Shiroshita-Koyado Kojiya

🏮A night's sleep in a 250-year-old sake brewery

Okayama · Shiroshita-Koyado Kojiya

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Joto, on the Old Izumo Road

• 🏘️A machiya stay in Joto's preservation district, where the Edo period is still legible in the streets
• 🏛️Four townhouses attached to the former Karita sake brewery, a National Important Cultural Property, converted for guests
• 🚶Cafes, restaurants and art fill the old street, and it is made for wandering

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Sleeping Inside History

• 🏠Three guest houses, A, B and C, each taken whole and privately
• 🪵Two-storey timber machiya with their beams, tatami and hinoki tubs left as they were
• 🛏️House A sleeps eight and has a garden, House B up to eleven, House C six

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The Sake Bath

• 🍶In a nod to the brewery's origins, sake is poured into the bath for you
• ♨️A soak said to help circulation, warmth, moisture and brightness of skin
• 🛁Every house has its hinoki tub, and the sake bath is yours alone

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The Dining Kitchen

• 🍳An IH hob, cookware and tableware, so you can cook exactly as you like
• 🛒Carrying Okayama's specialities back from the shops is half the pleasure of a private machiya
• ☕Nespresso, black tea, Japanese tea and bottled water are all stocked

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The Lounge House

• 🛋️One of the four townhouses is a public lounge facing the old Karita family courtyard
• 🍵Free coffee and tea, and a library to use as you please
• 🌿Sit on the engawa and watch the garden do nothing at all

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Private Garden Terraces

• 🌳Each house has its own garden of trees, moss and stone lanterns, with a wooden terrace
• 🌙The garden is lit after dark, quiet company for the evening
• 🍃A private outdoor space of the kind only a machiya gives you

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Good to Know, and Access

• 🕒Check-in 15:00, check-out 11:00; check-in is handled at the group's Shiroyama Terrace Tsuyama Bettei
• 🚗Non-smoking throughout, free Wi-Fi and free parking; larger vehicles park at the Bettei with a transfer of about 5 minutes
• 📶Hinoki tub, flat-screen TV, USB sockets and air purifier in every house

Take in the old streets of Joto through a machiya that has stood for more than 250 years as a sake brewery. With only three houses to let, the quiet here is the whole point.

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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.

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