Noa Iimura, the Japanese Documentarian Who Traveled Through Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Venezuela to Tell a Story in 360 Degrees

Exploring new countries with new cultures and new people can be exciting and also challenging. For travel enthusiast and influencer Noa Iimura, challenges like these have always been fun and intriguing, and this is probably the reason he not only traveled through Central and South America for 5 years but has also spent a couple of months in Venezuela, a country he loved for its culture, natural beauty, and humble people. Noa has documented the most amazing moments of his journey with a 360-degree camera so his followers can experience it audio-visually as if they are also living the moment with him.

KOL: Noa is a Key Opinion Leader Creating Positive Engagements

KOL, a market analysis firm based in the US, has prepared a study on the social media engagements created by Noa on all major social media platforms.

KOL is a company that measures the level of impact and influence of people on social media. Leveraging the power of KOL’s Engagement Cloud, a topical non-subjective influence database, the company has monitored the influence and positive sentiment created on social networks by influencer Noa.

Noa is a native of Tokyo who became a social media influencer on YouTube through his love of travel. He is also a creative director and filmmaker. His journey started five years ago as he backpacked across South America, and since then, he has continued sharing unforgettable experiences from his travels with the world through virtual reality. Besides YouTube, the influencer also publishes his content on Oculus, Facebook, and Steam. So far, he has visited 19 countries and published 5 episodes of his travelog, garnering huge positive attention online.

The bucket list

From his bucket list, he started with Belize, Nicaragua, Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Venezuela. After watching the World Cup in Brazil, he changed his plan and moved to Venezuela earlier and even delayed his stay to experience the country’s culture longer. Noa would go on Noa to visit several places in Venezuela, like Valencia, Caracas, Barquisimeto, Mérida, and Maracay — each place welcoming him with open arms.

Many people warned him about visiting Venezuela, but that didn’t deter him from exploring the unique Caribbean culture that caught his attention. Noa knew that even the wrong places would have the right people he could trust. Instead of believing what people told him online, he decided to explore Venezuela and document his experience to change the world’s perspective of this country.

From the crazy long lines at gas stations where people would wait all night to fuel their cars to the extraordinary welcome from the Creole people, Venezuela had everything to intrigue a traveler like Noa. The Creole people are outgoing and love to include anyone regardless of their own situation. Some of Noa’s TikTok videos showing the kindness and love of the Creole people towards a traveler blew up online.

As an influencer, Noa has always remained true to his content. He never sugar-coated or romanticized anything for views. This eventually landed Noa, as well as the country of Venezuela, in the spotlight in the virtual world. Even Venezuelans who left their own country feel connected to his videos and have developed a new depth of love for their homeland.

Noa continues making videos to inspire people to explore new cultures and meet new people around the world. He also feels a sense of responsibility towards his followers who don’t have the resources or means to travel the world, so they can experience different cultures through his lens. Noa will continue to create more incredible content in the coming years as he continues exploring new lands.

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