Location
Shizukuishi, Iwate
Northern Japan
Foot of Mount Iwate
Azuma Farms
KOIWAIJAPAN
An agricultural retreat within one of Japan’s great landscapes.
AZUMA FARM Koiwai is an intimate 24-villa retreat set within the historic Koiwai Farm at the foot of Mount Iwate. Established in 1891, the surrounding farm spans nearly 3,000 hectares of forest, pasture, agriculture, and protected cultural heritage—land shaped and stewarded continuously for more than a century.
Created in collaboration with JR East, Azumi Japan, and Koiwai Farm, AZUMA approaches rural hospitality through a distinctly Japanese idea of farm life. Architecture, food, fire, forest, craft, and regional culture are woven into an experience that feels less like a conventional resort and more like inhabiting the landscape itself.
The Sauna at Azuma Farms
Azuma Farm Koiwai offers three dedicated 89-square-meter sauna pavilions, named ‘Forest Springs’. Each features a wood-fired sauna, a cold bath, relaxation chairs dotted around a fireplace, and daybeds designed to reconnect and revitalize. Offering a retreat into the nature of Koiwai, the saunas are a haven away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life – the ideal opportunity to relax both body and mind.
FEATURES
Wood-fired sauna
Cold plunge
Relaxation chairs
Daybeds
Fireplaces
Luxury is measured in space, silence, and time—the feeling of being held by a landscape shaped over generations.
