Receive hints about town revitalization. Why not come and see? | Why not come for a change of scenery and get away from your ordinary life? There are no particular special activities or big meals planned, but we hope that you will indulge yourself in nature, where Japanese nightingales sing, greenery in the mountains change in color according to season, and the beauty of the stars mesmerizes at night. We would be pleased if you would experience rice-growing, taste the lusciousness of simple meals cooked by using wild mountain vegetables and crops harvested in the fields as well as rice, and think to yourself that you would like to come again. |
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About the accommodations
“Yamato” is located on a hill. Admire the view that leaves a really spectacular feeling, as if you were looking down from a castle tower. Inside the house spreads out in a quiet, peaceful space that calms the mind just like walking through a forest. In the spring, you will notice that Japanese nightingales awaken and improve their singing. If you like reading, this is the ideal place. Except during the winter season, leave windows open just a crack so that you can hear the music of the rustling trees from a distance, which is also the appeal of the Nanba residence.
Bath and amenities
In the serene setting of the spacious bath, you can take a nice long bath. 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. You can cook using prepared ingredients together with the staff of “Yamato” or with just your fellow members as a self-catering menu. The appeal of dinner at “Yamato” is the highly palatable Nanbamai rice produced in the rice paddies as large as 20-cho (approximately 20 hectares). The rice is so popular that it is requested and delivered outside the prefecture exclusively by Yamato. If you love rice, please make sure to taste this rice.
※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
【Operating agricultural machines】
For rice-growing in rice paddies as big as 20-cho, there are multiple large agricultural machines at “Yamato.” You can operate a tractor, rice planter, combine harvester, and other farm equipment. Do not worry if you are not sure how to operate. Take chan who used to be a teacher at an agricultural high school will show you the ropes in an easy-to-understand manner.
【Wild mountain vegetables and matsutake mushroom tour】
Depending on the season, wild mountain vegetables grow on the back hill. When the time is right, let’s change into clothes that are easy to move in, and go out to gather them. As they are wild, they taste slightly different. Enjoy the mouth-filling umami taste of wild mountain vegetables having thrived and grown in lush green. People say that “matsutake mushrooms” can rarely be found. If you find them, you are one of the lucky ones. Savor the ultra luxurious domestic wild food.
【Bamboo craft】
Various things can be crafted out of bamboo lumbered from the bamboo grove on the back hill. Small children can make bamboo-helicopters or other bamboo toys, and adults can make plates, chopsticks, forks, and other things of practical use out of bamboo. Eating with unique bamboo plateware should have the effect of making your meals look and taste slightly different.
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