Mari's Choraku-ji debut
亀清旅館の若女将、磨利ちゃんがこの間、姨捨の長楽寺の女将、佐野さんと出会いました。昨日は磨利ちゃんが連れてくれて、お昼を食べに行きました。特別に佐野さんがおそばの昼食を出してくれました。佐野さんが最近まで外で勤めていたけど、お寺に戻ってきたので、何かずくを出したいと言っています。（つまり、貢献したいと。）お昼を食べながら、長楽寺を取組んだナイトツアーの事を皆で検討しました。もしかしたら、姨捨夜景・伝説ツアーのついで、姨捨パワースポットツアー？
Kamesei's junior proprietress, my wife Mari, recently met the lady running Choraku-Ji Temple at Obasute, of moon-viewing fame. Yesterday Mari took me to meet Sano-san for a soba lunch that Sano-san prepared especially for us. Sano-san had been working outside the temple, but recently made the temple her main work, and she is apparently interested in contributing more to the area. Over soba, we discussed the possibilities of making Chorakuji a destination for a night tour. It might make a good addition to Kamesei's current Obasute Legends Night View Tour.
Soba lunch at Chorakuji
Choraku-ji's newly re-thatched roof
A room built specifically for moon viewing
