Oops! That page can’t be found.
Nothing was found at this location. Try searching, or check out the links below.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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 –…
Snow In the morning we woke to find Ikusaka transformed by a thick blanket of snow and shrouded in mist and looking just really otherworldly. With great care and attention I shovelled the road clear in front of the house – Nao thought it was (maybe, probably) the expected thing for every conscientious villager to…
Nothing was found at this location. Try searching, or check out the links below.