OYADO MORINONE＠Kaminoyama,Yamagata
おやど森の音＠かみのやま、山形
MORINONE is an inn stood quietly at the KAMINOYAMA onsen town, Yamagata.It has only 14 guest rooms.
■Check-in
The lobby is characterized by fire place. They served tea and cheese cakes with kind welcome explanation. At the drink bar there are some kind of tea ,vinegar, beer and Shochu. We can even bring them to our room.
■Room
Room interior is simply, unified with earth color. From the window we can see through the town under the hill. The bag for bathing things is pretty.
■Dinner
Through the forest like entrance, there is a dining hole faced by real forest through glass window. The course is based on specialty of Yamagata prefecture; burdock, mushroom, food chrysanthemum, and Yamagata beef etc. They are really nice to look at as long as tasty. We can enjoy some selected wine too. The miso soup at the end of the course was really nice. The soup well contains the abundant vegetable tastes. We actually had a second helping. They served cheerfully. At the end we enjoyed Fu(麩！) rench toasts for deserts. We can order to eat it them at the lobby with watching the fire of the stove.
■Onsen
Although the tubs are not so spacious, originally the number of guests is small so there was only me when I took it. The interior is mostly made by stone with dark colour, which makes quiet atmosphere. The outside bath is also not so spacious but I could see the moon in my sight. It was as if I monopolized the night-time sky of Yamagata.The dressing room is simple and cool. There are some face lotions or body milks witch have nice scent.
■Breakfast
The breakfast is half buff based on TSUYAHIME, Yamagata specialized rice. The rice is cooked by earthen pots. It was first time for me to try DASHI, local cuisine of Yamagata.
■Free space
There are some spaces filled with nice furniture and cool books. I arrived late the day before so there was no time to spend slowly at that space. Maybe it is cool to have relaxing time there.
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The space of the inn is as if connected to the outside forest. The surrounding nature gives us relaxing and refreshing rest.
