Experiential Stay
Regional Immersion
Stay in a Showa-era wooden house and spend time alongside a satoyama community.
An opportunity to experience everyday life in regional Japan — not as a visitor, but as part of the place.
Kawanishi · Hyogo
50 min from Osaka
About the stay
Being here
is the experience.
Sasabase is not a resort, and this is not a tour. Guests stay in a Showa-era wooden house and spend time alongside the rhythms of the local community.
Depending on the season, this may include activities such as rice planting or harvesting, preparing meals together, joining Terra'Co, or simply spending time in the neighbourhood.
Morning air, evening quiet, distant sounds of everyday life, the scent of the season — even a short stay offers a different sense of time from the city.
This is not a stay for “getting” something.
It is a stay for feeling something.
What you can do
How you spend the time
is up to you.
Simply slow down
There's nothing you have to do. Sit on the engawa, breathe the satoyama air. That kind of time exists here.
Connect with the community
Meet the people who live nearby. Conversations happen naturally — without agenda, without a tour guide.
Feel the seasons
Spring planting, summer insects, autumn harvest, winter stillness. The seasons here are tangible in a way they rarely are in the city.
Combine with programs
Pair your stay with the 6th-Sector School, rice farming, or Terra'Co. For those who want to go deeper — a stay makes it possible.
Seasonal farming
Take part in seasonal farming activities alongside local farmers, such as planting, tending, and harvesting rice.
Local food
Cook and share meals using ingredients grown nearby. Simple food, made with what the season offers.
Community life
Walk the local paths, meet the neighbours, attend Terra'Co. A place where community is still part of daily life.
The space
A house built
by a local carpenter.
This house was built by a local carpenter and has been part of the community ever since. Tatami rooms, a narrow staircase, an engawa, and a working kitchen — with ranma panels overhead and a Buddhist altar still in one of the rooms.
This is not a renovated guesthouse. It is a lived-in house, not a staged space — and the nights here are genuinely quiet.
Kawanishi is about 50 minutes from Osaka by train, and Sasabase is a short walk from the nearest station. Close enough to the city, yet far enough that the air and pace feel noticeably different.
Rates
Exclusive use
of the whole house.
Stays are offered as an exclusive booking of the main wooden house. No shared space with other guests — the house is entirely yours.
Rates start at ¥20,000 per night for up to 2 guests, with ¥8,000 per additional person. Maximum 5 guests.
Prices may vary by season and program content. Please enquire for exact details.
Rate guide
* Rates may vary. Please contact us for current pricing.
Contact
Come and see
for yourself.
This is a place where the pace is different. Come and find out what that means.
Get in touch — we'd love to have you.