Ryokan, Niseko
Shiguchi
Shiguchi is a ryokan of five rooms in Hanazono, Niseko, made from three farmhouses some 150 years old that were taken down in Honshu and raised again here, every room with an outdoor onsen of its own, filled with spring water that is neither filtered nor heated.
Stay at Shiguchi on a Custom Tour of Japan, created around your party alone, on the dates you choose.
the room
The rooms
Each farmhouse has one or two rooms, with a king bed below, a tatami room in the loft under the old beams, a living room and a kitchen, and an outdoor onsen carved from stone. The largest, Fu, runs to 247 square metres, and Ka is a whole farmhouse of two bedrooms for a party of up to six; Chi and Sui look over the gorge, and the others over forest to the mountains beyond.
to unwind
The onsen
The spring water reaches every room as it leaves the ground, unfiltered and unheated, and fills an outdoor onsen carved from stone, there for the room at any hour of the day or night.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a course menu that draws on the food of the Ainu and of the Jomon, cooked with vegetables from the ryokan's own garden and the produce of Niseko, and served in the neighbouring farmhouse, indoors or on a terrace over the valley and the mountains; from the second night it can be brought to the room. Hokkaido wines, local craft beer and whisky are poured with it.
the setting
Niseko
The farmhouses stand in Hanazono, within the Niseko Shakotan Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park, gathered together like the inns of an old post town above a gorge and among forest. Craftsmen took them down in Honshu and rebuilt them here, mending the joints of the beams with lead in the spirit of kintsugi and turning reclaimed timber into walls and shelves.
Forest and a small gorge lie below the rooms, the dining room and a gallery of antiques and folk art fill a neighbouring farmhouse, and the slopes of Niseko are a short drive away.
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our tours here
Shiguchi, on a journey of your own
A Custom Tour of Japan can place Shiguchi 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.
To ski from Shiguchi independently, a Japan ski itinerary is written for your party: the mountain, the room to ask for and every day on the snow, from $550.
questions
Questions about Shiguchi
Where is Shiguchi?
In Hanazono, in the town of Kutchan, Niseko, about two hours by car from New Chitose Airport and fifteen minutes from Kutchan Station.
Do the rooms at Shiguchi have their own onsen?
Yes. Every room has an outdoor onsen of its own, carved from stone and filled with spring water that is neither filtered nor heated.
Can Shiguchi be part of a private journey?
Yes. A Custom Tour of Japan can include Shiguchi 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.
Shiguchi, on your dates.
Tell us when you would like to travel, and we will answer with a Custom Tour of Japan that includes Shiguchi, created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.