Kurayoshi · Tottori
梨のお宿 やまさん
A private kominka stay in the satoyama of Kurayoshi, Tottori
Spend an unhurried stay in a 70-year-old kominka, and feel a life lived with the land.
About
About the inn
A 70-year-old kominka in the satoyama of Kurayoshi, Tottori. One party per day — time here is meant to be unhurried.
A farming couple who moved here live with their pear orchard. Guests are welcomed not as customers, but as dear friends.
This is not a polished hotel. Come for the warmth of handmade things, and the air of a Japanese landscape that still feels close to its origins.
Experience
Food, crafts, and onsen
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Pears
In the orchard a short way from the inn, the farming couple tend their pears through the year. Walk among the blossom, try pollinating and bagging, pick the fruit, or watch winter pruning — each season has its own story.
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The field
Near the inn, the satoyama and vegetable plots offer more than pears: foraging wild greens, picking summer vegetables, indigo dyeing, kite-making, and other hands-on work rooted in local life.
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Food
Wood-fired pizza from our oven, rolled sushi you can make yourself, and meals cooked with local vegetables and fruit. Dinner and breakfast stay with the flavours of the satoyama.
Calendar
A year of experiences
What you can do in the satoyama changes with the season. Please use these months as a rough guide.
- Orchard
- Food
- Crafts
- Satoyama
Spring
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Mar
- Foraging wild greens (Satoyama)
- Kurayoshi kasuri weaving (Crafts)
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Apr
- Foraging wild greens (Satoyama)
- A walk among pear blossom (Orchard)
- Pollinating the pears (Orchard)
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
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May
- Foraging wild greens (Satoyama)
- Bagging young pears (Orchard)
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
Summer
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Jun
- Bagging young pears (Orchard)
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
- Indigo dyeing (Crafts)
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Jul
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
- Indigo dyeing (Crafts)
- Picking summer vegetables (Satoyama)
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Aug
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
- Indigo dyeing (Crafts)
- Picking summer vegetables (Satoyama)
- Pear harvest (Orchard)
Autumn
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Sep
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
- Pear harvest (Orchard)
- Kamigami-yaki pottery (Crafts)
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Oct
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
- Pear harvest (Orchard)
- Kamigami-yaki pottery (Crafts)
- Stargazing walk (Satoyama)
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Nov
- Wood-fired pizza (Food)
- Kamigami-yaki pottery (Crafts)
- Stargazing walk (Satoyama)
- Making dried persimmons (Food)
Winter
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Dec
- Stargazing walk (Satoyama)
- Watching the pear pruning (Orchard)
- Making and flying Japanese kites (Crafts)
- Mochi pounding (Food)
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Jan
- Kurayoshi kasuri weaving (Crafts)
- Stargazing walk (Satoyama)
- Watching the pear pruning (Orchard)
- Making and flying Japanese kites (Crafts)
- Mochi pounding (Food)
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Feb
- Kurayoshi kasuri weaving (Crafts)
- Stargazing walk (Satoyama)
- Watching the pear pruning (Orchard)
- Making and flying Japanese kites (Crafts)
All year
- Sushi-making ( Food )
- Zazen ( Satoyama )
- Chopsticks and paper knives ( Crafts )
Experiences and months are a guide only, and change with the weather and the pears' growth. Orchard experiences take place at the field, away from the inn. Please ask about the experiences you would like when you reserve.
Amenity
Amenities
Two Japanese-style rooms, the engawa, and the washroom are for guests only. The wet areas are shared with the hosts. The hosts live in a separate part of the same building, and your privacy is respected.
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Wi-Fi
Available in the house.
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Refrigerator and freezer
You may use both.
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Guest rooms
Two Japanese-style rooms, for guests only.
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Engawa
The veranda is for guests only.
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Washroom
For guests only.
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Drinks
Charged separately: beer (bottle and can), shochu, chuhai, sake, and whisky.
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Pets
By request. A fee applies.
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Towels, yukata, toothbrushes (tentative)
Provided for each guest.
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Hair dryer (tentative)
Available in the washroom.
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Bedding (tentative)
Futons are laid out in the Japanese-style rooms.
Notes
Before you stay
Please read this before you visit.
- There are no restaurants or supermarkets around the inn. Dinner and breakfast are prepared by the farming couple, centered on local vegetables and fruit just picked.
- Snacks, tea, and juice may be brought in. Please do not bring alcohol.
- Beer, shochu, chuhai, sake, and whisky are charged separately.
- Pets are by request, and a fee applies.
- Wet areas are shared with the hosts. Guest rooms, the engawa, and the washroom are for guests only.
- On request, we give you a bathing ticket for Sekigane Onsen, a five-minute walk away. On a clear evening, the walk is also a stroll under the stars.
- A visit to the pear orchard is available if you wish. What we can offer changes with the season, so please just ask.
- Please come by car, or by JR to Kurayoshi Station and then the bus to Sekigane Onsen. The inn is a five-minute walk from the Sekigane Onsen bus stop.
Rates (tax included)
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One night, two meals, onsen ticket
¥8,500
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Breakfast only
¥6,500
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Room only
¥5,500
Rates are per adult, per night (tentative). Please ask about rates for children of elementary-school age and younger (tentative).
Stay policies
- Check-in and check-out
- Check-in from 15:00 / check-out by 10:00. If you will arrive late, please call us (tentative).
- Cancellation (tentative)
- 50% the day before; 100% on the day or for no-shows (tentative).
- Payment (tentative)
- Please pay in cash at the inn (tentative).
- Parking (tentative)
- Free parking on site for up to two cars (tentative).
- Bath (tentative)
- The bath at the inn is shared with the hosts. We also give you a ticket for Sekigane Onsen, a five-minute walk away (tentative).
- Smoking (tentative)
- The house is non-smoking. There is a smoking spot outdoors (tentative).
Access
Location
Come by car, or by JR to Kurayoshi Station and then the bus to Sekigane Onsen. The inn is a five-minute walk from the bus stop.
682-0411
313 Sekiganejuku, Sekigane-cho, Kurayoshi, Tottori
5-minute walk from the Sekigane Onsen bus stop
Reservation
Reservations & inquiries
We host only one party per day, so please inquire early for your preferred dates.
Go to the reservation form