""This is an elementary school where you can stay overnight." Yonezawa City in Yamagata Prefecture is a two-hour bullet train ride from Tokyo. Yonezawa Misawa Elementary School | Tococoto is an elementary school that utilizes the former Yonezawa City Misawa Higashi Elementary School and offers overnight stays and local experiences. Enjoy the bonfire and starry sky. There is also a natural hot spring nearby that has been around for a thousand years. There will be a sports day in the gymnasium, glamping in the classroom, and board games and a takoyaki party in the evening. The classrooms on the second floor are lined with exciting dormitory-style beds that feel like a secret base, and can accommodate up to 36 people. In addition, you can enjoy a special time with your family and friends at the ""Glamping Classroom,"" which has camping equipment on permanent display. Movies can be projected onto the large walls of the classroom, and games can be played. This is a unique place where you can have fun without worrying about time. There are stories that can now be told in a place where children once studied. The chalk marks left on the blackboard, the casual conversations you have with your friends. Memories suddenly come back to me as I gather around the bonfire at night. Meeting local people adds to the pages of my memories. Come on, let's enjoy a memorable time here. ▼ Dormitory (separate for men and women) Bunk beds for up to 36 people In addition, there are classrooms where you can enjoy indoor glamping. ▼What you can do at this facility 1. Stay The classrooms where children once studied are now bedrooms. Classrooms for training and gyms for sports. The baths are at Onogawa Onsen, a 5-minute drive away. At night, sit around the bonfire and chat, and in the morning, enjoy Yamagata rice and soft-boiled eggs. Each room has curtains, allowing you to stay in a private space. The accommodation is divided into two rooms, separated by gender. 2. Play and learn You can stay overnight, take a day trip, or rent the entire school building. Stay in a secret base-style bed, enjoy bonfires and BBQs, and experience local activities such as weaving and farming. Feel free to play in the gymnasium or on the school grounds. At night, enjoy a soak in the hot springs at Onogawa Onsen under the starry sky. 3. Plan There are things that can only be born in this place. Some people want to make their usual training camp a little more special, hold an event, or even have a class reunion. What will be created depends on the thoughts of the people who gather here. So, where do we start here? ▼What's Yonezawa like? Yonezawa is a castle town in southern Yamagata Prefecture, and is attractive for its historical culture, including Uesugi Shrine! You can enjoy Yonezawa beef, hot springs, and the beautiful nature of the four seasons. Nearby is Onogawa Onsen, which uses 100% natural hot spring water. ▼About the facilities 【Dormitory bed】 There are a total of 36 dormitory beds, each large enough for adults to sleep comfortably. 18 in the men's room and 18 in the women's room. There are power outlets and reading lights at the bedside, and when you close the curtains you have your own space. You can experience the excitement of being in a secret base. Reservations can be made for just one person. There is also a plan to rent the entire school building. 【Empty classroom】 There are two classrooms that can be used freely. Including the former library, there are three rooms in total, and you can arrange the desks and chairs as you like. Please use them for meals, workshops, or any other purpose. 【Gymnasium】 A gymnasium the size of two basketball courts. It can also be used for recreational activities and practice matches. Reservations for the gymnasium are managed by a different organization, so please contact us if you would like to use it. ▼Items that can be purchased and used locally 【Equipment】 ■ Shower room ■ Coin laundry ■ Coin locker ■ Refrigerator ■ Elementary school desks and chairs (up to 30 sets) ■ Unmanned FamilyMart (amenities, clothing, snacks, chilled foods, etc.) 【Rental】 ■ Sports day set (indoor/outdoor) ■ Bicycles (2 units) ■ Game console (Switch 2) ■ Projector ■ BBQ & Bonfire Set ■ Takoyaki set ▼What's Yonezawa like? Yonezawa is a castle town in southern Yamagata Prefecture, and is attractive for its historical culture, including Uesugi Shrine! You can enjoy Yonezawa beef, hot springs, and the beautiful nature of the four seasons. ▼Nearby facilities Nearest convenience store: Family Mart Tateyama (5 minutes by car) Nearest supermarket: York Benimaru (8 minutes by car) Nearest general store: Don Quijote (8 minutes by car), Muji Goods (8 minutes by car) Hot spring facilities available: Onogawa Onsen Access ・For those coming by public transportation From Tokyo Station, take the Yamagata Shinkansen for about 2 hours to Yonezawa Station. Take the bus from ""Yonezawa Station"" and get off at ""Matsunoshita"" or ""Onogawa Onsen"" bus stop 20 minutes walk from ""Matsunoshita"" or ""Onogawa Onsen"" bus stop ・For those coming by car Approximately 20 minutes by car from Yonezawa Chuo IC Parking: 10 cars (large buses OK)

A fully renovated 100-year-old traditional Japanese house, newly opened in March 2020! While preserving the charm of a classic kominka, the house incorporates modern architectural technology to create a hybrid traditional home that stays warm even in winter. Located just one hour from central Tokyo via the Ken-O Expressway and Aqua-Line, this countryside retreat lets you experience authentic satoyama living near Tokyo. “There’s nothing special here—yet it feels deeply nostalgic.” Enjoy this quiet luxury in the living room with a wood-burning fireplace and a spacious couch sofa. Step away from everyday life and relax in peaceful Japan countryside accommodation. On the same property, there is also a private music studio housed in a traditional kura warehouse, ideal for band practice or music sessions. Chonan Town is also home to eight golf courses—perfect for enjoying a round of golf followed by relaxed conversations in a traditional Japanese house. From the nearest Mobara Station, the JR Sotobo Line Limited Express Wakashio reaches Tokyo Station in just one hour, making Guest House Ren ideal for remote work in Japan. ■ Ideal for Long-Term Stays ■ To help you fully enjoy a slow and relaxing stay, we highly recommend consecutive nights. Discounts are available for extended stays. Please check “Long-Stay Discount” under the “Options” section. