Watanabe Diary

Letters from Auberge-Watanabe

Fresh greens

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Our chef is like a great painter! He catches a beautiful tone of colors of the season and changes them into amazing textures. Could you imagine looking at the window from the Momiji room and what kind of texture would you think of?
2016/04/24 | Category : days

Toka-sai festival

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Toka-sai is held every year on April 15h. The festival is starting with the ritual of offering peach blossoms to the God. And Bugaku (court dance) and music are performed by Shinto prists with a joy of beautiful spring seasons. Several Noh (noh play) are performed on the Itsukushima shrine noh stage from April 16 to 18 (9am-4pm) as the post-event of the Toka-sai. With your 300yen entrance fee to the shrine, you can enjoy this marvelous performance. 400 professoinal noh performers all over Japan and coming for the event and their traditional costumes are also stunning!
2016/04/18 | Category : days

Mt. Misen

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Many people enjoy hiking to Mt. Misen. We are located right next to the entrance to the trail "Daishoin course".
2016/04/11 | Category : days

Late afternoon

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It's time to go home.
2016/04/10 | Category : days

Fresh green

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Bright fresh greens are replacing beatiful cherry blossoms.
2016/04/9 | Category : days