The village of Matsuzaki is basically built on a delta built by the Okawa River as it brought soil and rocks from the mountains that surround it. You can walk from south end of the village to the nort...

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Text for the Photo content goes here Click on the image above to get a larger view of the message the guest left in the Itokawa Guest Book

Text for the Photo content goes here Click on the image above to get a larger view of the message the guest left in the Itokawa Guest Book

The high hill in front of Itokawa Guest House is called Ushibarayama. Going to the top of the hill provides a nice hike, a great view of Matsuzaki, and maybe even a great slide ride down one of its sl...

Hatchi is a five-year old shiba-ken that lives at Naoki-san's home and is not often seen at the Itokawa Guest House. Nonetheless once-in-a-while guests get to see Hatchi and immediate fall in love wit...