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 “Hanazawa no sato” is a small village with about 30 houses in a mountain located in the northern part of Yaizu City in Shizuoka Prefecture, where we can see beautiful landscapes with untouched nature and old buildings of traditional styles.
   
In 2014, this picturesque site was designated as an Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District of Japan.
Old residential buildings with white-wall storehouses and Nagaya-mon gates create nostalgic atmosphere, and as strolling, we can enjoy the feeling as if we have slipped back in time to more than 100 or 200 years ago.
(Nagaya-mon gates are gates combined with residential buildings and sometimes called Samurai-style gates since they were often seen built with feudal loads’ houses during the Edo period so that they could have their subordinates live in the gate houses.)

   

In the village, there is also a cozy café we can rest and enjoy hand-made sweets and a visitor center equipped with clean and high-tech toilets. We can find various local vegetables and fruits sold at some unattended stands along the walking course, too.

   
I think that “Hanazawa no sato” is a perfect place for us to spend a refreshing holiday away from daily rush.
Please come and see this beautiful village. We are looking forward to guiding you there.  (A.K.)