前日までは連日20℃を超す暑さだったがこの日は朝の気温が2℃。寒い！
The day before, it had been over 20 degrees Celsius every day, but on this day, the morning temperature was 2 degrees Celsius. It was cold!
この近くにドッグランがあると教えてもらったのでそこへ行ってみることにした。
The hotel staff told me that there was a place where dogs can run near the hotel, so I went there.
10分ほど歩くと網で囲われたドッグランが見えてきた。この場所だったら網で囲わなくても自然のドッグランみたいなものだけど迷い犬になったら困るからね。
After walking for about 10 minutes, I found a place surrounded by a net.
すぐそこが八方尾根スキー場。
Happo One Ski Resort is right there. It will be ski season soon!
ホテルをチェックアウトして今日は軽井沢に向かうのだけど、少し回り道すれば戸隠村(今は長野市)がある。折角長野に来たんだから美味しい蕎麦を食べたいと思ってスマホで検索。
After checking out of the hotel, we headed for Karuizawa, but a short detour would take us to Togakushi Village (now Nagano City). Since I had come to Nagano, I wanted to eat delicious Soba, so I searched for Soba restaurant on my smart phone.
戸隠に向かう途中のリンゴ農園。真ん中の赤い帯状に見えてるのがリンゴ
An apple orchard on the way to Togakushi. The red band in the center is a harvested apples.
景色もきれい！
Beautiful scenery!
ここは戸隠神社。この写真だと観光客はまばらに見えるけど実際にはかなり多くてびっくりした。蕎麦好きが多いのか、旅行割のせいなのか分からないけど､､､
This is Togakushi Shrine. In this picture, tourists seem to be sparse, but I was surprised that there were actually quite a lot of them. I don’t know if it is because there are many soba lovers or because of the travel discount.
ネットで紹介されている蕎麦屋はどこも超満員なので空いてそうな店を探してここにした。
All the soba restaurants introduced on the Internet are very crowded, so we looked for a place that seemed to be quiet and decided to go here.
私は三味蕎麦。タレは左から、いくさ(エゴマ)、醤油、ゴマくるみ。
I chose Sanmi Soba. The tare (sauce) are, from left to right: ikusa (egoma), soy sauce, and sesame walnut.
ママは温かいとろろそば。
後で調べてみたらこの店も50年以上続く名店で、そばソフトクリームは他店が真似できない絶品なのだそう。気付いた時は後の祭り､､､
My wife ordered hot soba noodles.
I later found out that this restaurant has been in business for more than 50 years, and their soba soft serve ice cream is a masterpiece that no other restaurant can imitate. It’s too late!
予定を決めずに動き回るのも旅の楽しさの一つ、って感じでした。ここから軽井沢まで上信越自動車道を経由して1時間半ほどで到着。
It was one of the pleasures of travel to move around without a fixed schedule. It takes about one and a half hours from here to Karuizawa via Joshinetsu Expressway.
この日からは最終日まで3泊4日をここレジーナリゾート軽井沢御影用水で過ごします。
From this day until the last day, we will spend 3 nights and 4 days here at Regina Resort Karuizawa Mikage.
今回の旅行の前半は毎日長距離を移動して、知らない土地を歩いたからこなつは少し疲れてしまったみたい。なので最後を馴れているこの場所にしたのは正解で、こなつは徐々に元気を取り戻していった。軽井沢滞在の様子はまた後日。
Konatsu seemed to be a little tired because we traveled long distances every day and walked in unfamiliar places during the first half of this trip. So it was a good decision to choose this familiar place for the last part of the trip, and Konatsu gradually regained her energy. I will post more about our stay in Karuizawa at a later date.