October 6th and 7th 2011

Those 2 days we went to Nagano prefecture,

in a village, in the mountains, called Nakano.

There, a friend of Yuta's friend

have an orchard farm with lots of fruits and vegetables....

First we had a walk in the village....

Lots of flowers everywhere

and pure water running all along the way...

We went to the apples orchards....

Then to the vineyard....

Of course Amané tasted some grapes...

and of course she couldn't stop asking for

eating more...and more!!!!

She also tired to pick up some apples...

Mammm mammmm.....mammm mammmmm.....

This farmer, Mr Sato, is living in a wonderfull

old style so huge house, all renovated....

At home, also Amané couldn't stop eating!!!

The first afternoon we all pick up pears....

Amané tried to help us....!

And at the end of the afternoon

3 of us took a private onsen,

in front of a beautiful panorama,

the sun getting down quietly....

Next morning we picked up grapes....

Here Amané is playing in one side of the farm's garden....

Then the mum of the farm

taught me how to do soba nooddles...

1-Make a bowl with the floor and some water....

2- Stretch the paste with a big roll....

3-Hit the paste to stretch it more....

4-Of course you have to look at it sometimes....

It's soooooo big at the end!!!

5-Fold the paste 16 times....

6-Relax and cut it smoothly....

I couldn't relax enough

so Yuta had to cut it for me!

He did it so well!!!

Here is Mr Tsumura, friend of Yuta...

Thanks to him (he knows really well the owner of the farm),

we had a really wonderfull peacefull week-end!

For people living in Japan

it's

NOGYO MINSHUKU in Nakano, Nagano-ken.

Click on Nogyo and you'll have the internet site.