Wanoi Kakunodate

A storehouse located in a group of samurai residences in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture has been refurbished into a lodging facility. The concept is "KURA STAY", a cultural experience hotel with the setting that the life at that time was preserved in a storehouse.
Our hotel consists of three warehouses, "Bushigura", "Gakko Kura", and "Tanbutsu Kura", which are rented as one building. The space incorporates Kakunodate's traditional crafts of kabazaiku and iburi gakko production scenes, textile art such as vegetable dyeing, samurai family crests, etc., to provide a local cultural experience throughout your stay. In addition, decorations, etc. are arranged in cooperation with local shops, etc., and by installing guides in the facility, it also plays a role as a tourist base that encourages excursions.

<Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests>
In order to increase the experience value of the facility, we were asked to create a story and propose an experience that can only be done in Kakunodate.

<Solution>
With the concept of "KURA STAY" where you can experience the life of those days, we have incorporated items that were stored in the storehouse before the renovation into the interior, and selected furnishings related to the history of the samurai residence, so that you can enjoy the stay itself. given value. In addition, by arranging decorations in cooperation with local traditional crafts and local shops and introducing them with leaflets and commentary captions, we encouraged the strengthening and revitalization of local tours.

<Our project members>
[Sales and Project Management] Mitsuhiro Sato
[Planning and concept design] Ikuho Tominaga, Yoichi Honda