{"id":1882,"date":"2018-04-16T17:43:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T08:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hayakawakankou.daa.jp\/?page_id=1882"},"modified":"2021-03-08T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T03:02:10","slug":"chiyoko-mochizuki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hayakawakankou.jp\/english\/hospitality-deep-in-the-mountains\/chiyoko-mochizuki\/","title":{"rendered":"Okami (landlady): Ms. Chiyoko Mochizuki"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tawaraya Ryokan <\/h3>\n

Dedicated her entire life to be as an Okami (landlady) at Tawaraya Ryokan in Hayakawa with a strong will, a flexibility to accept changes, and a warm heart for her own family.\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Okami (landlady) at Tawaraya Ryokan\u2028
\n Ms. Chiyoko Mochizuki <\/strong>
\n Chiyoko Mochizuki
\nBorn on May 10, 1950 <\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n
Residence <\/th>\n\uff1aKoju, Hayakawa <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birthplace <\/th>\n\uff1aChichibu, Saitama <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Personalities\u00a0 <\/th>\n\uff1aI am taking responsibility for my words <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Favorite words <\/th>\n\uff1aDeveloping new ideas based on studying of the past <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interests <\/th>\n\uff1aTo see a Kabuki performance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Talents <\/th>\n\uff1adon\u2019t have a shy born in my body. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My favorite place in Hayakawa\n<\/th>\n\uff1aMy home <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skills <\/th>\n\uff1aI have all of those national certifications required for my work. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation <\/th>\n\uff1aotel Business, Passenger Vehicle\u00a0Transportation Business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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There is a starting point\u00a0of a\u00a0trail\u00a0at a\u00a0Nichiren sect’s sacred mountain,\u00a0Mt.\u00a0Shichimen, in Motodate district, and many followers of\u00a0Nichiren sect still visit this district. This place is exactly like a mountain village for believers of the Nichiren sect. There is a part of the district called \u201cSumise\u201d. Tawaraya Ryokan (Inn) is located in Sumise area. This Ryokan is managed not only as hotel business but also as passenger vehicle\u00a0transportation business by taxi and bus. They accept groups of visitors going to Mt. Shichimen throughout the year.\u3000They occasionally accept about 600 followers a day and send them to Mr. Shichimen. Ms. Chiyoko Mochizuki is an Okami (landlady) with a lovely smile who has been running Tawaraya Ryokan.\n<\/p>\n

She is originally from Saitama prefecture and used to work as a teacher in Tokyo. About 40 years ago, she got married to a man who was from Hayakawa town and then moved to Hayakawa with him. When she first visited Hayakawa, the first impression of the town for her was like \u201cWhat? Here?\u201d She just said that without thinking. She didn\u2019t get used to communicate with people who really cared about the bonds among old neighbors living in the strong territorial bond. But she made up her mind once again – \u201cComing to Hayakawa was what I had chosen and decided!\u201d After that, she became a mother with two sons and a daughter and now she works with her two sons for Tawaraya Ryokan. It seems that she has a strong will, a flexibility to accept changes, and a warm heart for her own family.\n<\/p>\n

In the first place, Tawaraya Ryokan was a rice dealer. So, they distributed rice and also sold miscellaneous good there. Since 1970, her husband\u2019s parents started the hotel business and established the base of Tawaraya Ryokan. Around that time when the business was started, a lot of followers going to Mr. Shichimen came to Tawaraya Ryokan almost every day.\n<\/p>\n

Those followers go to bed earlier and wake up very early. While it is still dark, they start to climb Mt. Shichimen. At Tawaraya Ryokan, from two in the morning, the whole staff members get start making bento (lunch box) for the followers. Tawaraya Ryokan can always try to meet customer\u2019s request \u201cas much as possible\u201d while flexibly dealing with customer\u2019s schedule even if it is different from their regular business hours. They pour their heart and soul into their cooking with using local ingredients. Okami is very particular about the homemade pickled plums and miso (fermented soybean paste) for Tawaraya Ryokan.\n<\/p>\n

In a big hall used by followers, there is a Nichiren sect\u2019s Mandala hanging on the wall. She always appreciates to ancestors who cared for Mt. Shichimen from Edo period to our grandparents\u2019 generation. She always thanks to them because she believes that they were the ones who made what the current Tawaraya Ryokan is today. Now, another hot spring water has just drawn to Tawaraya Ryokan and she is planning to have a new hot spring facility while leading the project with her own creative ideas after understanding customers\u2019 needs. But at the same time, she has never forgotten to take care for and to keep the things that her ancestors had already built for Tawaraya Ryokan. After opening the new hot spring facility, she has a deep feeling that she wants, not only customers who stays over there but also others who just visit as a day trip, to enjoy the hot spring and relieve the weariness before leaving. We felt her spirits in her thought. She also emphases that \u201cemployees are our treasure!\u201d She always appreciates such supportive employees for managing Tawaraya Ryokan.\n<\/p>\n

She has a belief that is \u201ctaking responsibility for my words\u201d. She is currently aiming to strengthen their business foundations while trying to do her best for the business of Tawaraya Ryokan until the end even if it gets tough. After that, she hopes that she can spend her life while watching over her grandchildren as they grow into young adults. In the future, she is going to entrust her two sons who are willing to take over the business. She will not leave the ryokan soon but she wants them to decide how they should manage their business by themselves. After her retirement, she wants to support them as a mother.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, Hayakawa town is a place where I am spending my entire life. For my children, this place is their home town. Therefore I want to\u00a0continue to\u00a0treasure\u00a0this place. Thanks to Hayakawa, my life is so brightening to be as a wife, a mother, and an Okami. Hayakawa is a part of me now. This is my life as an Okami at Tawaraya Ryokan. Please look forward to seeing the future steps of our next generation who will take over mine and the new developments of Tawaraya Ryokan! \u201d\n<\/p>\n

Interviewers <\/h3>\n

\"Tawaraya Mr. Hiroyuki Ishibashi (an adjust researcher, Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences)
\n Mr. Kazuki Tsunoda (a student, Waseda University School of Human Sciences)\u2028<\/p>\n


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