The house · Exclusively yours
One house.
Entirely yours.
An indoor garden at the heart. Long tables and warm living spaces around it. Hikaniwa is a whole-house stay for families and friends, with space for up to 16 guests.
Oneexclusive whole-house booking
16maximum guests
Twogarage parking bays · electric roller doors · Explore parking
Otaruyour Hokkaido base
01 / Arrive at a different pace
The Japanese garden.
At the heart of it all.
Bamboo, stone and the gentle sound of running water greet you beside the entrance. Framed by warm timber and shoji screens, the Japanese garden brings a calm, welcoming heart to the house.
Settle into a slower rhythm, with a morning tea nearby or a quiet moment in the glow of the lantern. It is a little piece of Japan to come home to.
Bamboo, stone, water and shoji screens at the heart of Hikaniwa.
02 / Shared days
Cook. Gather.
Stay a while.
Prepare breakfast in the full kitchen, settle around the dining table, or drift into the living room beside the piano. The house gives a group more than one way to spend an afternoon.
Bring home something delicious from Otaru, cook a favourite family meal or ask our hosts about an evening with a visiting chef. There is room to make the table your own.
Around the kitchen.
Two views of the kitchen and gathering space.
A wider view of the kitchen and gathering space.
The timber breakfast bar and seating by the window.
A wider view of the kitchen and gathering space.
Around the kitchen.
Two views of the kitchen and gathering space.
Two views of the kitchen and breakfast bar, made for mornings and meals together.
Time for yourself
Sauna, spa & a little space.
Your own house means there is room for a treatment, a quiet afternoon and an evening together.
Your own sauna.
Warm up in the timber-lined, two-person sauna after a day outside. It is included with your exclusive house stay.
A massage, here.
Our hosts can help arrange a visiting massage therapist in the garden-side treatment area. A quiet hour for yourself, without another outing.
Something just for your group.
A private chef, character-sushi class, kimono experience or matcha tea session can be arranged in the house.
03 / Another side of the house
Room to
be apart.
A low table, tatami underfoot and a view through to the garden-side spaces. The private dining zone gives the group another place to settle away from the main living area.
The tatami dining zone is part of your whole-house stay. Cook in the main kitchen and bring the meal through, or settle here for a quieter evening.
A quiet seating corner beside garden-facing windows and tatami.
Another way to spend the evening
Movie night.
Right beside the living room.
At the front corner of the house, a separate, enclosed media room is made for movie nights. A 165 cm (65-inch) TV, soundbar and full blackout blinds let your group settle into a film, even while the rest of the house carries on.
Children can enjoy their own movie while the adults gather elsewhere, or everyone can make an evening of it together. This is a separate space from the Nintendo nook inside the bunk room.
The chaise sofa also converts to a double bed, giving your group another comfortable way to settle in.
Beside the main living area, a separate room for films, with a double sofa bed for flexible sleeping.
Fast, fixed-line internet
Room to unwind.
Wi-Fi to stay connected.
Hikaniwa has its own fixed-line NTT broadband connection, with four TP-Link Wi-Fi nodes positioned around the house. It is a home broadband setup, rather than a portable mobile-internet dongle.
Catch up on work, video-call home or settle in for a film while the family enjoys their own devices. Fast internet is part of making a day at home feel easy.
For family stays
Their holiday, too.
Bunks, games spaces and a children’s climbing wall give younger travellers their own corners. Stair gates and thoughtful little comforts make family days easier, and our hosts can help with a cot and high chair for your stay.
The details that make it yours.
Warm timber, tatami and familiar comforts, with room to settle into your own rhythm.
Hikaniwa embroidered robe, towel and slippers arranged on tatami.
HIKANIWA, IN DETAIL
Explore these spaces.
Choose a space to see its photographs.
Gather by the windows4 photographs
The indoor Japanese garden3 photographs
Kitchen, dining & tatami4 photographs
Your own spa time5 photographs
The movie room1 photograph
The house through the seasons6 photographs
Gather by the windows
Leather sofas, garden light and room to settle in together.
The indoor Japanese garden
Stone, bamboo, warm lantern light and the gentle sound of trickling water welcome you at the heart of the house.
Kitchen, dining & tatami
A full kitchen, long dining table and a separate Japanese-style dining area. A private chef can be arranged by request.
Your own spa time
A garden-side space to unwind. Our hosts can help arrange a visiting massage practitioner at the house.
The movie room
A 165 cm TV, soundbar and blackout blinds for evenings in. The chaise sofa converts to a double bed by arrangement.
The house through the seasons
Hikaniwa through the seasons, from a snowy welcome to the light of the greener months.
Hikaniwa · Otaru · Hokkaido
Your people.
Your own little world.
One private house in Otaru. Space to gather, room to unwind, and the freedom to make the stay your own.