Hotel, Iwate

Azuma Farm Koiwai

Name: Azuma Farm Koiwai
Address: Iwate, Tohoku, JP

Azuma Farm Koiwai is a resort of twenty-four villas on eight hectares of Koiwai Farm, at the foot of Mount Iwate near Morioka, built of red pine, cypress and chestnut grown on the farm, and open since April 2026.

Stay at Azuma Farm Koiwai on a Custom Tour of Japan, created around your party alone, on the dates you choose.

A garden villa

The meadow from the bed

the room

The rooms

There are two kinds of villa. The Forest Villas, of 65 square metres, sit in the woodland with a wide window onto the trees and a pillar of Koiwai chestnut at their centre; the Garden Villas, of 87 square metres, open onto a broad wooden veranda with a daybed at the heart of the room, two of them in the most secluded part of the grounds. Each has twin beds and is framed in red pine and cypress from the farm.

A villa bedroom of pale timber with twin beds, shoji windows and a round table — A forest villa bedroom

to unwind

The sauna

The resort's sauna pavilions are kept for one party at a time: each of 89 square metres, with a wood-fired sauna, a cold bath, chairs round a fireplace and daybeds, and reserved for up to two hours.

A bathhouse of timber walls with a stove, a round wooden bath before a wall of glass onto snow — A wooden bath before the snow

the table

Dining

The table follows the farm: breakfast of its vegetables, fruit and fresh milk, and dinners that change with the produce of Tohoku, with seafood from the Sanriku coast and the mountain food of Iwate, served in the resort's restaurant.

Fish on bamboo skewers grilled over glowing charcoal, a cook's hands turning them — Fish grilled over charcoal

A roast bird on a stoneware platter among vegetables, bread and a glass of beer on a timber table — A farm dinner

Iwate39.70° N, 141.15° E

the setting

Iwate

Koiwai Farm spreads over more than two thousand hectares on the lower slopes of Mount Iwate, west of Morioka. A hundred and thirty years ago this was barren land; it has grown since into pasture and broadleaf woodland, and the resort occupies a secluded corner of it, about eight hectares among the trees.

The pastures and forests of Koiwai Farm surround the villas beneath Mount Iwate, with guided walks through the woods, and Morioka is about twenty-five minutes by car.

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The dark roofs of the villas in a green clearing among forest, Mount Iwate and cloud above, seen from the air — The villas below Mount Iwate

The reception lounge
The dining room
The fire pavilion among the pines
The villas in snow

our tours here

Azuma Farm Koiwai, on a journey of your own

A Custom Tour of Japan can place Azuma Farm Koiwai wherever it best suits your journey, for as many nights as you wish, with your own Tour Director and a private car and driver every day.

questions

Questions about Azuma Farm Koiwai

Where is Azuma Farm Koiwai?

On Koiwai Farm in Shizukuishi, Iwate, at the foot of Mount Iwate, about twenty-five minutes by car from Morioka Station, with a complimentary shuttle, and about an hour from Iwate-Hanamaki Airport.

Does Azuma Farm Koiwai have a sauna?

Yes. Private sauna pavilions, each with a wood-fired sauna, a cold bath and a fireside, are reserved by one party at a time.

Can Azuma Farm Koiwai be part of a private journey?

Yes. A Custom Tour of Japan can include Azuma Farm Koiwai on dates of your own, created around your party alone, with your own Tour Director. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.

Azuma Farm Koiwai, on your dates.

Tell us when you would like to travel, and we will answer with a Custom Tour of Japan that includes Azuma Farm Koiwai, created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.

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