[Nishiokopper Live] Friday, December 19 A Christmas live held at Nishiokoppe Guest House GA.KOPPER. From the smallest villagers to the biggest villagers everyone performed their chosen acts, watched, and enjoyed the evening.☆ The venue was the dining room warmed by a wood stove. Many paintings decorated the stage window and the corridor windows, and festive lights twinkled here and there. At Nishiokopper Live, as usual, homemade sweets were on sale, and food like tacos and okowa (steamed glutinous rice), drinks, and desserts were served, so our stomachs were treated as well. People danced, played kendama, did readings, conducted experiments, and made music…. The night closed with samba. - Did everyone receive a present from Santa? Setoushi‑kun received a lovely present and somehow his fur looks shinier. #Christmas Live #GA.KOPPER #Nishiokopper #Live #homemade sweets

Mayu Kondo — Introduction Video to Nishiokoppe Village [②] - The second introduction video of Nishiokoppe Village is now available - Mayu Kondo, a singer-songwriter who also works as a YouTuber. Her first trip to Hokkaido was, surprisingly, to Nishiokoppe Village!? From Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport. A one-hour drive from the airport brings you to Nishiokoppe Village. Her first stop was Okhotsk Musical Instrument Industry Co., Ltd., which manufactures electric guitar bodies. In Kondo’s video, she gives a detailed report on the factory work and the body manufacturing process🎸 The video also showcases Forest Park, where you can bat and go bouldering; Komu – Forest Art Museum, an indoor facility with wooden playground equipment and toys; Kuuraku, a dining spot inside Forest Park; and Nishiokoppe Guest House GA.KOPPER. Soothing narration from Kondo carries you through a video full of highlights to the end. Mayu Kondo Thank you for visiting Nishiokoppe Village! #Settlement Promotion #Introduction Video #Mayu Kondo #Influencer #Singer-Songwriter #Eat #Stay

Kopi: Introduction Video to Nishiokoppe Village [1] - The introduction video to Nishiokoppe Village has been released ① - Kopi is active as a singer, actor, and influencer. Following last year, Kopi visited Nishiokoppe Village again this year! Over a one-night, two-day stay, she toured many spots in Nishiokoppe Village and introduced them to viewers 🏃🏃🏃 The Experience Farm, where visitors can stay long-term while taking part in agricultural activities, Forest Park, where you can play at a batting center and go-karts, the village’s only supermarket Q Mart, Tao Shoten, where you can buy venison and bear meat sourced within the village, Okhotsk Musical Instrument Industry Co., Ltd., which manufactures electric guitar bodies, GA.KOPPER, a guest house renovated from a wooden junior high school that closed down, and Roadside Station Nishiokoppe Kamu, where you can enjoy a flower park. In a roughly 30-minute video, all of these are tightly packed together ✨ For more on Okhotsk Musical Instrument Industry Co., Ltd., watch the upcoming YouTube video featuring Mayu Kondo or Kopi’s past videos to see detailed manufacturing processes 👀 Fans of Kopi won’t want to miss her cooking scenes. Don’t miss how she enjoys Nishiokoppe venison and Kouei beef! Watching the video will make you want to eat it 🤤 Kopi braved the cold of Hokkaido in October to convey the experience. Thank you, Kopi, for visiting Nishiokoppe Village! #Settlement promotion #Introduction video #Kopi #Influencer #Actor #Eat #Stay

Nukazuke Workshop🥕 A "Nukazuke Workshop" was held to showcase local ingredients and inspire new ideas for processing them.💡 Under the guidance of Rieko Teramoto, who is from Gokase, participants first tasted the nukazuke prepared yesterday.🥢 There were 18 varieties in total!! Familiar vegetables like cucumber, carrot, and daikon sat alongside new flavor discoveries such as dried shiitake, konnyaku, and myoga.👀✨ Next, Teramoto demonstrated how to prepare the nuka bed in front of everyone, teaching about moisture levels and other details.📝 She then shared ready-to-use nuka beds for participants to take home, and everyone immediately began pickling the vegetables they had brought.😊 They said the pickles should be ready in about 12 hours, and everyone left excited to eat their creations, carefully taking their own nuka beds home.🥰 I can’t wait to try the nukazuke made by the participants next time.😍

Summer nights taste better with beer Friday, August 1 Hosted by the Chamber of Commerce Youth Division The Forest Beer Garden ended successfully! Thank you to everyone who came out🍺 Everything lined up at the stalls was delicious. Personally, I love the potato dumplings and pumpkin dumplings that often appear at summer stalls, and they sold out early again this year. I was happy to buy one pack of each before they sold out. Thanks to everyone who handled frying and grilling in the heat, and to the vendors and organizers for their hard work🏋️ #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Forest Beer Garden #Beer Garden #Summer #Chamber of Commerce Youth Division #Chamber of Commerce Women's Division #Yume-mura Forest Garden #Night

