[Petit-Migrate]Adult and Kids! The house where can feel seasonal nature directly!

This is the first time we have used Familyinn,
We spent 5 days from the end of the year 31st to the beginning of the year 4th.
This was a homestay for my wife and I and our two daughters (6 and 2 years old).
For us living in Kansai, the year-end and New Year holidays in Yamagata and the countryside were a wonderful experience, as we were able to experience so many differences. Different values, different cultures. It made us realise how different things are even within Japan.
My host's wife is a very thoughtful and lovely person who used to be a childcare worker and knows a lot of things. She was very kind and the children loved her. The food was really good. They cooked a lot of meals for us (^^).
He has many jobs and experiences in snowy areas that we have not experienced, such as how to use a wood stove, hunting and wild vegetable [matagi], and I have gained new knowledge from him.
They prepared a lot of things for us and were very helpful. We also enjoyed having drinks with them. Their children were energetic, cute and naughty, it was like having a new family.
Even though they grew up in a different living environment to our children, they got on well with us. I feel like I want to see them again, and I feel like I have more countryside to go back to.
We went with them to Hatsumode, then to Onsen (hot springs),playing in the snow, cooking.
It was a very good experience for us, who take life in urban areas for granted, and it was a time when we could get to know each other. Thank you very much!

I am a Japanese mother with children living abroad.
I wanted to give my daughter, 10, and son, 8, who were born and brought up in the city, a chance to experience rural life in Japan, and I applied here.
I had an image of Yamagata as a small region and a far away place, but this is not the case.
The local train from Yonezawa Station, where the bullet train station is located, to Oguni Town had a beautiful view.
So we arrived at our accommodation in no time.
Our hosts were young, but they were taking good care of their children and taught us about various aspects of country life.
My children had a lot of fun with their hosts' children in the garden, playing in the river, in the mountains, seeing insects for the first time and catching frogs.
When I saw my children like that, I was really happy to have come here.
It was hot during the day, but we cooled off by playing in the river, and the evenings were very cool and comfortable.
We saw glowing fireflies at night.
I was relaxed by the sound of bell bugs and the croaking of frogs.
I applied for the children, but the result was that I felt most at ease and the energy of the forest soothed me.
I enjoyed cooking with my hosts and doing things around the house together, which we enjoyed as mothers, chatting about all sorts of things.
I could relax here and be surrounded by nature.
This kind of life money can't buy.
I am truly grateful to my host family for providing me with a wonderful experience.