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 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!