Harumi, OtakeSIMOSE ART GARDEN VILLA

Simose Art Garden Villa

Simose Art Garden Villa is ten detached villas by Shigeru Ban on a 4.6-hectare waterfront site in Otake, Hiroshima, shared with the Simose Art Museum and a French restaurant, looking across the Seto Inland Sea to Miyajima. Four villas rebuild Ban's early houses, among them the Paper House of paper tubes, and five waterfront villas line the basin where the museum's eight coloured-glass galleries float.

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About the property

Rooms: 10
Bath in the room: Every room
Dinner: In the restaurant
MICHELIN Keys: 1
Owned by: Shimose A&R Co., Ltd.

Rooms and suites

Wall-Less House (forest villa)
115 sq m · trees and sea view · Rebuild of Ban's 1997 Karuizawa house · three sides of sliding glass, no walls · twin beds, 1 to 2 guests
Paper House (forest villa)
100 sq m · Rebuild of the 1995 Lake Yamanaka villa · 110 recycled paper tubes in an S-curve, which also enclose an open-air bath and a small garden · twin beds, 1 to 2 guests
Cross Wall House (forest villa)
85 sq m · Seto Inland Sea view · Designed new for the site in homage to John Hejduk · raised above the slope on two crossed concrete walls · top-floor bath room with hinoki tub and daybed facing the sea · twin beds, 1 to 2 guests
House of Double-Roof (forest villa)
105 sq m · sea and greenery view · Remake of the 1993 Lake Yamanaka retreat · spiral stair to a roof terrace with Jacuzzi and daybed · twin beds, 1 to 2 guests
Furniture House (forest villa)
110 sq m · Remake of the 1995 Lake Yamanaka house, built of shelving and closets · kitchen and a Japanese room with sunken table · twin beds and two futons, 1 to 4 guests · the only villa taking children from 10
Kielsteg House A (waterfront villa)
55 sq m · sea and the museum galleries view · Open Western-style room · Towada stone indoor bath · the only waterfront villa whose terrace looks at the floating galleries
Kielsteg House B (waterfront villa)
55 sq m · sea view · Open Japanese-style room with tatami and sliding doors · hinoki indoor bath, listed on Ikyu as semi-open-air
Kielsteg House C (waterfront villa)
55 sq m · sea view · The only waterfront villa with the beds facing the sea · Towada stone indoor bath and a Jacuzzi on the terrace
Kielsteg House D (waterfront villa)
55 sq m · sea view · Bedroom screened by curtains · freestanding bathtub, listed on Ikyu as semi-open-air
Kielsteg House E (waterfront villa)
55 sq m · sea view · Japanese-style, tatami with floor beds and a sunken kotatsu table · hinoki indoor bath

Dining and wellness

Marinated garden vegetables, by chef Keisuke Fujiya
Three courses of the Sam Falls exhibition menu
A table laid by the windows onto the Seto Inland Sea
The open kitchen of SIMOSE French Restaurant

SIMOSE French Restaurant: French restaurant · lunch and dinner
Wellness: No spa and no shared bath; a bath in every villa (some with terrace Jacuzzi or open-air bath) and a Technogym gym in the reception building, 6:00 to 22:00.

Where it is

Otake or Kuba station: 15 min by bus
Hiroshima station: 55 min by train
Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport: 30 min by car
Miyajima: 30 min by ferry

2-10-50 Harumi, Otake, Hiroshima

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Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport, about 30 minutes by car.