Katada, Shima-cho, on Ago BayCOVA KAKUDA
Cova Kakuda
COVA KAKUDA is a four-villa retreat opened on 20 June 2023 by the pearl dealer Kakuda Pearl on the site of its former pearl-culturing workshop, on a cove of Ago Bay in Ise-Shima National Park. The villas keep the old workshop's timber beams, and stays centre on the bay: wood-fired sauna, kayaking and SUP, pearl-farm visits and Japanese cooking from Shima seafood.
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About the property
- Rooms
- 4
- Bath in the room
- Every room
- Dinner
- In the restaurant
- Recognition
- JAXURY Award 2026, STAY category (Kodansha)
- Owned by
- Kakuda Pearl Co. (覚田真珠株式会社)
Rooms and suites
MIHARASHI
68 sq m room (85 sq m villa, with a 17 sq m terrace) · Over the pearl rafts from high ground in the woods view · Villa on high ground in the woods, partly a renovated 70-year-old building · private sauna, open-air bath, and a chilled cold bath on the terrace · two double beds · sleeps 2
HAMAAGE
70 sq m room (106 sq m villa) · Oceanfront, on the water's edge view · The building where pearls were once harvested (hamaage), with its beams and foundations kept · private sauna with chilled cold bath, open-air bath, wooden deck over the sea · two double beds · sleeps 4
OKI / TAKA
66.93 sq m room, with a 76 sq m terrace (143 sq m in all) · Full sea frontage on the cove view · Two villas set symmetrically: OKI renovated, TAKA new-built · Owase cypress beams, plaster walls, a deck with a water basin, open-air bath · no private sauna · two double beds · sleeps 3
Dining and wellness
The seasonal amuse of the Satoumi course, on a wooden leaf
A dish of Shima vegetables and seafood at KAZO
A seasonal course of three coloured parcels
Japanese breakfast at KAZO, with a grilled fish and small dishes
- KAZO
- Japanese course restaurant · breakfast and dinner
- Wellness
- A wood-fired sauna and a traditional stone bath fired with ubame oak, sea or well-water plunges, private saunas in two villas, and activities including pearl-farm tours, Ago Bay cruises, kayaking, SUP, wood-splitting, plant dyeing, aroma extraction and farm and beekeeping visits.
Where it is
- Kashikojima station
- 25 min by taxi
- Kintetsu Nagoya station
- 2 h 05 by train
- Osaka Namba station
- 2 h 30 by train
- Chubu Centrair Airport
- 20 min by air
- Chubu Centrair Airport
- 3 h by train
- Kansai Airport
- 3 h 10 by train
1397-14 Shimacho Katada, Shima, Mie
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Chubu Centrair International, about 3 hours by train and taxi (Meitetsu to Kintetsu Nagoya, Kintetsu limited express to Kashikojima, then taxi), or about 20 minutes by helicopter to the property's helipad; Kansai International about 3 hours 10 minutes of train travel to Kashikojima (Nankai Rapi:t to Namba, then Kintetsu), then the taxi.
