TOYAMA KOMINKA STAY

Stay in a town,
the way locals live.

The town at night, the town at dawn — sights you miss when you only pass through. In Toyama, Japan, you can stay in houses built a century ago. We begin in Etchu Yatsuo, home of Owara Kaze no Bon.

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Places to stay

Area: Etchu Yatsuo Type: Machiya townhouse
Dusk, looking over the street from the second-floor railing. On Owara nights, this is the best seat in the house. Etchu Yatsuo · Machiya Kazenoyado Main House Whole-house rental with 6 fully private rooms · Machiya townhouse built in 1877 (Meiji 10) · Up to 17 guests The shared second-floor lounge and veranda overlooking the Kamishinmachi street, open to all guests. Etchu Yatsuo · Machiya Kazenoyado Annex Rented by the floor · Seven carpenter-built “wooden box” sleeping berths · Up to 11 guests Black-lacquered coffered ceiling, ranma transoms, and shoji screens—a tatami parlor of a kind that can no longer be built today. Etchu Yatsuo Oyado Kazane Tatami parlors with tokonoma alcoves and ranma transoms · Free parking (available even during the Owara festival) · From ¥19,000 per room (room only, before tax) Toyama Prefecture Now accepting listings We introduce your inn together with the land it stands on

About

Staying in a kominka — a traditional Japanese house

01

Stay as if renting a home

Inns shaped like ordinary houses, with no front desk. Once you pick up the key, the tatami rooms and the veranda are yours to live in.

02

Connect directly with the inn

Book and ask questions through each inn's official LINE or website. With no one in between, dates and group sizes can be sorted out on the spot.

03

Choose a place, story and all

We introduce not just the inn's facilities but the town, its festivals, and its seasons — so you can build your trip around why you are staying there.

Experience

Choose by how you want to stay

Relaxing in a yukata outside a machiya townhouse at dusk EXPERIENCE 01 Owara nights, steps from the streets The singing and dancing carry on late into the night. Staying within walking distance of your bed changes how you see the festival. Looking out at a courtyard garden from a machiya tatami room EXPERIENCE 02 Tatami rooms, lived-in comfort Lay out futons in a room with a tokonoma alcove and carved transoms. A night under one roof with family or friends. The stone pavement of Suwamachi Street on a quiet, empty morning EXPERIENCE 03 Yatsuo in the quiet seasons The three festival days are not all this town has. A trip for strolling the quiet stone pavements at morning and dusk.

Borrow the house,
and the town's time with it.

These stays are not a substitute for a hotel. A few days spent as part of the town — that is the way of staying this site wants to share.

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Get to know the town

AREA

The town of Etchu Yatsuo

Machiya townhouses lining stone-paved slopes — the home of Owara Kaze no Bon. Its history and how to explore it.

About the town → STORY

Understanding Owara Kaze no Bon

The story behind the festival and tips for enjoying it as an overnight guest. We are adding articles little by little.

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Stay in a machiya townhouse

Lattice doors, an earthen-floor entry, rooms stretching deep from the street. You can also pick your stay by building type.

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News

News

For inn owners

Toyama Kominka Stay is gradually adding kominka and whole-house rental inns across Toyama Prefecture. If you would like your inn listed, start here.

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