Our wonderful friends, the Koizumi family, invited us to their hometown of Yamanashi Prefecture these past few holiday-days and we had an amazing time. Absolutely wonderful. Packed-full of new experiences, sights, tastes and soakings. We saw the Southern Alps of Japan, had a private tour of a 100-year old sake brewery, ate amazing Japanese food & made our own soba noodles, and to top it all off, an-out-of-this-world soak in a hot spring high on a bluff overlooking the southern alps and Mount Fuji!
Honestly, since coming here in March of last year, the past few days have been the most memorable...and the very reason we came back here in the first place!
A HUGE arigatou gozaimasu to the Koizumi and Osada family! We are looking forward to our next visit, hopefully soon.
