Japanese Culture
CueRio helped the production of a story of CNA about Inflation in Japan
We helped with the feature story of a Singaporean TV network, CNA (Channel News Asia) Money Mind, about Inflation in Japan and it was aire last week. We firstly interviewed Ms. Shirai, Advisor for Sustainable Policies of Asian Development Bank Instutute and her opinion on the outlook of Japan's economy. We also interview Mr. Ohama, […]
Gunma Part 4: Other attractions
We have introduced the highlights that we, as Fixer, would recommend when filming in Gunma Prefecture with different themes; Part 1: Mountains, Part 2: Water locations and Part 3: Onsen (hot springs). In this article, we would like to write about the locations that we could not summarise so far. Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku Takaragawa Onsen […]
Gunma Part 3: Hot Spring Kingdom
We have been writing about various atractions of Gunma prefecture.Gunma Part 1: 2,000m mountains just 1 hour or two from TokyoGunma Part 2: Water, gift from the mountains Gunma is the Kanto region's largest Onsen, or hot spring hub. There are many unique hot springs, including ancient hot springs with a history of more than […]
Kyoto Part 2: Rakusai, western part of Kyoto where you can feel the rich nature of Kyoto
Rakusai is home to many World Heritage Sites such as Kinkakuji Temple, Ryoanji Temple and Saiho-ji Temple (see separate articles for details), which are all mentioned when talking about Kyoto. In the past, emperors and aristocrats built mountain villas in this area to enjoy hunting and leisure, and it is a quiet area with the […]
Locations with typical Japanese scenery part 2: Southern Japan
Happy new year! We are going to continue to provide you with useful information for filming in Japan this year. In this article we introduce you to towns in the south part of Japan that still retain a traditional Japanese appearance. We will mainly present you to the western part of Japan, but there are […]
CueRio helped a filming in Mie Prefecture
In 2022, CueRio was involved in various film shoots. As we were told that we can share the news, we would like to write about the memorable coverage we were involved in this summer. At the end of July, we went to Mie Prefecture for three days for this project. A foreign newspaper was covering […]
Locations with typical Japanese scenery part 1: Northern Japan
Besides Kyoto and Nara, there are many other places in Japan where you can film typical Japanese scenery and typical Japanese cultural aspects.We will introduce these locations in this article and the following. (1) Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture If you would like to film a Japanese castle in the Tohoku area, we would recommend you to […]
Vehicle transportation service with CueRio
Japan has a very well-developed public transportation system, including the Shinkansen bullet train. For example, traveling from Tokyo to Osaka can take quite a long time, so we recommend you to use the train system. However, in the case of filming, it is often more convenient to use a vehicle because of the need to […]
No dragging down of trees by manpower at Onbashira Festival 2022 because of Covid-19!
Here we have another sad news owing to the pandemic of Covid-19. No dragging down of trees by manpower at Onbashira Festival will take place this year. Onbashita Festival is a crazy event, where people climb down a steep slope of more than 40 degrees, straddling a large tree with a circumference of 3m as […]
Kyoto Part 1: Shoot the most historical city in a short time
Kyoto is one of the most famous cities in Japan, besides Tokyo. Many guidebooks introduce you to the famous temples and shrines and popular locations such as Gion, Arashiyama, and Ohara. However, if you don't have much time in the city, it can be difficult to cover all of the famous temples and shrines in […]