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June, the rainy season has arrived. There are many rainy days, and the laundry doesn't dry very well... I sound like a housewife, but when you run a guesthouse, washing clothes and drying bedding is an important part of your daily routine, so you are very sensitive to the weather. Even in such a situation, the Kumano Kodo...

May is a beautiful season when the Kumano Kodo is covered with various kinds of greenery. Natural forests have beautiful gradations of green, while plantation forests are impressive with the dark green of trees neatly lined up in rows. Rice paddies are filled with water, reflecting the scenery like a mirror. Furthermore, one of the features of the Kumano Kodo is the fog...

　April has arrived, but the weather is still chilly. Plum blossoms are falling in Kinkuro, narcissus and kobushi are beginning to bloom on roadsides, and the cherry blossom season will soon be upon us. The flowers blooming one after another are like a relay of the seasons! Unlike the city, here there are many different flowers everywhere...

　Finally, we are in full swing for the opening! We have a lot of work to do, but first we held an on-site meeting for the important renovation project. 　Our guesthouse building is located on top of a small hill about 400 meters from Kumano Kodo, about a 5-minute walk. 　...

　Preparations are underway for the opening of Guesthouse COZY in the fall of 2025.　COZY” means ”cozy” or ”friendly". We want to make the encounters we have on our travels into memories like treasures. We would like to make it such an inn. Please enjoy the opening...

I was invited by a local community member to participate in the Gotou Festival! This festival has a history of about 1,400 years and is held every year on February 6 at Kamikura Shrine in Shingu City. Women are forbidden to participate in the festival, and men dressed in white and wearing ropes with a torch carrying the sacred flame run up the steep stone steps from the top of Mt...