Shiki Katsura

It is a small guesthouse located in a quiet mountain valley about 10 minutes by car from the World Heritage site of Shirakawa-go. It feels like you are visiting your grandpa's house in the countryside, and you will open the door and say "I'm home!" without even thinking. The landlady was very friendly and told us many interesting stories about this area that are not in the guidebook. Everything was sparkling clean from the entrance to the room, dining room, washroom and toilet, the futon was fluffy, and it was very quiet at night and cool even though it was July, so I was able to sleep soundly for the first time in a while. First thing in the morning, we took a walk around the neighborhood, looking at all kinds of flowers and salamanders in the irrigation canal! Everything was perfect, but the food was really amazing! We had many small dishes carefully cooked with vegetables that the landlady had grown with great care and wild vegetables picked from the nearby mountains, and Hida beef and brand pork yakiniku! And for the meat, they prepared yakiniku sauce, salt and pepper, grated daikon with ponzu sauce, wasabi soy sauce... I was impressed that they prepared it so that we could eat it in various ways. I was very satisfied with both the quality and the quantity! All four of us (my elderly mother can't eat much, so it was actually four people's worth for three people!) finished it all, and the landlady was surprised and very happy, so I was happy. Even though we are all big eaters, we were really full, so other people may not be able to finish it. Snacks and buying food on the day of the stay are taboo! Please arrive hungry lol For breakfast, they served me Hoba Miso Yaki, which I had been wanting to eat somewhere on this trip! I was very impressed again! They made a lot of small dishes in the morning, and my stomach was about to burst (but I ended up having a second helping of rice...of course it was bursting 😅) The whole family was happy, and I gained another memory with my mother. It's a wonderful inn.