How Seiunkan Original PB Shinshu （Nagano） Wine was born:
1.

Even before the 1960s, air conditioning became widespread, more than 30
student guesthouse villages, including Seiunkan,

ourished as a side job for

farmers in the Nukachi area of Komoro City, Nagano, so that people could
escape the humid heat of urban areas in the summer and study in the coolhighlands of Shinshu all day. However, after the spread of air conditioning andthe period of high economic growth, as well as the deterioration of tax
revenues and the decline of agriculture in local regional area , due to thedetour of the Shinkansen without going through Komoro station and therelocation of domestic factories out of Japan into overseas, Seiunkan is now
the only one guest house facility that actually continues to operate more thanhalf decade..
2.

Chizuko Miyasaka, the mother of the current head of the company (Kazunobu
Miyasaka), participated in the movement for local production for local
consumption, and while promoting children's cafeterias and food education
based on agricultural experience, she happened to become acquainted withan overseas trader who settled on the Mimakigahara Plateau on the opposite
bank of the Chikuma River after being stationed in the United States, and herson, Kazunobu Miyasaka, a chef who trained at a French restaurant. Sincearound 2016 or so, we have been wondering if we can revitalize a small local
community, including landscape conservation and revitalization of abandoned
farmland, through cross-cultural exchange with overseas inbound tourists andartists or musicians in the main house, involving local residents and young
students, and through traditional Japan culture, Japan food, open-air Goemon
baths,andagriculturalexperiences(riceplanting,harvesting,SOBA

buckwheat making, Cropping vegetables or picking-up fresh fruits, etc.).
We've taken small steps under original concept.
3.

During this time, wine cultivation gradually expanded in the area, including
Japanese immigrants, as in Tomi City, and the south-facing slope at an altitudeof 860 m, where you can see Yatsugatake in the distance, was overgrown as
an abandoned farmland, so as an experiment, landscape conservation andapple orchards were used to abandon farmland, and 9 kinds of grape saplings
were planted, through practical training experiences and students of theDepartment of Tourism of Nagano University, and through the volunteer
activities of supporters of Seiunkan as well as overseas tourists, artists,musicians. After completing the planting, we would like to entrust thecultivation to the graduates of the Chikuma Wine Academy and use theharvested raw materials free of charge, and apply the experience of Seiunkan

PB wine, original label, which we have been asked to make by a local
calligrapher with Junmai Ginjo sake, a Japan native sake, and apply it to ourown wine , as Seiunkan Private Original Label.
4.

This year, 2024, will already be the fourth wine to be released, but apart fromtheeld blends so far, from thisscal year, we would like to introduce red andwhite separately to sell directly to restaurants in the Kansai region, and try
marketing with a view to exporting overseas as well..
We are looking forward to having your kind support for our program and come andtouch atmosphere of Japan Traditional Woodland Life as a part of Japanese Culture
or Life style through exchanging foreign culture with each other with eating local
Food and Japanese Wine.
Mr. Miyasaka Kazunobu, Owner Chef,SEIUNKAN Famer’s Guest House, Woodland Life experience in Komoro, Nagano
https://seiunkan.jp/index.html
please click <English> on right side, <Short Promotion Video> as well.