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About the Accommodation ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Guest House Ren has been used for family gatherings, stays, events, and as a relaxing community space. The house accommodates up to 6 guests (Western-style bedroom for 2 guests and Japanese tatami room for up to 6 futons), and features an open kitchen, bathroom, toilet, and shared lounge area. Guests especially appreciate the harmonious blend of traditional Japanese architecture with modern interior design. Two bedrooms are available: one Japanese-style and one Western-style. The 12.5-tatami living room includes a wood-burning fireplace and a large couch sofa. Free Wi-Fi is available. The dining room features 100-year-old antique furniture from England, offering a unique fusion of Japanese and Western styles. The adjacent 10.5-tatami Japanese room features a tokonoma alcove, built-in shelves, and traditional shoin-style design. Up to six futons can be laid out at night. The Western-style bedroom features tatami flooring, plaster walls, shoji screens, and washi paper lighting, creating a calming Japanese-modern atmosphere. The former horse stable has been renovated into a washroom and toilet. The low ceiling height enhances the authentic charm of a traditional Japanese farmhouse. The bathroom is authentically designed with Towada stone flooring, hinoki cypress walls, and a small Japanese garden view. Enjoy a relaxing bath surrounded by the soothing scent of hinoki wood. The property includes a bamboo grove, butterbur field, chestnut trees, and persimmon trees. Guests are welcome to harvest seasonal produce for personal use on the day of consumption only. Children under school age without bedding stay free. Pets are allowed up to the earthen-floor entrance area. ■ Room Facilities & Equipment ■ The 4-meter-wide kitchen is ideal for group cooking. Fully equipped with cookware, refrigerator, microwave, gas oven, tableware, and cutlery—perfect for a stay that feels like living in Japan. ■ Amenities ■ Shampoo, conditioner, body soap, soap, towels, bath towels, face towels, hair dryer, slippers, electric kettle, refrigerator, TV, scale, microwave, tableware, washing machine ■ Dining ■ ・Meals are not provided, but the fully equipped kitchen allows you to cook freely. Pots, gas oven, microwave, kettle, toaster, rice cooker, tableware, and cutlery are all available. Please bring your own ingredients and seasonings. ・BBQ equipment is available in the garden. (Free of charge; please consult staff on the day) ・A wide variety of restaurants can be found in Mobara City within a 15-minute drive. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Options ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Please apply for the following options in advance. ■ Music Studio “Kura” A private music studio renovated from a 110-year-old kura warehouse is available on the property. Available for an additional fee (one group per day). Ideal for individual practice or band rehearsals. The studio may also be booked independently without accommodation, so early reservation is recommended. ・Approx. 10 tatami in size, with toilet and mini kitchen ・Equipment: PA system, microphones, amplifiers, upright piano, electric piano, drum set, bongos, and more ・Available hours: 9:00–20:00, no time limit within hours ■ Pizza Oven Includes: pizza oven, garden table, chairs, parasol, firewood *Ingredients not included ■ Garden Table Set Outdoor table set available Includes: garden table, chairs, parasol ■ Automatic Mahjong Table Fee ■ Shuttle Service to JR Mobara Station Available for up to 4 guests by car *Free shuttle to Chonan Town highway bus stop ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Important Notes ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Wood-Burning Fireplace ・Enjoy a relaxing winter experience with the fireplace. ・Staff will explain usage on arrival; please follow the manual for safety. ・Firewood is provided with an additional nightly fee, payable on-site. December–February: JPY 3,000 per night (tax included) Other months: JPY 2,000 per night (tax included) ■ No Air Conditioning Traditional Japanese houses stay cool in summer; therefore, no air conditioning is installed. Electric fans are provided. Daytime may be warm, but nights are comfortable with open windows. ■ Insects Screens are installed, but due to the natural countryside environment, insects may enter. Insect spray and mosquito coils are provided. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Area & Neighborhood ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ・Convenience store / drugstore / large supermarket: 5 minutes by car ・Eight golf courses in Chonan Town (10–20 minutes by car) ・Kasamori-ji Temple (Bando 33 Kannon): 15 minutes by car ◆ About Chonan Town, Chiba ◆ Chonan Town is a peaceful rural area surrounded by satoyama landscapes and rice fields. Despite being only one hour from Tokyo, it offers quiet surroundings, clean air, seasonal nature, local produce, Boso cuisine, and multiple golf courses—perfect for a relaxing countryside stay in Japan. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Access ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [By Car] 5 minutes from Mobara-Chonan IC on the Ken-O Expressway [By Public Transportation] Highway Bus: Tokyo Station / Haneda Airport / Yokohama Station → Chonan Town Bus Stop (approx. 1 hour) JR Sotobo Line Mobara Station → 15 minutes by car [Shuttle Service] Pick-up and drop-off available to station or bus stop (up to 4 guests). Paid service for JR Mobara Station—please book via options. ・Free shuttle to Chonan Town highway bus stop ・JR Mobara Station shuttle available via paid option