Now, our latest homestay guest was a wonderful adult lady from Yokohama.
She was incredibly powerful, yet exceptionally thoughtful and attentive.🥰

An old, dear friend of ours whom we hadn't seen in years (maybe even decades?!) finally came to visit us! 🥹✨

Our homestay season has officially started for the year! ✨

We posted about the snow the other day, but that was apparently just the prologue... 😂

Due to the nationwide cold wave lately, the snow has been staying on the ground here in Tamba-Sasayama. ❄️

We have new family members~!! 🎉

One of our favorite things about being a host family is reading the reviews left by our guests. It allows us to feel their emotions and brings back so many wonderful memories from their stay.
We recently received heartwarming feedback from two families who stayed with us at the end of last year!

We attended our local community's New Year party!
Usually, just my husband and I attend, but this year we were a party of six! We were joined by our second son and his wife (I'm still getting used to calling her that! 😆), plus our youngest daughter and her boyfriend, who are currently visiting Japan.

Last year was filled with many encounters and changes. This year, we hope to meet even more people and create wonderful memories together. We sincerely wish for a healthy and happy year for all of you!

This year, we have met so many wonderful people, and now it's the end of the year. We hosted two families for a 3-night, 4-day stay as the final guests of the year 2025. Two groups who didn't know each other at all were staying at the same time. We were excited to see how things would unfold! 😆