Wanoi Kakunodatea Nishinomiyake Bushigura

Beautifully restored building on the edge of the Samurai District. Close walk to everything in town. The room was stunning- no detail was lost. The bath was amazing.

As noted by the other reviewers, we stayed in one of the 3 renovated classical buildings, in the samurai district. I don’t know what we expected, but we couldn’t have anticipated a more beautiful, elegant and thoughtfully decorated space. I say space, not room, because we had the entire house. Every single detail is curated and presented. Since we stayed in the house of a cloth merchant, we walked into the landing were a sublime kimono was displayed. Many of the other decorations are ancient tools (spoolers, weaving equipment, etc). The beds are very comfortable, the wet room with circular bathtub is perfect, there is a kitchen space with artisanal cups … I don’t know that we have ever stayed in a place that we have liked more.

There is so much care and thought put into every element of the space to retain the roots of the kura, yet also be beautifully traditional and functionally modern. We were especially impressed with the bathtub area of our kura, and the radiant heating, as well as the compactness of the emergency escape ladder, should you need it. Breakfast was the best breakfast we had during the whole of our stay in Akita! The ceramics were also lovely. Location is great proximity to the station and main area. Staff were friendly and willing to drive us to and from the station. Would definitely stay here again if I'm in the area again.