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I Spent 3 Months With A Japanese Master Craftsman

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It's rare that we have the chance to see a true master craftsman at work. I was lucky enough to be able to follow one for 3 months, and want to share the experience with you. More master craftsmen videos:    • I Spent 24 Hours with Master Craftsme...   Come hang out on Instagram!   / tokyo_one   Let's be Twitter buddies!:   / tokyo_lens   THE TOKYO LENS PRINTS AND MORE https://www.redbubble.com/people/Toky... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEAR I USE [2019 Updated] https://www.amazon.com/shop/tokyolens All my favorites in one place for you! ------------------------ The Tokyo Lens Editing Beast: http://amzn.to/2mqxTLN Filmed on this: http://amzn.to/2eYRvX0 With this lens. http://amzn.to/2u8YgHY And this thing: https://amzn.to/2CyRVvx And this Mic: http://amzn.to/2uO5wuG This Filter Helps: https://amzn.to/2vHZ36k Never had trouble with this memory card: http://amzn.to/2u9Ooh0 Always wi …...more
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I Spent 3 Months With A Japanese Master Craftsman
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It's rare that we have the chance to see a true master craftsman at work. I was lucky enough to be able to follow one for 3 months, and want to share the experience with you. More master craftsmen videos:    • I Spent 24 Hours with Master Craftsme...   Come hang out on Instagram!   / tokyo_one   Let's be Twitter buddies!:   / tokyo_lens   THE TOKYO LENS PRINTS AND MORE https://www.redbubble.com/people/Toky... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GEAR I USE [2019 Updated] https://www.amazon.com/shop/tokyolens All my favorites in one place for you! ------------------------ The Tokyo Lens Editing Beast: http://amzn.to/2mqxTLN Filmed on this: http://amzn.to/2eYRvX0 With this lens. http://amzn.to/2u8YgHY And this thing: https://amzn.to/2CyRVvx And this Mic: http://amzn.to/2uO5wuG This Filter Helps: https://amzn.to/2vHZ36k Never had trouble with this memory card: http://amzn.to/2u9Ooh0 Always with this drone: https://amzn.to/2Wa6jUa The DSLR Gimbal: https://amzn.to/2vIRZ9i Smartphone Gimbal: https://amzn.to/2AWgC57 Audio/Podcast on This: https://amzn.to/2TcV0IA ------------------------- SUBTITLE SUBMISSIONS http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_p... Where to Send Stuff Norm Nakamura - Tokyo Creative 306 PORTAL Apartment & Art POINT, 4-17 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0031 Have you joined the PODCAST family yet?: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t... The Tokyo Lens Podcast RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/17959f4/podcast/rss

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