☆First trip in ages☆

It's also been a while I wrote a blog, I took Summer vacation for the first time in this organisation I have worked for since this April.

I took 3 days off. So my vacation was 5 consecutive days including Saturday and Sunday.

However, during this time of period of the pandemic, what can I do?

I decided to go to Karuizawa with my daughter. It is not so far from here and I seldom stay at a hotel.

Now, the government promotes Go To Campain and we can save up to 35% of the travelling cost. So I decided to spend 1 night at a hotel in Karuizawa.

Hired a car as always

On the way to

The first day, we went to Komoro which is famous for Soba-noodle in Nagano prefecture. Before eating Soba-noodle, we visited the Nunobiki-Kannon temple.

I thought we had to climb up the steep path to the temple. However, Google map led us there with an animal-trail-like-path, just one car fitted width.

In the sake of Google map, we didn't have to climb up. I could say nothing about which was correct, though.

This temple was located in a unique position which was under or inside a huge rock and also it was on the cliff.

Actually, this cow is the God, led a very ugly minded woman from here to Zenkoji-temple. Nunobiki means leading with a cloth and that was one of the reasons why this temple was called Nunobiki-Kannon temple.

I couldn't look down because of height phobia.

I thought it was a small version of Kiyomizu-temple in Kyoto.

Anyway, it was really beautiful and spiritual.

After visiting the temple, we went through the animal path again and went to the Soba-noodle restaurant, so-called "Sobakura Chojian."

It was so historical, wasn't it?

I ate walnut soba, dipping the source with walnut. It was so delicious.

Then, we visited Komoro Kaikoen Castle Ruins Park. Only the stone foundation remained but it was a good place because calm, clean, and beautiful sighted.