Justin and Kaori Sereni: 'Provide warm rooms, serve delicious food and choose comfortable beds'

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Justin and Kaori Sereni: ‘Provide warm rooms, serve delicious food and choose comfortable beds’

Justin and Kaori Sereni pose with their dog Tito in front of Onpoint Madarao, the boutique ski lodge they opened in 2020. | BEN BEECH

By Melissa Ge
Contributing writer

Feb 10, 2023

Kaori Sereni, 34, was born and raised in Fukushima. Her husband, 41-year-old Justin Sereni, came to Japan from England in 2008. They now run , a boutique hotel that opened in 2020 near the Madarao Kogen Ski Resort in Nagano Prefecture.

1. How did you first meet?

Kaori:?We met at a friend’s house in 2017, but we just introduced ourselves. Then, I went to a friend’s birthday at Justin’s house and saw him making a cake in the kitchen. I thought, “This guy can make a cake? Who is this guy?”