KURA STAY "Wa noi Kakunodate" (Japanese style house) for rent in little Kyoto [Senboku City, Akita Prefecture].

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Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse at Wa-no-i Kakunodate

KURA STAY at Wa-no-i Kakunodate

Wa-no-i Kakunodate is a hotel that renovated historic warehouses that dot the streets of Kakunodate, a little Kyoto town famous for its samurai residences.
You can experience the lifestyle of those days in the "warehouses with preserved activities" related to the background of the use of the warehouses, which are over 100 years old, and once you step inside, you will enjoy the feeling as if you have stepped back in time to the lifestyle of those days.
Armor on display at the Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse

There are a total of three rooms at Wa-no-i Kakunodate!

Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse" where you can feel the culture of samurai

The ancestors of the "Nishinomiya Family" located on "Tamachi Bukeyashiki Street" in Kakunodate were highly respected warriors.
The Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse, a renovated storehouse that has been passed down to the present day, is a hotel that rents out the entire building, allowing guests to experience the culture, lifestyle, and activities of the samurai.
Entrance to the Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse
Passing through the noren (a traditional Japanese doorway), you will see a majestic black door.
Behind the door is a living room with a sunken hearth.
Tools of the samurai, armor helmets, camp curtains, and kabazaiku, a traditional Akita craft, are on display, allowing visitors to experience the lifestyle of the samurai in those days.
The storehouse is a two-story wooden structure and can accommodate up to six people.
The Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse
The second floor is a bedroom.
Two large beds are lined up in a row, and a sword is displayed under the pillow, just like a samurai in the Edo period.
Bedding other than the beds is prepared according to the number of guests.
Bedroom in the Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse

Nishinomiya Gakko-gura," which gives you a sense of Akita's publishing culture

Akita is famous for its "iburigakko," or pickled vegetables.
The history of the warehouse used to store "gakko," which means "pickles" in the Akita dialect, is carefully preserved, and tools and other items related to pickles are used as items and motifs in the spatial design.
It is located on the same site as the "Nishinomiya Samurai Storehouse.
Nishinomiya Gakkozo" and weeping cherry blossoms
This storehouse has white doors.
On the earthen floor, straw shoes, box sledges, and other tools of life in Akita, a snow country, were placed.
The storehouse is two stories high and can accommodate up to four people.
Entrance to Nishinomiya Gakkozo
Above the sunken hearth is a work of art made of cherry branches in the motif of "Iburi gakko," an Akita specialty.
The bathtub is based on the motif of a pickle barrel, and in spring one can admire the weeping cherry blossoms of the Nishinomiya family while in the bathroom.
Living room in the Nishinomiya Family Gakko-gura

Antique warehouse" that reproduces an antique shop as it was

The Antimono-Kura is located in the best location, right in front of the Samurai Residence Street, the main street of Kakunodate sightseeing.
Focusing on the history of this storehouse, which is reported to have been an antimono-shop, it is a unique space decorated with antimonos and tools as interior decorations.
Entrance to Antique Storehouse
As one enters the storehouse, kimonos are displayed as soon as one enters the storehouse, as if it were an antique storehouse.
These kimonos are for display only. Please refrain from wearing them.
Kimono display in the antique storehouse
The antique storehouse is a two-story wooden structure that can accommodate up to six guests.
Three beds are provided in the bedrooms, decorated with works of art based on three different antimono patterns.
Bedding other than beds will be provided according to the number of guests.
Antique warehouse

We want you to experience the town itself with its warehouses.

With the breakfast plan, you can have a boxed breakfast delivered to the warehouse.
Rice and miso are, of course, made in Akita.
For dinner, they will guide you to nearby restaurants in the hope that you will also "experience the town itself where the warehouses are located.
There are many restaurants and pubs within walking distance of each brewery, so you will have to wait until the day of the tour to find out what the dinner will be like!
Breakfast at "Wa-no-i Kakunodate" (example)

Check-in at "Hotel Folklolo Kakunodate" in front of Kakunodate Station!

Check-in for "Wa-no-i Kakunodate" is at the Hotel Folklolo Kakunodate, located next to Kakunodate Station.
It is within walking distance to each storehouse, and it is recommended to head there while strolling the streets of Kakunodate!
Transportation from Hotel Folklore Kakunodate to each storehouse is also available.
Hotel Folklolo Kakunodate

It looks like you are staying in a museum!

Nishinomiya Family Samurai Storehouse, where you can feel the life and culture of samurai
Nishinomiya Family Gakko Storehouse, where you can feel Akita's publishing culture
Antique Storehouse, where you can feel the activities of antique dealers in the late Edo period
Each storehouse is like a museum, where you will surely enjoy an extraordinary experience.

Why don't you experience KURA STAY in Kakunodate, Little Kyoto, where you can relax and rent a whole building?
Click here for the official website of Wa-no-i Kakunodate
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