In the famed woodworking town of Inami, lies the 6 beautiful properties of Bed & Craft. Former artist residences, a famed local restaurant in it’s heyday, and what was once the local clinic, Bed & Craft have stunningly restored and renovated these local buildings to provide a gorgeous boutique stay and help reinvigorate this sweet town.

Each property has been painstakingly decorated and designed by a local artist, from a Buddhist Statue artist (TenNe), two woodcarvers (KIN-NAKA & TATEGU-YU), a landscape gardener (RoKu), a lacquer artist (TAE) and a talented potter (MITU); making a stay in any of these lovely villas utterly unique and different for each stay.

The interior decor of MITU was designed by Wato Maekawa, a potter who graduated from Aichi University of the Arts in 2002 where she later began working in a studio in Tokyo. Forward to 2010, Maekawa-san moved her studio to Nanto City in 2010. Her speciality is the creation of slurry castings using plaster molds. Throughout the property you can find her works adorning both the living room and the upstairs bedroom.

Sleek and modern yet celebrating the original infrastructure, one can enjoy tea in the engawa (a Japanese narrow corridor like terrace which often is wrapped around the periphery of the house/room) overlooking the tranquil Japanese garden and pond. Perhaps relax upstairs in the bedroom’s engawa with it’s traditional half frosted glass giving the impression that one is amidst the clouds.

A full kitchen is available if you wish to do some home cooking and just relax away, passing the time, along with a complimentary mini bar with tastes of the local area.

Bed & Craft will happily prepare you a delicious breakfast (sorry forgot to take a photo) from a local business if you require during your stay and are happy to arrange dinner if you prefer not to cook, however on this particular stay, a special booking was made for the divine L’evo (blog post coming soon)

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