Hello!

湘南辻堂の英語スクール English Ivy School, teacher Rieです。

Last month (July) I and my family went to the Hokuriku area, to stay one week in my husband's hometown.

先月（7月）、夏休暇で北陸地方へ行ってきました。

主人の実家に一週間滞在をしました。

I am originally from Hiroshima, West Japan, and to my hometown we normally go back in the winter time as it sometimes gets harder to arrive to Hokuriku during the snow season.

私自身はもともと西日本・広島の出身ですが、私の実家へは大体冬に帰っており

なぜなら寒い雪のシーズンに北陸へ足を伸ばすのは、天候上難しい時があるから

です。

Toyama prefecture, surrounded by the high mountains (the highest range in Japan called Tateyama), is very rich in water and hence good rice and Sake, also not to mention the delicious fishes from Japan Sea.

立山連峰（日本でも最も高い山の連なり）に囲まれた富山県は、水に恵まれた所で

米やお酒も美味しく、また日本海で揉まれた海の幸は言うまでもありません。

Although the weather is not so good in general/throughout the year (this I think is a little similar to England), the city has less population than those in Kanto so it is fairly easy to walk around in the central even on the weekends.