When I woke up in the morning, the sky was clear and cloudless. Altitude here is 900m, Fuji in front, Suruga Bay on the left, and Sagami Bay on the right. I have been here many times, but this is the first time I have had such a clear view.
この写真はハーベスト天城高原の最上階にある温泉からの眺めなのです。
This photo is the view from the hot spring on the top floor of Tokyu Harvest Amagi Kogen.
そして朝の散歩は今まで行ったことのないコースを選んでみた。
For our morning walk, we chose a course I had never taken before.
こんな散歩コースがあったので歩いてみた。
I found this walking course and walked along it.
今回は全然鹿に出会えてないのでシカさんコースに向かってみた。
This time we didn’t see any deer, so we headed for the deer course.
Konatsu seemed to sense the scent of deer and pulled me along, but I could not see any deer. Konatsu seemed to be saying, “I wonder why, I don’t see any deer…. So let’s give up and go have breakfast!
というワケで伊豆高原のル・フィヤージュという人気のパン屋さんにやってきた。
So we went to a popular bakery called Le Fillage in Izu Kogen.
Konatsu got her share, too, and breakfast was over. Since we had come all this way, we decided to go see the Kawazu cherry blossoms, so we drove south on the Izu Peninsula. However, it took us more than an hour to drive there because there seemed to be so many people who wanted to see the Kawazu cherry blossoms, even though it usually takes only 30 minutes.
My wife seems to be happy to be free from her daily chores and to be able to relax and do nothing, so she is spending most of the time in the room without doing any sightseeing. However, I had a problem when I drove out for a bit of shopping, etc. The temperature is below freezing even during the daytime, so the washer fluid is frozen and won’t come out. When the car was covered with muddy water, I had to wash it with drinking waterI Next time, I will put in antifreeze washer fluid.
最終日の夕飯に行きましょう!こなつは今回は洋服を沢山持って来た。どれもドッグデプト
Let’s go to dinner on the last day! Konatsu brought a lot of clothes this time.
フレンチが三日続くけど、ここのは美味しいから飽きない。
French food lasts three days, but I never get tired of it because it’s so good here.
A bakery and restaurant, KOO, opened near Regina, and I heard that it has been introduced in magazines and has a good reputation. I decided to buy some bread as a souvenir.
実際、家に帰ってから食べてみたら凄く美味しい!ご興味あればURLを見てね。 https://crea.bunshun.jp/articles/-/34749 In fact, when I got home, I tried some of the bread and it was delicious! If you are interested, please check the URL.
At the Hachioji Junction, we wondered whether we should continue straight ahead or take the Chuo Highway. I was lost for a moment, but decided to take the Chuo Highway.
中央道を長坂ICで降りて、清里を通って佐久に出るコース。途中、野辺山の辺りはこんな雪景色。
We got off the Chuo Highway at Nagasaka IC and headed for Saku via Kiyosato. On the way, the area around Nobeyama was covered with snow.
更に進むとホワイトアウトしそうになってきたが、そうはならずに済んだ。
As we continued on, it looked like it was going to be a whiteout, but it didn’t turn out that way.
中部横断自動車道の佐久南ICで降りて、道の駅ホットパークに寄り道。
We got off at the Saku Minami IC of the Chubu Cross-Island Highway and stopped at roadside station Hot Park.
ワタシは降りたくありません、って顔してるけど歳会えずオシッコだけ済ませよう。
Konatsu looked like she didn’t want to get off the car.
ここは小さな道の駅ですがこの地方ならではのモノをいろいろ売っていて、、、
This is a small roadside station, but they sell a variety of local products…
Among them is this frozen tofu. It is said that only four shops in Japan make handmade frozen tofu, and that the taste is so good that no machine can make it. I got it!
そこから30分で軽井沢に到着。今回もレジーナリゾート御影用水に泊まります。
From there, we arrived in Karuizawa in 30 minutes. Again, we will stay at Regina Resort Mikageyousui.
