17:52 JST · −4 °CReserve
01 — Nagano Alps · 1,400 m

Arriveslowly.

A ninety-year-old inn with eleven rooms and one hearth. Scroll to walk the path.

02The path

Forty lanterns,
lit by hand.

At dusk the path is lit one stone lantern at a time, as it has been every evening since 1934.

03The threshold

Leave the mountain
at the door.

Shoes off, coats hung. Cedar, woodsmoke and quiet. The cold stays outside.

04Stay with us

The kettle is already warm.