ACCOMMODATIONS Miyama Futon and Breakfast Thatched Cottages

Wonderful experience! Super fun.

We learned the basics of traditional Japanese roof thatching. Very fun, educational, hands on experience!

This was really fun—and a beautiful spot!

The cottage is very comfortable especially the design, spacious rooms, tatami floor, futon, and the dining using irori. The food is excellent. We were having fun cooking using irori. The cake prepared is freshly made of local flour, which is very nice. My 2 kids and I finish the whole 15cm chocolate cake even after dinner.

An excellently preserved folk house and a wonderful stay in the mountains of Kyoto.

This was the most amazing and delightful escape into rural Japan, made so easy and welcoming by the amazing staff here. We stayed in Mitoya, an old traditional style kabuyuki thatched roof house. It felt like going back in time 150 years or more (except for the modern Western kitchen that they’ve added on, which was super helpful!). So much fun to cook fresh caught & harvested local food on the open hearth in the living room, the way people here have done it for hundreds of years. And for one dinner, we had some local folks come in and cook us a traditional chicken nabe… You can choose how much you wanna cook yourself or have it done, or go to restaurants. They helped us so much with arranging transportation, and when they couldn’t find a taxi for us in this real area, the operator’s wife drove us herself to a nearby Kinsugi class at urujyu, which was also really great. When checking in, they gave us a dedicated tablet device where we could text them any and all questions and needs, and they responded to everything quickly and very helpfully. The only problem is that there was no western style spatula in the kitchen, for flipping those delicious local eggs in the pan! they arranged bikes for us, and we really enjoyed biking around by the river up the valley to the little shrine. There isn’t much transportation around, so if you want to be free to check out the whole area, it would be good to rent a car coming here. Otherwise, if you advance and let them know what you want to do, they can arrange transportation for you. Highly recommend!!!

Our group went to a great thatching less! Lots of fun and we learned a lot.