Blog - Fukushima #6: kominka and soba field

Fukushima #6: kominka and soba field

The morning after our stay at Guesthouse Dalarna, along with the other guests we went just across the street to visit an old-style Japanese home (kominka (古民家)) being renovated.

The owners have been doing most of the hard work themselves, picking up parts here and there from old buildings just before they're demolished, and because of that almost every part of the house seems to have a story of its own. They actually write an extensive blog about their proceedings. Oh, and we made it on there without even knowing. :)

They welcomed us inside and told us about the house and also served everyone coffee at their large kitchen counter facing a big window with a nice view of the vegetation.

Then we got back to Dalarna and the owner guided everyone by car to 30+ minutes from there to show us a large field of soba (buckwheat) in flowers (Google map). The soba stays in that state for only a short time every year, and this year it happened to be about 2 weeks earlier than normal, so we were very lucky to be there at the right time.

Panorama autostitched from 17 photos, best viewed large (1024x163) or huge (6332x1007)