After watching the movie starring Kenji Sawada, which was based on the essay “The Zen Diary “ by the writer TsutomuMizukami , I felt compelled to visit the abandoned village of Suge in Hakuba. From the Nohira settlement, I nervously made my way along a rugged path that was hardly a road, and finally, I arrived. The village had become a desolate, overgrown place, quite different from the scenery I had seen in the film. However, the remnants of the past were still visible, and I was glad I made the effort to visit.





