Urugi（売木）: Uru（売） means sell and gi（木）means wood. Therefore, Urugi（売木） literally means “sell wood” and as its name shows, Urugi village has had enough wood to sell untill today. As Japan is a mountainous country (about 67% is covered by mountains), mountains are a familiar existence for Japanese and in the past, people made almost everything […]
The Urugi International Center (short UIC) is a 115+ years old traditional Japanese Alpine house (kominka) that once contributed to the production of silk.As of 2017, after staying uninhabited for more than 10 years, partial renovation efforts made it usable again and gave it a new purpose.
In Tenryu Village, at the southernmost tip of Nagano Prefecture, there are tea fields clinging to the mountain slopes which lie parallel to the Tenryu River. When there’s fog, tea fields seem to be floating in the sky. Below your eyes, the majestic view of Tenryu River. The views from each farmer’s tea field are […]