espaliered mulberry bush in the background
亀清旅館の「紬」テーマの客室の庭は2年前に庭師の岡田さんに作って頂きました。テーマに従って、桑の木も植えてくれました。この頃はものすごく伸び伸びしました。お客様にご迷惑をかけてしまったようですが、実は態と伸ばしていました。桑の枝を塀に取り組んで、Ｅｓｐａｌｉｅｒ（垣根仕立て）にする計画でした。
先日は庭師が来て、「紬」の庭も含めて、それぞれの庭を整理してくれました。桑はＥｓｐａｌｉｅｒになって、その庭全体が格好良くなりました。
亀清旅館は中庭を始めて、坪庭や離れ風の客室に小庭など、所々にお庭があります。長年は手入れ不足でしたが、私達若旦那・若女将が戻ってきてからは毎年で庭を少しずつ改造しています。
上山田の温泉らしいお湯、
我がＣｈｅｆ武井の手をかけたお料理、
亀清の昔ながらの作り、
私共のおもてなし、
そして、お庭で
お客様がホッとして頂けます。
Kamesei Ryokan's silk-themed room "Matsukaze" has a garden that was re-built 2 years ago by our gardener, Okada-san. He designed the garden to reflect the room's theme. Accordingly, he planted a mulberry bush. Recently the mulberry bush's branches had grown long and shaggy, probably leaving a poor impression on our guests. However, we were letting it grow out on purpose, so we could tie the branches to the garden's fence, espalier-style.
This week, our gardener came and worked on the silk-themed garden as well as a few others. So our mulberry bush is now made up in an espalier, greatly improving the garden's overall appearance.
Here at Kamesei Ryokan, starting with our naka-niwa central garden, we have tsubo-niwa pocket gardens, private gardens for the semi-detached guestrooms, and more gardens everywhere throughout our inn. Unfortunately, they had been severely neglected over the years. But since Mari and I moved to start running the inn 7 years ago, every year we have been making gradual improvements to the gardens.
Kamiyamada's authentic onsen water,
Our Chef Takei's culinary magic,
Kamesei Ryokan's traditional ambience,
Our 'omotenashi' service,
and the gardens,
all serve to provide our guests a relaxing time.
