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We have moved to Nagano in Japan!

Kotori UK has hung up it's apron.

We will post our progress in Japan here.

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We stopped in at @yakitatesconeforest where Naoko

We stopped in at @yakitatesconeforest where Naoko had a chat with the owner who’s eyes sparkled as she told about how she found out what she wanted to do for the rest of her life - to bake scones. The whole place was built from scratch by her carpenter husband who makes the most beautiful wooden chairs. Then we followed the road up into the mountain and finding it closed, followed Takasekawa (I think) until we eventually found a place to get down to it and rock hop and paddle our way across. The water was icy cold but perfectly clear and our cells woke up!

#naganomountainlife #naganolife #omachilife #naganobakery #exploreomachi #bestsconesever

Kizakiko and Hakuba. We stopped at Lake Kizaki an

Kizakiko and Hakuba. We stopped at Lake Kizaki and by accident we stumbled upon @sauna_stand_kokage, a really beautiful spot where they’ve built from scratch a little standing bar and Finnish style barrel saunas right on the lake edge looking out over the water. The people running it were super kind and we really loved the just very chilled out but warm and easy going ambience of the people and the place.

While we were there we met some customers including @edo_eminagroup who is doing an outdoor lifestyle business including importing and making camper conversions for 4wd, and gave us lots of super helpful pointers for life in the area and Miasa especially. It’s fun to make little connections as we explore. Then we went on a little mini hike / bear hunt up in the woods above the lake, and spent the afternoon at Hakuba Green and by the river Himekawa, which was absolutely churning with melt water and the recent rainfall.

We have arrived at our trial house in Miasa, Omach

We have arrived at our trial house in Miasa, Omachi yesterday in heavy snow. The snow built up really quickly and we put snow socks on the car for the first time just to get from the reception to our cabin. Today the snow eventually subsided and the sun came out and we explored the immediate area a little. Miasa feels both more remote and more wild comparing to Ikusaka. We have been told to be cautious of bears. Hana spotted a Kamoshika on the way here, an extraordinary animal named as a deer (‘shika’) but in fact (according to Wikipedia) a caprid or ‘goat antelope’, of which many species became extinct in the last ice age, so that it is considered a living fossil and also a living national treasure of the forest. Anyway a magical seeming animal. This will be our home for the next one month.

#miasa #miasalife #omachi #omachilife #nagano #naganolife #japanmountainlife

The Forest Bakery

April 6, 2024

The Forest Bakery We stopped in at @yakitatesconeforest where Naoko had a chat with the owner who’s eyes sparkled as she told about how she found out what she wanted to do for the rest of her life – to bake scones. The whole place was built from scratch by her carpenter husband who makes the most…

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Miasa

March 22, 2024

Miasa We have arrived at our trial house in Miasa, Omachi yesterday in heavy snow. The snow built up really quickly and we put snow socks on the car for the first time just to get from the reception to our cabin. Today the snow eventually subsided and the sun came out and we explored…

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Oide Koen

March 11, 2024

Oide Koen Another trip up to Hakuba. This time we stopped at Oide park in the deep snow and wandered around the beautiful old kominka nearby, before meeting a family who have been living in Hakuba for more than 10 years and who were so kind to share their experiences with us. We were told…

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Morph Bakery

March 8, 2024

Morph Bakery We visited Morph Bakery in Ikusaka and had a chat with the owner Takuya Kiuchi and a regular customer there, such warm people and the cafe / bakery is a beautiful space and setting, a lovingly renovated Kominka (giving us ideas:)) with a view of the Northern Japanese Alps peeking over the mountains.…

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Hakuba

March 7, 2024

Hakuba We headed up to Hakuba for the afternoon. Hakuba Valley is a famous ski destination – it was the site of the 18th Winter Olympic Games and apparently the powder is amazing (I won’t pretend to know what I’m talking about) but we just enjoyed an afternoon of snooping around the fancy chalets and…

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Omachi

March 2, 2024

Omachi Today we headed over to Omachi, north of Azumino. Our first idea was to visit Ai Cafe but finding it closed we discovered 三俣山荘図書室 just around the corner, which I think you would say as ‘Mitsumata Sanso Library’, which is really a cafe bar / art space with a wall lined with books –…

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