Tech bytes for tea?

Takamori is a small town located at the Southeastern corner of the Aso caldera. We chose to stay there because it was between Takachiho and the Nakadake peak of Mount Aso, and so served as a good base from which to visit both.

I don’t know how the kids stay so pristine white all the time.

We chose this “country-house” style hotel in Takamori, partly because of the beautiful goat that it showed in a photo on its website.

The other kid peering out from its goat shed.

When we arrived, we found that, in addition to that teenage goat, there were another nanny complete with horns and a beard – and two really cute kids.

This was what we saw when we looked out the window on the third morning of our stay. It had snowed lightly overnight and everything was coated with a thin layer of newly fallen snow. You can see the goat shed to the left.

They were really lovable and the kids (mine) were over the moon over them.

Two cold kids huddled up inside the goat shed.

The hotel probably sees the most guests during summer as a sort of summer camp location, where you can enjoy outdoor games and attend pottery lessons at the hotel’s workshop.

Eventually, the kids ventured out into the snow. After all, they’re donning Pure New Wool. Can you spot the kid against the white snow?

There was another large Japanese family staying on our second night and their children and ours had a whale of a snow fight after it snowed overnight.

“Who – me?” A figurine in the hotel’s pottery workshop.

It was a wonderful stayover indeed.

* All photos in this post were taken with a Nikon D800 DSLR with an AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED and an AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II lens.