Chiiori: a 300-year-old Japanese traditional home

Nestled in Tokushima’s verdant Iya Valley, Chiiori is a 300-year-old Japanese traditional home farmhouse that epitomizes Japan’s traditional countryside. With its masterful woodwork and thatched roof, a visit to Chiiori will make you feel as though you stepped into the past. Today, this house serves as a unique lodging experience.

Chiiori’s spacious interior features sitting spaces with a traditional hearth, a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, and a bathroom. The rustic design of dark wood floors and natural toned colors perfectly complements the area’s encircling nature and creates a relaxing stay. Aside from its historic elements, the house also has modern amenities, including a microwave and rice cooker in the kitchen, Wi-Fi, and air conditioning.

For an additional charge, Chiiori also offers a dinner service with regional cuisine catered from a local restaurant. Enjoy traditional soba rice porridge (made from soba seeds boiled in salt water), seasonal vegetables, grilled fish, and more.