[Cendan handmade cutting board] group to study the forestry industry in Morotsuka Village, the "Morotsuka Village Forestry Research group" For short, it is a cutting board made by everyone at the Forestry Institute! At the Forestry Research Institute, forestry workers and others grow their own logs 🌳 Shiitake 🍄 🟫 mushroom farmers also belong to it. Traditional Japanese straw raincoat unique to handmade 🤲, made of wood 🌳 as it is. Beautiful wood grain, amber shine ✨ finished with walnut oil It can be used as a cutting board to cut ingredients and carry it to the table as a plate to add color 💡 Items of Excellence Ingredients are made of cedar wood 🌳 Morotsuka Village is planted with many cedar and cypress trees, which are used as building materials, and kunugi trees, which are used as raw wood for shiitake mushrooms, but why was the cedar tree chosen? 🤔❔ The answer lies There is a in the potential of the sendan tree! Compared to cedar, which takes more than 40~60 years to grow, cedar is cut down in 20 years. Grow fast 💨 enough to be able to In addition, six times more CO2 is used for its growth than cedar. It is strong enough and easy to process. As long as it grows straight, it will be an ideal wood. I set my eyes on 👀 such a sendan Members of the Fukuoka Prefecture cooperative and the Fukuoka-Okawa Furniture Industry Association. In addition to making sendan furniture, sendan trees are also planted in various places. We are welcome. He also visited Morotsuka Village to plant the trees, and was involved 🤝 with everyone at the Forestry Research Institute. It seems that it was done. Cendan furniture with an eye on the future and the environment. Squid why not use it at home? ❔ Only the small size is and width for each one, They range from orthodox to unique outfits. You can enjoy the excitement until it ♪ arrives and opens ★ Sendan's handmade cutting boards can be 🤗 purchased at the Morotsuka Village Tourism Association (Shiitake-no-kan 21) or the Morotsuka Store (online shop)

[Autumn-Sky Market] Autumn markets often bring rain and chilly winds. This year was rare: the sun watched over us on both days. The market took place on September 22 and 23, and many people attended on the 22nd, the middle day of the three-day holiday. The soba and udon noodles sold out mostly on the first day alone, wiping out two days' worth of noodles. The chiffon cakes sold only at the event were so popular that they sold out by midmorning on both days. The piping-hot Ezo deer meatballs and venison braised in red wine were comfortingly warm and delicious. Vegetable stalls came from Seiryu no Sato, with rows of green onions, daikon radishes, and potatoes, and many people bought them as souvenirs. The children's festival booths were mobile on the first day and set up next to the Ezo deer meatballs on the second day, adding to the market's lively atmosphere. For 100 yen, kids could try the candy-fishing game three times, and a little expert who had the knack appeared, catching four sweets in one go. There was also a sales corner for ume and tea, making the market even livelier. Thank you to everyone who came! #Nishiokoppe Village #Market #Autumn #Roadside Station #Kamu #three-day holiday #Ezo deer meatballs #venison braised in red wine #Yume-mura Mori no Garden #soba and udon #chiffon cake #Setoushi-kun-yaki #Seiryu no Sato #vegetable sales #Puppet Theater Circle Doremi #children's festival booths

Kemono Night On the night of the mid‑autumn full moon (or so we thought—turns out it was actually the next day) Kemono Night returned after several years. Centered on the Minami family, dairy farmers in Nishiokoppe, and the guesthouse GA.KOPPER, a handful of Nishiokoppe locals and visiting chefs from nearby areas, with the cooperation of musicians, came together for a feast. Eating what was once alive and so carrying on life itself Around a firelit banquet we spent an evening giving thanks for life and the producers. Before we knew it, what had been just a sheet of plywood was adorned with deer and bear, providing warmth. Chilly but wrapped in clear air, the warm, richly flavored soup was superb. Deer, bear, sheep, cattle, plus vegetables and cheese We savored the gratitude of tasting locally harvested ingredients and the luxury of those ingredients becoming truly delicious dishes through the chefs’ wisdom and skill. Food that brings people together. Will the people who gathered that night meet again somewhere down the road? Thanks to the producers and everyone who came together that night. #Nishiokoppe Village #Kemono Night #GA.KOPPER #Ohtakoji #Yukiya Taneishi #RIDE #DJKATSU #Jomon Taiko #Yoshito Yamamoto #Kiichi Ninomiya #Megumi Takatsuka #mikachup #moor #Quite Hot #Makiya‑to Minaga #Higuma Taiko

Accommodation in Gokasecho, Miyazaki Prefecture — Takachiho-ya Ryokan Takachiho-ya Ryokan stands in the Gionmachi area of Kuraoka in Gokasecho The inn focuses on its cuisine and enjoys a high rate of repeat guests. Rooms have heating and cooling, and the baths are large, making for a satisfying stay. Please consider staying with your family or for training camps. Contact: 0982-83-2825

Deer Stew and Bread Making On a certain holiday, I heard that a dozen or so elementary school students had gathered. When I peeked in, some children were measuring flour and butter and mixing, while others were simmering something in pots. They were making a stew with venison and baking croissants! The stew started from scratch with a homemade brown sauce. The bread used a recipe said to be for advanced bakers, so they kneaded the dough carefully. In the spare moments, they played games like Old Maid with a deck of cards. I forgot to take a photo of the finished dishes, but everyone enjoyed the meal together.

