Ｈａｔｏｎｏｓｕ valley deep tokyo

In countryside of Tokyo, alongside Tama river, there are special location! this area's name is Okutama. the closest station is Hatonosu. Hatonosu means nest of pigeon. alongside Tama river, there are some trail pass.
this area is really countryside, so there are bears, wild animals in mountains.
over 2 hours from Tokyo terminal station, but worth going! scenery still has old mood of japan. house, shop, station and so on have calm and refreshing atomospher.
If you use train, I geuss there is no train staff at station!

If you can see, there is a small shrine on the big rock.

How beautiful color!

the cafe we planed was closed during winter.

The munu. Cafe's name is yamabato which means wild pigeon

Inside of cozy cafe. the painting's theme is Nara temple.