Yoko Ando
(Higashi-Miyoshi town / farmer, Anchan-chi guest house )

The Anchan-chi guest house is located in Kamoyama, Higashi-Miyoshi town. It is acquiring popularity in Nishi-Awa as a hotel where visitors can experience indigenous agriculture.

Yoko Ando, a farmer, runs this hotel. In summer, tomatoes and melons are grown in greenhouses. In winter, she gets busy processing dried potatoes.

Regarding the processing of dried potatoes, first, sweet potatoes harvested in the fall are stored in a specially built shed until January, when the sweetness increases. Thereafter, the sweet potatoes that became sweet enough are cooked over wood.

She cherishes local traditional events and holds a biannual event called “Zuzukuri” in the hall behind her house.

She is not only passing on the traditional taste but also preserving the culture of the depopulated village.

Here is the link to her hotel.