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We have moved to Nagano in Japan!

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Our fourth visit to Sansuian in Nasu, Tochigi, an

Our fourth visit to Sansuian in Nasu, Tochigi, an amazing place perched on an overhang overlooking a series of small waterfalls and serving just wonderful perfect soba and tempura. The owner is always friendly and welcoming and service is just amazingly attentive and polite and elegant. It’s always incredible to me this level of attentiveness you find in Japan and I am full of appreciation - I hope I never take it for granted. If you visit it’s definitely best to reserve in advance - we were the last guests before they ran out of soba and you could be disappointed if you arrive without a reservation. It was our 11 year anniversary a few days before and it was moving to visit some places with history for us. We took a very little Hana here many years ago.

In the mountain near Aida village, up a winding ro

In the mountain near Aida village, up a winding road that is really more like a track is a kominka that is run as a soba restaurant. It’s called Hosobara and is run by a personable little old lady who single-handedly makes the soba and accompaniments herself and serves all too without any staff at all. There’s no menu and as soon as you sit automatically the single set course is prepared for you while you’re told a continuous stream of stories of past visits by notable people. While we were there she walked in with a large box of huge matsutake- mushrooms that are found wild in the mountain. It was explained to us that the mushrooms are best when they are nestled in the soil so that only the tip of their head peeks out, like a baby wrapped in its swaddle, so they are very hard to find.

Further down the mountain is a cafe called Yamaboshi, which a a converted kominka that was the house of the owner’s father. There are breathtaking views over the valley below and far mountains. A thatched gate house opposite used to be a school building.

Blending spices @udon._takano.laboratory.cafe in N

Blending spices @udon._takano.laboratory.cafe in Nagano City this afternoon.

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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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