THE COMPREHENSIVE MANUAL
The filming secrets
$49 USD
How the shots are made: field preparation, camera choices, behaviour and the craft of hornet wrangling.
Buy nowIn preparation. Purchases open when the manual is ready.
THE FIELD KNOWLEDGE BEHIND THE FOOTAGE
Secrets of filming hornets.
JAPAN · OCTOBER / NOVEMBER
Learn in the field
$3,900 USD / person / week
An immersive week with the monk. Akiya-house stays, meals, local transport and the hosted field programme included. Flights and the required $49 manual are separate.
Reserve your spotLimited places · Interview before confirmation.
EXCLUSIVE WILDLIFE ADVENTURE · JAPAN
A week in the field.
A place at the table.
After a long day outdoors, settle into an akiya house and share a meal with the monk. An immersive week of rural Japan, hornets and the work behind the films.
Your hosted week is taken care of: accommodation, meals, local transport and the field programme are included in the $3,900 price.
Arrange your flight to Japan and arrive at the agreed meeting point on time. Purchase and read the $49 manual before attending, once it is released.
Trip + required manual: $3,949 per person for one week, excluding flights. The manual is still in preparation; no purchase is needed to request a place.
Reserve your spotLimited places. A personal interview comes before confirmation. No payment or booking is taken on this site.
LIMITED PLACES · PROPOSED SEASONAL DATES
Choose your week.
Four seven-day windows, with three clear days between groups. The travel year and availability are confirmed during the interview.
WEEK 1
October 10–16
WEEK 2
October 20–26
WEEK 3
October 30–November 5
WEEK 4
November 9–15
Minimum one week. Longer stays can be discussed; the gaps are preparation days, not additional scheduled field days.
Reserve your spotIMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE FIELD
See the work up close.
Discover the observation, preparation and patience behind natural-history filming. The interview helps shape participation around experience, comfort and access needs.
Wildlife and weather shape the programme. Guest activities are agreed with the host; these archive photographs do not promise a particular encounter.
FROM THE MONK’S ARCHIVE
A glimpse of the field.
Michael Trout in the field · Watch on YouTube
Past specialist fieldwork; guest activities depend on conditions and an agreed programme.