今回も信州割のお世話になります! 到着が遅くなったから一休みしたらすぐ夕飯だ。
Once again, we’re getting the Shinshu Discount! Since we arrived late, we’ll have dinner right after we take a break.
こなつは抜け毛の季節だから毛を撒き散らさないように洋服を着てレストランへ。
Konatsu is in the season of hair loss, so we put on clothes and went to the restaurant so as not to scatter the hair.
Lately we have been traveling frequently, but it has been in the spirit of making as many happy memories as possible while Konatsu is still in good health. On this particular day, we went to Manyo Park in Yugawara.
I took a peek and sure enough, there is a footbath. But who would use a footbath while visiting a bank? Well, it seems like a bank in a hot spring resort area.
その近くに古めかしい和菓子屋があったので行ってみた。
There was an old-fashioned Japanese sweets shop near the bank, so we went there.
ここのお団子おいしかった。
The dumplings were delicious.
この日の宿泊は東急ハーベスト熱海伊豆山。
We stayed at Tokyu Harvest Club Atami Izusan.
それにしても、この1週間のサッカーW杯はお驚きの連続だ。
Still, this past week’s soccer World Cup has been full of surprises.
I asked the doorman of Regina to take a commemorative photo of us, the first and last family shots of our trip. We were so comfortable during our 4-day/3-night stay at the Regina Resort that I have already made a reservation for our next visit (lol). After checking out, we went shopping at Tsuruya.
軽井沢で最後のランチは蕎麦屋の東間(とうま)
My last lunch in Karuizawa was at a soba restaurant, Toma.
This is another soba restaurant where you can have a meal with your dog on the terrace, and after we entered the restaurant, people came one after another with their dogs.
だし巻き玉子。コレ美味しいよ!
Japanese-style omlet. This is delicious!
ここの蕎麦は鎌倉の「こ寿々」の味に似ている。もちろん美味しい。
The taste of the soba noodles here is similar to that of “Kosuzu” in Kamakura. Of course it is delicious.
デザートもしっかり!
We also had dessert!
これでいよいよ今回の旅行が終わりとなる。。。
This was the end of our trip…
上信越道を走って我が家まで4時間。また来たいねえ、、、
It took us 4 hours to get home on the Joshin-etsu Expressway. I want to come back again…
It’s a lithograph, not an expensive one, but it’s in my house. Thaliassen is a nice place to stroll around. The day after this, we went to the dog park in Komoro City.
山の中腹に駐車場があって、そこから上まで登って行くのでけっこうキツイ。
There is a parking lot in the middle of the mountain, and it is quite hard to climb up to the top from there.
下に見えているのは小型犬用のドッグラン。そして私が居る所が大型犬用のラン。
The one below is a dog park for small dogs, and the one where I am is for large dogs.
最近はあまり走ることがないこなつだけれど、ここではよく走っていた。
Konatsu doesn’t run much these days, but she used to run a lot here.
We left the dog park early and went to the top of the park. The autumn leaves are beautiful here, too.
レジーナに戻り、館内で撮影。内部はもうクリスマス仕様になっていた。では夕飯を食べに行きましょう。
We returned to Regina and took some pictures. The inside of the hotel was already decorated for Christmas. Let’s go have dinner. Now, let’s go have dinner.
これはレジーナ1日目のメニュー
This is the menu for the first day in Regina.
ここの食事はいつも美味しい!更にワンコと一緒に食べられるのがいいね。
The food here is always delicious! And I love that I can eat with my dog.
これはこなつ用の 秋鮭と野菜 ↑
This is for Konatsu. Autumn salmon and vegetables.
蒸し鶏の胸肉と野菜 ↑ こんなの毎日食べてたらまたダイエットやり直しだ(笑)
Steamed chicken breast and vegetables ↑ If I eat like this every day, I’ll have to start my diet all over again, lol.