Weaving time, brewing place.

A trading port, and the Toyama no one has told you about

Iwase sits in the arm of Toyama Bay. For two centuries the Kitamae-bune trading ships put in here and made the town rich. The noise has gone; the quiet hours and the traditions have not.

IWASE STaY takes a building that has stood in this town for decades and gives it a second life. It is less a place to sleep than a lens: onto the culture of Iwase, the harvest of the Sea of Japan, and the people who still live here. Taste what the coast has learned about fermentation. Let the Tateyama range take the weight off your mind. We hope the hours you spend here become a page of the journey you keep.

Rooms

Five rooms. Each has somewhere to be that is not the bed — a terrace open to the wind, a bath you lose an hour in, a window that frames the view like a hung painting. Every room was drawn from what the existing building already offered.

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Experiences

Step outside and the port town is yours on foot. Merchant houses along the old Hokkoku road, sake breweries and a craft-beer brewhouse behind storehouse doors, the canal, the beach. Some doors here have no sign on them; ours open through the people we know.

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A ground floor open to the town

The 119.5 m² ground floor holds the lounge, a coworking space, a four-and-a-half-mat tea room, laundry and luggage storage. Something different happens here each time you come through — which is the point. It is built to work like a square, not a lobby.

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ACCESS

About 25 minutes by tram from Toyama Station. Airport and shinkansen are both within the hour.

Toyama Airport approx. 30 min by car 13 km IWASE STaY
Toyama Station approx. 25 min by tram 7 km IWASE STaY
Tokyo Station approx. 2 h 10 min by shinkansen — IWASE STaY
Kanazawa Station approx. 23 min by shinkansen 59 km IWASE STaY

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OPENING 2027

Renovation is under way. Opening date, rates and the start of bookings go to the newsletter first.