Where to go this weekend? Quiet leisure time at Lake Shirakaba.

In the melting summer of 2022, I'm not in the mood for floating seas or stoic mountains. What will surely suit such a mood is a lake. Lake Shirakaba, located in Chino, Nagano, where the "Lake Resort" is conceived, is not a place where you go to do something with a purpose. It is simply a place to drift. The lake taught me how to spend leisure time, not leisure time, by chewing time and savoring space.

Photo_Kengo Inuzuka

Edit_Yuka Koga

I'll stay the night.

The "magic hour," when the entire lake glows golden at sunset, is exceptional, while "Mirror Lake," when the wind stops blowing early in the morning and the scenery is reflected in the surface of the lake, is also a good time to visit. If you never tire of gazing at the lake as it changes its appearance from moment to moment, it is a good idea to stay at a hotel nearby.

In addition to hotels and ryokan (Japanese-style inns), Lake Shirakaba also offers the option of a suburban second home, " SANU 2nd Home.

Sanu Second Home ("Sanu"), which just launched in the fall of 2021, is a new service that aims to "Live with nature. The new service is called "Sanu Second Home" ("Sanu"), which will launch in the fall of 2021. With a monthly membership fee of 55,000 yen, you can stay at "Sanu," a vacation home built in the middle of nature, as long as you like.

. a perfect way to clothe the lake in everyday life. For more information about "Sanu,This articleCheck with the