昨日はまた長野県庁でインバウンドについての考え会がありました。夕方に県庁から長野駅へ歩いた時に、道がちょっと迷っちゃった。そういう時こそ、いい出会いがありますね。今回もそうでした。「ずくなし」というSlow CAFEを始めて通りました。そうすると、「千曲市産減農薬りんご」が置いてあった。私が千曲市に住んでいるにかかわらず減農薬のりんごがあるって知らんかった。オーナーのManiさんと話したら、「エコ」の事で盛り上がりました。
（ちなみに、長野県じゃない方の為に、「ずくなし」＝「ナマケモノ」。でも、これだけなお店を開くのに、Maniさんが結構ずくを出したように思います。是非、頑張ってください。）
Yesterday, on the way back from the Nagano Prefectural Office (I was there for another Inbound Think-Tank Meeting) to Nagano Station, I got a little lost. Getting lost can be a time of opportunity, and this time was such a case. I wandered by Slow CAFE "Zukunashi" for the first time, and something caught my eye: mostly organic apples from Chikuma City. I live in Chikuma, and didn't know about these apples. Usually when you ask about "organic" to apple orchardists, they get belligerent. We had one guest who was trying to farm organically, but his neighbors complained that pests were coming from his un-pesticided (?) fields.
Anyways, I stopped in to Zukunashi (which means "take it easy" in local Nagano dialect), and chatted with Mani-san, the owner. He has quite a collection of earth-friendly hand-made items. Here's wishing him the best!
Slow CAFE ずくなしのHPはこちら Zukunashi's website here
信州戸倉上山田温泉の亀清旅館のHPはこちらClick here for the website of Kamesei Ryokan in Nagano
