Hakone Sengokuhara "Hotel Mori no Kaze Hakone Sengokuhara ①" A relaxing Hakone stay with your dog amidst Japanese modern style and gardens.

Hakone's Sengokuhara in early summer, sparkling with fresh greenery. Located a comfortable distance from central Tokyo, this area, enveloped in scenic pampas grass fields, abundant nature, and tranquility, is a popular hot spring resort that reveals a different face with each season. This time, I stayed there with my beloved dog, Chocolat...

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Numazu - Japanese Restaurant "Uchiura Fisheries Cooperative Direct-Operated Ikesuya": A restaurant where fishermen's wives showcase their culinary skills using fish raised in Suruga Bay.

On our way back from Izu-Nagaoka, we stopped for lunch in Numazu at "Uchiura Fisheries Cooperative Direct-Operated Ikesuya," a restaurant overlooking Uchiura Bay. The Uchiura district of Numazu City is known for boasting the highest production and shipment volume of farmed horse mackerel in Japan. The rich waters of Suruga Bay and the blessings of Mount Fuji...

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A photo exhibition exploring the past and present of Sanyo-so, a hot spring inn in Izu-Nagaoka, known for its relaxing hot springs and its reputation as a "beauty bath" -7-

Nestled in the heart of the mountains of Genjiyama in Izu-Nagaoka, the renowned inn "Izu-Nagaoka Onsen Sanyo-so" exudes a sense of history. Built in the early Showa period as a villa for Hisaya Iwasaki, the third head of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, this place offers a tranquil atmosphere where aged architecture and a vast Japanese garden intertwine...

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Izu Nagaoka, Onsen Ryokan "Sanyo-so": A morning spent alone in the tranquil strolling garden in early spring -6-

As the first signs of spring gently enveloped the garden, we visited the historic and renowned inn, "Izu Nagaoka Onsen Sanyo-so," and the next morning, as the sky slowly began to brighten and the sun gently appeared, we left our detached room, "Fujiuraha," and took a stroll through the garden. Among the cherry blossoms in bloom in the garden...

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