20 Japanese Guest Houses (Minshuku) in Okayama

A guesthouse built in the image of a soy sauce storehouse, located in Fukiya Furusato Village, a Japanese heritage site where the good old days still remain. Located at the top of a mountain at an altitude of 550m, in the middle of nature, time flows slowly. Old-fashioned events and customs remain, you can feel the warm connections between people, and experience the nature of the four seasons, and you can spend a rich life while experiencing the cherished Japanese lifestyle. It is very quiet in the mornings and evenings, and you can wake up to the birds' voices in the morning. On clear days, you can see a starry sky. At this guesthouse, you can experience an organic lifestyle surrounded by handmade items that are kind to the global environment and your body. All linens, amenities, and drinks are organic. Detergents are environmentally and body-friendly. *Only electric fans are used in the summer. The shared kitchen is equipped with pots, seasonings for self-cooking (sashi-sushi-seso), and tableware. Electricity generated from natural energy is used. In winter, you can stay warm with a wood stove. There is also homemade composting, recycling of unwanted clothes, gift boxes of ingredients and seasonings, etc. Next to the guesthouse, there is a library, co-working space, cycling, and rental space.

A guest house located in the forest village of Nishiawakura. Awakura Onsen Motoyu is a hot spring inn where you can enjoy a bonfire in Nishiawakura Village, a village with a population of 1,400 people surrounded on all four sides by the border of Okayama, Hyogo, and Tottori. The clear stream in front of you, the forest that surrounds you. rich source. It has been kept alive by nature and continues to exist here. A fresh meal full of the blessings of the forest, such as wild game dishes caught by village hunters, vegetables harvested in the village, cypress bread made from the village's cypress, and beer. A natural radium hot spring that boils with firewood, and there is a legend that raccoon dogs were healed by soaking in it long ago. Enjoy a bonfire under the stars.