Hirayu and Kamikouchi
I went to Hirayu hot springs in Gifu and Kamikouchi in Nagano with my family on August 8th and 9th this year.
On August 8th we first went to a service area. There we ate rice balls which my grandmother had made.
We reached the waterfall, which is named Hirayu Ootaki, in the early evening. We parked our car in the parking area and walked to the waterfall. The slope from the parking area to the waterfall is long and I was tired. Seen up close, the waterfall is very powerful. I felt refreshed there.
In the evening we arrived at the inn where we stay every time we go to Hirayu. We took a bath and ate dinner. The food served at this inn is gorgeous, and the dinner was one of our pleasures on this trip.
On August 9th we went to Kamikouchi from Hirayu bus terminal
by bus. We walked in Kamikouchi for about 90 minutes and arrived at the lodge, which is named Kamonjigoya. We ate broiled char with salt and buckwheat noodles there.
On the way back to Nagoya we called at Akakabu-no-sato, a souvenir shop. We bought souvenirs there and then went home.
We go to Hirayu and Kamikouchi almost every year. In summer it is very cool in Hirayu and Kamikouchi, and I’m looking forward to going there next summer also.
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Comments (3)
Mayu
wrote on December 08, 2005:
You go there every yeear! It’s a very nice event. I have not been to Hirayu and Kamikouchi, but I want to go there sometime. What was the gorgeous dinner? I’m so interested in that food.
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Takuya
wrote on December 13, 2005:
The dinner is Japanese food and dessert. Many Japanese dishes are served. Let me introduce the food and dessert which are served every time: the food is edible wild plants dressed with sesame and soybean paste (sansai-no-goma-miso-ae), sliced raw Hida beef (Hidagyuu-no-sashimi), fried white fish thickened with powdered kudzu (shiromizakana-no-furai-no-annkake), grilled vegetables and beef on hou leaf (yasai-to-niku-no-houba-yaki) and iron pot rice (kama-meshi). Dessert is Bavarian cream (babaroa).
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Mayu
wrote on December 14, 2005:
Oh, It’s a great dinner! I have never eaten such foods. I’m hungry.
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