Style of Stay
Starting with check-ins on April 1, 2026, consecutive stays (two nights or more) will be the only type of stay accepted.
We provide you a whole house as an accommodation.
Please enjoy your stay at a 300-year-old thatched farmhouse with relaxing the space provided by Alex in random styles.
During your stay, you will be free to go out without curfew.
We adopt a method of automatically locked system (enter an identification number when you go in and out).
Check-in time is 3:00pm~6:00pm, Check-out time is~10:00am. If you cannot make this time, please let us know in advance.
Although it is a quite old house with steep raftered roof, it is equipped the most advanced equipment, such as bathroom, air conditioning, linen towels, floor heating and so on. We are sure that you will have a relaxed comfortable time during stay.
We also provide cooking utensils, Induction Heating (IH) and basic condiments,
such as salt, pepper, soy sauce, oil and sugar in the lodgings. It is possible for visitors to cook for yourselves with preparing ingredients.
We never provide food and drinks in Chiiori. If you consult with us, we are pleased to inform you about shops and restaurants around here.
Precaution for Stay
There is some information for visitors to understand before staying Chiiori in Iya Valley. It is about the current natural environment around Iya Valley.
We provide artificially-produced equipments inside the farmhouses, but we can’t change the environment around Iya Valley to make the ideal accommodation.
The people living there still continue to coexist together in old-fashioned way.
At the same time, the visitors have also to take over this role during the stay.
As for stay in Iya Valley, we would like visitors to understand of the following.
Year-round Accommodation Precautions
- -There are very few shops to purchase some food and daily necessaries around Iya Valley. We recommend for visitors to buy them before coming here.
- -We always keep a local Japanese tea and a bottle of mineral water except for alcohol in the houses. If visitors drink in the houses, please purchase beforehand.
- -Our lodgings in the hamlet of Tsurui in East Iya Valley are located at the edge of the winding lane in the deep mountain. If visitors lack the confidence to drive, please make sure to use a taxi. If visitors need it, please consult with us about the arrangement.
- -We recommend visitors to drive themselves, because there is no transportation to get Iya Valley. We have parking spaces for Chiiori.
- -There are some gas stations in Iya Valley, but they will be closed to business occasionally. If you are motoring, please make sure that how the fuel level is.
- -Our lodgings are located in very mountainous area and easily influenced by a downpour. We usually use water from a mountain for drinking water. As regards particular water, continual rain may make tap water cloudy. In which case, please be forewarned that we might refuse accommodation due to a malfunction of our facilities that is impossible for visitors to stay.
- -There are some wild dangerous animals, a monkey, deer, pit viper and boar around here. Although they don't have potential for harm, please be careful that some mosquitoes, moth and insects kind might come into the lodgings.
- -Payment for accommodation, meal is required in advance when you make a reservation. We accept payments with a credit card(VISA/Mastercard/AMERICAN EXPRESS/JCB). To whom want to pay by a bank transfer, please ask us.
- -No pets allowed.
Winter (December to March) Accommodation Precautions
Attention winter ( December-March ) of accommodation on.
From the beginning of December, this has chances of snowing. In the case of heavy snowing or bad weather that we cannot ensure the safeties of guests coming to Chiiori or staying at Chiiori, we may cancel reservations based on our judgments.
And, we cannot provide alternate accommodations. We are sorry to explain those potential negative factors for winter season. If you can understand all those conditions, please keep reading below and confirm your reservation.
- The Iya of winter , snow piled up many often. It is also where a lot of hills Slim steep terrain. Please come with four-wheel drive vehicle with a studless tire or chain.
- If it due to deep snow, customers arrive to Iya 's judgment on our side and difficulty, you may be allowed to cancel your accommodations.
- I use it draws water from the swamp of the mountains and water of the inn. Therefore, it may be cut off water in freezing of water supply equipment and water sources in the winter.
Please be advised there is a possibility to cut off water supply even during night.
Just in case it becomes the suspension of water supply, but we have to prepare the following in the inn. - We have set up a server of mineral water as drinking water, kitchen and bath can not be used.
- Other, as such as toilet, we have secured a certain amount of water to the plastic tank.
※ If you have any questions on accommodations, please don't hesitate to contact us by phone and iquiry form.
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