Solo Retreat — spent the last day in the mountains of Okutama at a small stay @satologue .
The property was originally someone’s family home, with a fish farm in front where yamame trout once swam through a series of gravity-fed ponds. That same water system still runs through the land today, and you hear it everywhere across the property.
I spent the afternoon walking the garden with the chef, picking herbs and vegetables for dinner, wandering past the wasabi beds (slide 3), and enjoying the hinoki wood-fired sauna & cold plunge full of water from the nearby waterfall.
The name itself blends sato (village) with ‘-logue’ like dialogue or monologue, and together (Satologue) captures the kinds of experiences the place hopes to create: moments of conversation and quiet reflection. So poetic!
See last slide for staff waiting for my train to officially leave 15 minutes after already dropping me off ! 🤎
@neighborhood.guide #neighborhoodguide
