Back to Tokyo, at Rei & Tommi’s house. I believe we already mentioned where Hélène learned how to ride bikes in big cities… 6th & 7th May, visiting Mimiko at Odawara… 9th May, Back to Tokyo at a famous Hamono place… wandering through the streets of Tokyo suburbs… Meeting with Anne Brély (Peultier). Her husband …
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14.a 1-2 May – Kaikoizumi @ Go & Megumi
We got to the location of Go & Megumi’s country house… Tomi was also already there and we soon got to meet Megumi’s farther too. Then to see the beautiful Ojiragawa river… but we shorten the visit as it started to rain. 2nd May, we went for a walk on the flank of Mt. Gongen …
13.a 30April & 1 May – Karuizawa express…
Couldn’t have possibly made it any shorter … we were expected by Go and Megumi for the Golden Week at their new Mökki.
12.f 28-30 April – With Akiko: Her parents join us
We get a view on the nearby mountain range. On our way back we stopped at an old village… just after Hakuba-Mura, the Aoni rice fields and temple Back home we were met by Akiko’s to be husband After UFO demo, time for BBQ Showing that some 30 years back we had already been visiting …
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12.e 26-27 April – With Akiko: The “Mountain Village” – Maki
Next days is yet another discovery for us, as Akiko and her friend – Sakiko – bring us to a remote “village” in the mountains – Maki. It is more like a huge farm with many dependancies and not much of a village anymore… A community / association is keeping the place “alive” all year …
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12.d 25 April – With Akiko: wood sent bags
In the morning the local primary school comes to take class photos Then Akiko comes to fetch us for Soba at an inn… For pudding we go to another inn, which was a second choice (specialty was there of Carri Risu) … When then go to help another friend. She came to live here in …
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12.c 24 April – With Akiko: plant dyeing
Another workshop, this time it is about natural dyeing using plants / trees… we meet many people we had already seen a first time at the Sansai cuisine workshop. No wonder, the region is not so densely populated and there are not many distractions either… In afternoon we tried to get to the mountain onsen …
12.b 23 April – With Akiko: Mushrooms
We are staying at Akiko’s place, alone… she stays at her boyfriend – soon to be husband. For our second day, we spent the whole day with Akiko … sightseeing but also dragging us along during her work!! Then Akiko was to help locals to seed some mushrooms. We tagged along and gave a hand …
12.a 21-22 April – With Akiko: Sansai
or how to prepare mountain plants ! It will take us 4 trains from Kyoto to the Nagano mountains where we will meet Akiko, daughter of Megumi and Noriko. We had a 2 hours stop at Itoigawa, on the north coast. Itoigawa So we only had time for a brief visit of the city renowned …
11.k 20 April – Last days with Elina
One day (20 April) in Kyoto, so Elina can also enjoy some more classic touristic sites (in particular some very impressive temples). Honesty it was somewhat a chock! So far we have been out of crowds and touristic places …. the feeling is not so pleasant – we’ll have to get use to it! … …