Went to relatives for New Year's greetings. It is a treat served for lunch. Everything was handmade. The taste was also outstanding.

On the last day of the year, the people of Kagawa Prefecture still don't forget to eat oodon.

ALT’s Laplante Family Cooking Class In Nishiokoppe Village, we invited an English teacher from Juneau, Alaska. On the evening of Tuesday, November 28, Mrs. Laplante of ALT led the cooking class as the main instructor! Participants included preschoolers, elementary and junior high students, and adults from both inside and outside the village. We mixed people of different ages into groups and decorated cookies and made Quesadillas. The Laplante Family went around to each group checking the sugar-and-butter mix and how the tortillas were cooking. Frosting, colored differently for each group, looked vibrant when the four groups’ cookies were brought together, and each design showed its own personality. Those who felt a little hungry nibbled cookies before making Quesadillas. Quesadillas were filled with plenty of cheese and wrapped in tortillas with chicken or vegetables as preferred. The guacamole the Laplante Family made was also superb. It was a fun and delicious evening. Thank you to everyone who joined us! #Nishiokoppe Village #Cooking Class #ALT #Quesadilla #ButterCream #Frosting #Cookie Decoration #Setoushi Santa

Fathers and mothers of Izena Island who are good at warm hospitality. The food was delicious, and I remembered that taste again after returning home...

Japan is good at incorporating foreign cultures and foods and evolving them on their own. How many overseas people come to Japan and serve this photo at a chain store specializing in Nagoya-style fresh pasta in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture, and imagine that it tastes like spaghetti with meat sauce when they eat it? In particular, I would like ♪ the people of Italy, who are the original people, to take on the challenge.

Mushroom rice, bonito, persimmons, winter melon mushrooms, etc., autumn is full for dinner.

Hokkaido gourmet trip from the morning! Let's recharge the energy of the day with a breakfast that collects Hokkaido's "delicious"! From standard to new menu, we offer chef's special menu. ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― 【Seafood rice bowl】 It is a mini glass studded with colorful seafood. Sprinkle with rich sea urchin soy sauce to make it even richer. Whether you serve it as it is or over hot rice, you can arrange it as you like. 【Seasonal hot vegetables】 We have prepared asparagus, corn, potatoes and other seasonal vegetables! Please enjoy the simple taste of the ingredients as they are! 【Sapporo Miso Ramen】 Speaking of Sapporo, miso ramen! Speaking of ramen, Sapporo! The soup goes well with the thick Takasui noodles of Nishiyama Ramen. It is served in an easy-to-eat amount, so it is a delicious dish even in the morning when you have no appetite. 【Colorful salad with local vegetables】 Charge your energy for the day with fresh vegetables in vitamin color! Combine four different dressings and toppings and serve in your preferred style. 【Shimokawa 60 enzyme egg and kelp dashi dashi rolled egg】 A fluffy and plump dashi rolled egg made with brand eggs from "Abeno Poultry Farm" in Shimokawa Town, a town in northern Hokkaido! The lemon yellow yolk and the rich flavor of the delicious egg go well with the elegant umami kombu broth. Please enjoy the relaxing and gentle deliciousness. ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― About 50 items are always available, and some menu are available on a daily basis. You can also enjoy coffee after meals in your room as a travel item. Enjoy a wide variety of Japanese, Western, salad, dessert, and other menu! Restaurant "Southwest" Breakfast 7:00~10:00 6:30~ in summer Adults 2,500 yen 4~12 years old 1,250 yen / 3 years old and under free Phone 011-531-1065 Not only breakfast, but also delicious lunch buffet is held every day! We provide delicious ingredients discovered by the chef with special cooking. Please enjoy the new style of buffet with your eyes and taste with the smell and sound!

Neapolitan spaghetti, pumpkin and dumplings are salad. Neapolitan spaghetti is full of kitchen garden toma, garlic, onions, basil, etc.

It contains plenty of pickled mackerel, okra, cherry tomatoes, myoga, and vinegar. It's a salad with tomato pe curry a, cucumbers, and pickled plums. All vegetables are kitchen garden morning. It is a summer dinner. It was refreshing and the taste was great.

I made a potato salad with potatoes and new onions caught in the kitchen garden. The contents of udon noodles are also freshly picked vegetables such as butterbur, daikon, and green peas. It was healthy and delicious.

Don't think that Sanuki cuisine only has udon noodles. The bone-in chicken leg bone chicken from Marukame is another memorable dish in Kagawa Prefecture!

Today it was 🍝 pasta at Mr. Erable.

monologue Special Lunch Course 🍽💖 *pasta Tortelli with mushrooms and beef pepper, roasted squash with sauce with sake lees, spiced nuts

Chinese cabbage with beautiful colors. It's a classic steamed pork sandwiched between them, but it's so fresh when the color is different.

Dinner and breakfast at the Prince Hotel in Shiomi. Happy birthday to my girlfriend