Orange Pekoe (1 group limited , 3 meals per night! )

Natural garden inn Orange Pekoe

◉ We offer you the opportunity to experience our daily life style of farming and cooking together in a small field.

◉As this is a private accommodation, you will share the bathroom, dining room, kitchen, living room, etc. with the owner of the house.
◉ We are a private accommodation, so you will share the bathroom, dining room, kitchen and living room with other guests.

The guests' bedrooms do not have locks.
　The bedrooms are separated by sliding doors and fusuma screens.)

◉ Meals are not provided.
We (the host and the guests) cook together.

◉ We recommend it for people who...
* love plants and living in the countryside and love the rice paddies!
* live in the countryside and would like to try your hand in the rice paddies and fields!
* have no experience in farming or field work!
* are thinking of moving to Japan.
* want to try no-till rice and vegetables!
* are interested in natural farming!
* are interested in nutrition education!
* want to get out in the sun and exercise!

◉We mainly harvest and cook wild vegetables from our property in the spring, pesticide-free vegetables in the summer, and mushrooms from nearby mountains in the fall, and eat them at the same table.

In July 2010, we moved to Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture.
Once you enter the property, you will find yourself in a different world where the trees, flowers, and birdsong will soothe your soul.

We renovated a 160 year old house by ourselves.
My husband, who has carpentry experience, did all the carpentry work from dismantling to construction.
It took time and care to build the house.
My wife, who has experience in interior design, was in charge of the design and layout, and while taking advantage of the old wood, she was particular about even the toilet, providing a room where you can feel at home in any place.
We also put a lot of effort into gardening and decorated all the rooms with flowers and plants.

On sunny days, enjoy breakfast on the garden deck, or take a break from farming and have a cup of coffee.

On our 350 tsubo (about 1,860 square meters) of land...
The garden has over 100 species of plants and a small field where we grow 30 kinds of vegetables, wild plants, herbs, and berries naturally and without pesticides per year.
We started growing rice in 2016, and it is grown without pesticides and fertilizers.
You can experience planting seeds, planting rice, and harvesting rice.
Please taste the delicious rice grown with spring water from the North Alps.

On the way home, you can try your hand at making rice-flour pizza for lunch. (Reservations required).

The name of the inn is "Orange Pekoe," which means "the fragrance from around a calm road, overlooking Mt.　
The inn has such an atmosphere.

The price is ...
One person per night with 2 meals + snacks. (Junior high school students and under: 6,000 yen)
Dinner and breakfast
(Snacks will be waiting for you at check-in)
We will serve snacks at check-in.

◉Reservations required for lunch on the way home (pizza making experience): 2000 yen/person.
◉We will prepare a freshly baked pizza and soup for you to enjoy on the way back home.

Rooms】【Only one pair per day
There are two rooms, a Western-style room (8 tatami mats and 10 tatami mats) and a Japanese-style room (maximum of 5 people).
(Maximum of 5 people).

Meals.
We will ask you to harvest seasonal wild vegetables and greens with us.
We also ask you to prepare meals together. [Joint cooking
We will also prepare home-grown and locally grown food at our inn.


Baths
Please use Omachi Onsenkyo's Yakushi no Yu (Yakushi's Hot Spring).
The bath is 650 yen with a discount ticket. We will pick you up if you do not have a car.


Main experience menu (free of charge)
Rice sowing in early May Vegetable sowing from May to June
Rice planting (hand planting) early June
◎Rice harvesting, hand harvesting, goby hanging, threshing: late September to mid-October
◎Harvesting wild vegetables and rhubarb April-November
◎Blackberry harvest July-August
Chopping firewood May-Nov.　

Seasonal experience menus (charged, reservation required, paid locally)
◎Pizza making (lunch)・・・・2,000 yen/person [tax included]*Pay locally
◎Jam (juice making): 1000 yen/person (tax included) *Pay locally
Wreath and flower arrangement: 1000 yen/person (tax included) *Pay locally
◎Mushroom picking: ・・・・・・・・6000 yen/group [tax included] *to be paid locally

*Lunch for consecutive nights: ・・・・(charged, reservation required, paid locally)
Seasonal tempura soba, bukkake soba, etc.-1000 yen/person [tax included]*pay locally

Requests
Please wear comfortable clothes for the experience.
*Items available for loan: military gloves, boots (sizes may not be available).
*Experience outdoors may not be possible due to weather conditions and timing.
　Please understand in advance. Please understand this in advance.
Please be careful of insect bites. Please be careful of insect bites, etc. (Please prepare insect repellant spray, etc.)
Please bring a hat and a long-sleeved kimono due to the temperature difference and strong ultraviolet rays.

Sightseeing spots in the area
Omachi Dam (10 minutes by car), Nanakura Dam, Takase Dam (20 minutes by car)
Kurobe Dam
The three lakes of Nishina (Lake Kisaki, Lake Nakatsuna, and Lake Aoki)
Nishina Shinmyougu Shrine
Kashimayari Garden (fishing pond)

Coronavirus measures
　We open the windows and try to ventilate as much as possible.
　We take thorough health management measures such as wearing masks, disinfecting hands, and gargling.
　　We also encourage our guests to wear masks and to enter the rooms.
　We ask that our guests also wear masks, disinfect their hands when entering the room, and gargle.
　 We also ask our guests to wear masks, disinfect their hands when entering the room, and gargle.
　　We may also ask for your cooperation in taking your temperature.

Access
By car
30 minutes from the Azumino IC of Nagano Expressway.

By train or highway bus
Get off at JR Shinano-Omachi Station.
If you come by train or highway bus, we will pick you up and drop you off. (Capacity of 5 people)