Autumn 2026
A lodge changes hands
What we bought, why this valley, and what nine friends think they are doing on a mountain in Nagano.
The Journal 誌
Snow reports and stories
from the valley.
A short letter from the lodge, four or five times a year: a snow report when the first real powder lands, what's changed in the valley, what the kitchen is cooking, and when dates open.
No offers, no countdowns, no reminder that you looked at a room and didn't book it. Just the news, when there is some.
Volume I
Coming this season
First snow
The report
Sent the morning the first real powder lands on the ridge. Short, honest, and occasionally disappointing.
Deep winter
Nine paintings
The artist, the nine landscapes, and why a room should have a name instead of a number.
The Journal begins with the 2026/27 season. Join now and Volume I is the first thing you get.
The snow does the marketing.
We just keep the kettle on.