A Trip to Scotpot, Japan

vacation in Japan

 

 

If you read this far, then you are most likely to appreciate what is written here.

Scotpot is a small town in the Japanese Alps, Japan.

It is located in the Sanjusangendo Forest and is part of the Japanese Alps.

The Ch assassins is an mountainous fortress located in this area.

It was used as a secret military location…

You’ll have to read the full story on page VIII.

I personally recommend you LAURENT 209 in Palawan and prepare to be amazed at what you read.

It’s been 6 months and I just cant stress enough how much of an improvement this place is to others.

Prices are far below market rates for accommodation and vehicles.

The owners are now more forthright about their product and how they are in fact a necessity in an area of such mountainous wilderness.

All the workers are now dressed in a clean, classy, suits and ties.

The Boss himself seems to have undergone plastic surgery to fix his lose accent, lost because he spoke in CD speak.

The smoking area is hardly 35 square meters but seems to be larger than a football field.

No tables are allowed. You must bring your own food. Beer and wine will be provided.

No noisy mobile phones but you can make private phone calls as long as you pay a small deposit.

There is a strong smell of burning meat throughout the restaurant. Not air-conditioned, I would say, but perhaps that was to de-stress the meat after it is cut.

Anyway, I ate less than I expected since I was an egg lover. My first egg wasried and Yusuke had seared steaks that were rubbery, rubbery, rubbery and more, a truly wonderful meal.

If you eat seared steak with your meal you must supply your own condiments with mustard, honey, vegetarian mayonnaise and salad spice.

I was more than happy to share my food and left a place in the lower priced dining area as a tip. Steak was delicious and fresh and would not have been very hard to find in any restaurant, at a fraction of the cost.

The Banquet House was also very pleasant, they had a entertainer (agging away the dancers as they didn’t dance to his tune) but no dancers of any description seemed to be interested.

Perhaps my biggest gripe with The Banquet House was the complete lack of dress code. I understand they need to make a profit but I would have liked to have been served in my regular restaurants back home.

overall this was a fabulous dinner and a very pleasant change from the fast food restaurants in Japan I was used to. What I found memorable was the warm hospitality and the beauty of the Japanese gardens and forest.

Because of my driving tour of southern Japan I also had the opportunity to explore some of the mountain villages. These villages, many of which were ruins, were very beautiful and had retained their whitewashed roofs and churches, mountainous houses and wooden houses sitting on stilts in the mountains.

I had heard a lot about these mountain villages and found theonestly charming.

The people of these mountain villages are filled with a strong sense of culture and pride. Their houses are many times more substantial and beautiful that the houses in more modern parts of Japan. Many of these houses are hundreds of hundreds of years old.

Religion is still strong in these mountain villages and girls are sent to school after they are married. They attend separate classes for theandeliers ( Neromance) and ginseng ( Jizoe) departments.

In this part of Japan, the western world has not caught up to their customs and beliefs, and there are many of these temples still, kept from the stains of modern society.  Here you won’t see big business or cost for payroll services.

You will also see very beautiful Japanese carved wood – incredible and I saw a crane made of wood.

The population of these mountain villages is about 30,000 – 150,000 in the main population of Hokkaido. Many of these mountain villages are still totally devoted to following their religions and are normally quite friendly to foreigners.

Probably the only thing that makes life here difficult is the cost of living. You can’t buy gas or food unless you come from here, and even then it’s hard to get by on a shoestring. I did visit a market in Sapporo, Hokkaido, once, and had to stand in a line that snaked around the inside of a small house – but there were other places in Sapporo that were more modern.

I stayed in Yumak Mata’s house, which was technically a lodge, strung up between trees and having tea trees growing around it.