Blog - Fukushima #5: Guesthouse Dalarna
Fukushima #5: Guesthouse Dalarna
(Ok, gotta wrap-up Fukushima!... and then Canada, ouch!)
After checking out Tō no hetsuri in the end of the afternoon, we headed to our shelter for the night where dinner was waiting.
We stayed in a quite unique place. While being located quite deep in the Japanese countryside, Guesthouse Dalarna offers somewhat of a Swedish experience, with home-style Swedish meals and a lot of Swedish-style decoration. Dalarna horses of all colors and sizes are also present everywhere inside and outside.
Meanwhile also very Japanese, the house is 160-year old with kayabuki roof, making this place even more uncommon. The hosts were very friendly, and they're happy to tell about the building's history and the chef's years spent in Sweden.
The price is nice and includes both dinner and breakfast, both sure to make you full (we were already completely full when we were told that if we wanted they could also grill some meat... impossible!). I was really hoping to have some good meatballs though and none had showed up for dinner, and when asking I was told "Oh, we don't usually serve meatballs for dinner, but sometimes for breakfast. I'll see what we can do!" Sure enough the next morning we had my plate of delicious meatballs! Yum!
Also an uncommon experience is that after dinner all guests gathered around an indoor fireplace where we talked until midnight.
Certainly a recommended stop if you drop by the neighborhood.
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Posted on September 6, 2007 at 23:53 | Tweet
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