Minasoma Konbanwa,
Hi kids, finally another post on my blog. Unfortunately, my posts will be all out of order but the first one will be about the Ashikaga wine harvest. Ashikaga has a winery called Coco's winery, which also sporns Coco's restaurant and Coco spoon (sandwich bar). Coco's winery has an annual wine harvest in November where guests come and sit amongst the vineyards, drinking and eating. Its a pretty big event, with people even from Tokyo. The wine is ok, not as good as some aussie wines. Coco's winery is situated on the side of a mountain and people can sit amongst the vineyards.
The other cool thing about the winery is that its staffed by people with mental disabilities, giving them a place to belong and feel useful. They are involved in harvesting the grapes and then in the wine making process. At the winery there was even a portable bread oven that they brought to bake fresh baguettes for people. It was a wait, but the wait was worthwhile.
It was pretty cool, sitting around and drinking wine all afternoon. We should really have something like this is Australia, but I have a hard time believing that they'd let anyone sit amongst the vineyards.
Check out the pics
The trek to the vineyards, you can see the side of the mountain here 
Ahh, the entrance
Off to find a spot for the afternoon of drinking
Some of the workers at the wine harvest
Local wildlife enjoying the wine too
View from our spot
Me and HollyLater
Tung
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