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House name
Farm Guest House Michan
Name/nickname
Michan
| Enjoy the motherly taste home cooking. Why not come and try? | Michan is the hostess of this guest house, who sells local dishes, such as saba zushi, sushi roll, and sansai-okowa (sweet rice with wild mountain vegetables), at Michi-no-Eki. The tastes of these prepared dishes have quite a good reputation. The biggest appeal of this guest house is that you can cook using seasonal ingredients together with Michan who enjoys demonstrating her cooking skills. You can also learn from the host how to make crafts, such as straw sandals and bamboo-helicopters, using natural materials. |
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About the accommodations
Surrounded by plants and flowers, the appearance of Farm Guest House Michan is adorable. And it’s no wonder because Michan is a veteran who has been involved in group plant and flower planting and arrangement for more than 25 years. Making contact with the planting and arrangement group that seems simple but is actually deeply thought out will refine your own artistic sensibility. Also, since crafts made by her husband having an artisan spirit are placed here and there, pick them up, if given the okay, and stimulate your sensibility in a likewise manner.
Bath and amenities
Michan’s bath is relatively wide and deep. You can soak up to your shoulders and stretch out your legs. Amenities for bathing and for getting ready in the morning include a toothbrush, shampoo, body-wash, cleansing foam, and hair dryer.
About the meals
Meals in the guest house will not be served, but you can buy Michan’s homemade dishes sold at Michi-no-Eki. Feel free to tell Michan what you want to eat, such as saba zushi, burdock root-contained sushi rolls, croquettes, sansai-okowa, or yomogi dango (mugwort dumplings). Of course, self-catering is acceptable. In this case, enjoy cooking delicious local dishes using seasonal vegetables under the guidance of Michan.
※Self-catering menu is subject to change depending on the accommodation schedule.
※If you want to know the day’s self-catering menu, make a separate inquiry.
Example activities
【Group planting and arrangement (gardening)】
Michan is a veteran of group planting and arrangement with more than 25 years of experience. Try meticulous and artistic group planting and flower arrangement under the direction of Michan who is well known locally for her 350 or so demonstration classes.
【Craft】
Michan’s husband is a master of straw work and other crafts. He can offer a skillful finish to straw sandals, bamboo-helicopters, cutout cushions, and other handcrafts. Families with small children can make memories of their trips and souvenirs at the same time.
【Drawing pictures on message cards (reservation required)】
You can learn the art of drawing pictures on message cards for each season from Toshiko chan, an 80-year-old master of drawing pictures on message cards. As it is sometimes vivid and sometimes faded, a picture on a message card drawn by maintaining a balance between shades and gray has the power of soothing the receiver’s heart.
* For confirmation of Toshiko chan’s schedule, this menu requires prior reservation.
Other activities
- Farming experience (rice-growing, field farming, blueberry picking)
- Experience learning (making of yomogi dango, observation of wild grass and flowers)
- Activities (Yoshikawa Hachimangu Shrine summer and autumn festivals, Onidensai, Jinenjo (Japanese yam) festival, Wasshoi Wansaka, cowshed observation walk, Yuen walk, Narutaki Dam observation walk, somen-nagashi (noodles flowing in a sliced bamboo pipe and catching them to eat), watermelon splitting)
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