Chojian

🏡A 270-Year-Old Thatched-Roof House, Like Your Grandmother's in the Shiga Mountains

Shiga Nagahama · Chojian

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270 Years Since the Edo Period

• 🏡A traditional wooden house standing for some 270 years since the Edo period
• 🔥The thatched-roof main house and its irori hearth remain just as they were
• 🌿A deep-mountain hideaway that feels like coming to your grandmother's house

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Rooms with Mountain Views in Every Season

• 🍃Set on a mountainside, with views that change with every season
• 🛏️Five rooms — a single, Japanese-style, Japanese-Western, and Western rooms — plus a separate annex for groups
• 📶Free Wi-Fi in every room

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Two Private Baths

• ♨️The family bath Okame-no-yu is available 24 hours
• 🛁The solo bath Hyottoko-no-yu is open until midnight
• 📝Reserved by writing your name in the sign-up notebook at the entrance

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A Set Meal of Wild Vegetables Foraged by the Innkeeper

• 🍲A mountain-fare course with wild boar miso hot pot and seared venison tataki
• 🐟Trout steamed in bamboo sheath and seasonal vegetable tempura
• 👵Wild mountain vegetables the innkeeper forages herself

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Charcoal-Grilled Omi Beef

• 🥩Omi beef, one of Japan's three great wagyu, grilled over charcoal
• 🔥An upgraded course that adds Omi beef to the wild-vegetable menu
• 🍶Paired with a fine local sake

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Breakfast with Pesticide-Free, Home-Grown Rice

• 🍚Specially grown rice, raised by the owner without fertilizer or pesticides
• 🌅A well-balanced Japanese breakfast full of wild mountain vegetables
• 🛍️House-made specialties for sale, including rice and pickled wild greens

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A Walk Through the Mountain Village

• 🏔️The four seasons of a mountain village in Kinomoto, north of Lake Biwa
• 🚕Easy to get around by Ika Kotsu taxi (advance booking recommended)
• ❄️A snowy area from late December to early March — public transit is recommended in winter

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Two Private Baths

• ♨️The family bath Okame-no-yu is available 24 hours
• 🛁The solo bath Hyottoko-no-yu is open until midnight
• 📝Reserved by writing your name in the sign-up notebook at the entrance

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A Set Meal of Wild Vegetables Foraged by the Innkeeper

• 🍲A mountain-fare course with wild boar miso hot pot and seared venison tataki
• 🐟Trout steamed in bamboo sheath and seasonal vegetable tempura
• 👵Wild mountain vegetables the innkeeper forages herself

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Stay at a quiet old house open only to middle-schoolers and up, and feel the innkeeper's home cooking alongside 270 years of history.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

체크인·체크아웃 · 체크인: 16:00 · 체크아웃: 11:00 · 최종 체크인: 20:00

* Translated from information supplied by the property; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Chojian?

Check-in starts at 16:00 and check-out is by 11:00.

Where is Chojian located?

It is in Shiga Nagahama. Address: 2702 Sugino Kinomotocho.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.