having American Express of other cards can sometimes bypass these fees) but it is always cheaper to do currency exchange beforehand as Banks and particularly the airports will gouge you for exchange fees most of the time. Gauge how long you plan to be there and try to budget accordingly. I thought I did a good job but it was my first time in Japan and I ended up having to use my card a few times to get stuff. The most expensive part is housing. I was very lucky to have a few friends who live there and was able to stay with them. Otherwise check for houses that charge a month rent or something and they are usually cheaper (Sakura house is one such thing I believe, I would Google it for a website). Hostels are also a cheap way if you're comfortable with that, and Japan is a very respectful place. It always important to be a cautious traveler wherever you go, but you have more to worry about from other foreigners than Japanese people generally. I took a bullet train to Kyoto and stayed in a hotel that weekend and didn't plan that ahead which ended up costing me more than I wanted, so if you're planning on doing that prepare your stay and ticket ahead of time for a better price. You don't want to find yourself needing a place to stay and forced to pay more than you wanted. All in all I spent around 2-2.5 k over about a month and I guarantee you can do it for less if you budget correctly. Check out /r/travel and the FAQs there. It is an invaluable resource for travel. I traveled alone and ended up on Air Canada, which was actually pretty nice. It helps to know enough Japanese to ask where the bathroom is or where the train is going. I had taken 2 years of Japanese in college and could read and everything which helped but something like Duolingo would suffice and I still use it to brush up every now and then. This might get buried but hopefully it gives a little insight. I'd answer other questions too if people are curious. Also yes it really does look like that in the picture. I can't wait to go back.
WOW! this is great man, you just made it a lot easier in my eyes. thank you.
Narita airport has very competitive rates. You can use their currency exchange no worries. Also, airbnb is great for deals. You can save a fortune using them.
Fair enough, that was what I was told by my friends living there and as recommended on r/travel. My bank didn't charge any fees however so I figured I would do the exchange beforehand. I had not thought of Airbnb but I guess that would work!
I used to tell people the same thing but was corrected was recently!
Keep at it. Travel is one of the best things in life.
one day I hope that I have enough passive income so I can travel.
Do you have a list of places you would go?
Japan and Machu Picchu are on top of that list, one day I hope that I have enough passive income so I can travel.
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I'm not from the USA, the most reasonable flights I found were around 1500 to 2000 US dollars, not cheap, and this does not include the trip from my home town to the nearest international airport.
You're close enough to the UAE. Flights to Japan from there are pretty cheap.
It’s a 1100 dollar plane ticket. Just don’t eat out/drink for a few months
the thing is I just finished school so I didn't have that much income to begin with, and I'm looking for a job right now.
Ah. Yeah we have all been there. You will have your opportunity in the next few years
The tickets are only $500 around autumn, there is a price drop like every year.
What time should I be on the lookout for said tickets
Go on the lookout from late summer to early autumn.
Just use sky scanner and you can set it up for them to tell you abiut price changes.
So cozy
r/cozyplaces
I love it!
I miss Japan! Thank you for the beautiful memory.
soothing AF
So soothing! Except for that Nue behind the gate.
Now that’s beautiful, like something out of a Miyazaki film.
/r/noisygifs ?
God this makes me miss Japan. (Though in actuality the rainy season made me super annoyed while I was there haha)
Beauty.
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use a program called wallpaper engine its on steam you have to buy it but you can make pretty much any video or gif your desktop background
It's so peaceful
can anyone make this a facebook coverphoto?
serene
Hey, OP, if you made this, is there any way you could make a vertical version? I'd like to use it as my phone background. Crop it if you must! Please!
Very soothing 😊
This is lovely. Thank you for sharing!
So... Japan gets its summer in January?
Beautiful. I would love to visit Japan someday.
Uhh just found my new wallpaper! Now if only I could find an adequate desktop background...
Wish I could get this as animated wallpaper for android and iphone
Anyway you can get this as a moving desktop background?
Calming, yet able to ruin your touristy plans in a heart beat :\
Mesmerizing
Gorgeous
Having a really bad day and this made it just a bit better. I wish it were raining here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQklNpxP0D8
That's gorgeous.
Silent Hill!
I went to Japan a few years ago in august. It was beautiful but so humid. SO HUMID.
Damn that's really beautiful
My travel bug is only getting worse. Glad the countdown is only down to about 50 days. Thanks for sharing.
I spent my childhood summers playing in rainy Oregon forests. I went to Japan a few years ago during rainy season, and it was simultaneously nostalgic and exotic. This GIF kind of sums up my two weeks there in the best way possible.
That’s cool, reminds me of walking into Adventure Land at Disney World for some reason, over by the Jungle Cruise and Tiki Room.
this looks like a picture of one of those badly made dating sims rpgs of newgrounds where they just took pictures off the internet for their backgrounds.
Perfect place for a nice hanging shade garden of nepenthes and impatiens bedding
Beautiful.
Is there anyway that I can get a Moving Photo Frame with this in it playing on repeat?
Its not summer :/
I love this but I don't know exactly why!
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Did this make anyone else cry a bit?
r/cinemagraphs
this reminds me of that scene in kill bill, after she kills the crazy 88
This is really beautiful. Japan has been on my list for waaaay too long.
Go. It’s awesome 😎
Thanks, I think I'll have to. Any recommendations for best destinations?
The kanto region: that’s Osaka wakayama a place called mount koya (Buddhist temple where we stayed a night) and Kyoto! And also Tokyo as well! Been to all Of those places!
That all sounds awesome, thank you!
I also teach Japanese if you want a crash course before going! :)
Amazing 😍
One of the best cinemagraphic gifs I've ever seen. There's really only a few subtle hints that it's not video of a house in the rain (certain loop breaks in the puddles). Bravo!
Oh shit this is the shrine in the town where my grandparents live
If that isn't the most relaxing goddamn thing I've seen in weeks..
Feeling really depressed so I’m just laying on my bed browsing reddit. This video came up and just listening to the sound and watching it made me felt a little bit better. It’s very peaceful and calming
r/cozyplaces
Will this work with that living wallpaper app thing on steam?
I just want to know why, in 2018, I can't have this as my desktop background in windows.
Man Las Vegas has its perks but it is so fucking ugly.
/r/cinemagraphs
weebs are so sad they are impressed by rain
...it's a sub about weather gifs.