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Hace Whole-House Rental in Iwaki Yumoto

Rent the entire guest floor of a renovated old building, for up to 15 people. A public hot-spring bath is 30 seconds away on foot.

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Who this house is for

Hace is a good fit if you are travelling as a group of friends or a family and want to be under one roof: cooking together, sharing a big table, and walking to the onsen in the evening. The whole guest floor on the upper floor (one flight of stairs up) is yours alone, with five bedrooms and room for up to 15 guests. Smaller groups can also book the whole house (it works from one guest up to 15).

It is probably not for you if you want a hotel with room service and a private hot-spring bath in the building, if you need a lift (the guest floor is up a flight of stairs), or if you are looking for a perfectly silent, newly built place. See “Things to know” below.

Getting here

From Tokyo: about 2 hours 15 minutes by the Limited Express Hitachi, with no change of trains. The train takes you to Yumoto Station in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.
From Yumoto Station: about a 9-minute walk. We do not run a pick-up service.
By car: about 10 minutes from the Iwaki-Yumoto Interchange.
Spa Resort Hawaiians: about 10 minutes by car. A free shuttle bus to the resort also leaves from in front of Yumoto Station (please check the resort’s official timetable).
Look for a building with a “Fujiwara Taxi” sign. It used to be a taxi company office and was renovated, so some guests walk past it at first.

What is included

You rent the upper-floor guest floor. It does not include the dining bar on the ground floor, or our separate apartment Hanare.

Bedrooms (5 rooms, 13 beds, up to 15 guests)

Room	Bedding	Sleeps
Uzu (渦, “swirl”)	Japanese-style room, 3 futons	3
Kasa (傘, “umbrella”)	2 bunk beds	4
Hasu (蓮, “lotus”)	2 bunk beds	4
Sasa (笹, “bamboo grass”)	1 queen bed	2
Kurage (海月, “jellyfish”)	1 queen bed	2

Bathroom and toilets

There are 3 toilets: two on the upper floor (one flight of stairs up) and one on the ground floor.
There is 1 shower. There is no bathtub in the building.
Hair dryers are provided. Washing machine and dryer are free to use, and detergent is provided. Please bring your own fabric softener.

Living and working

A shared living room, a large dining table and an open kitchen on the guest floor
Fast Wi-Fi (about 96 Mbps) and a workspace
Air conditioning

Hot springs: the public bath next door

The house has no bath of its own. Instead, Sahakonoyu, a public bath with source-flowing hot-spring water, is about 30 seconds’ walk away.

Hours: 10:00 to 22:00 (last entry 21:00). Entry: 300 yen for adults, 150 yen for elementary school children, free for children under 6 (as of 1 September 2026).
Opening days and hours can change, so please check the latest information before you go.
The bath has no shampoo. We lend you shampoo and body wash to take with you for free; towels can be rented from us for a fee.
Tattoo rules at the bath are set by the bath itself, so please see our Iwaki Yumoto guide for the latest information.
Other inns in the town also open their baths to day visitors; we will tell you which are open when you check in.

If you are not driving

Everything you need is within walking distance of the house: the hot springs, a convenience store (about 1 minute), a small shrine and a free hot-spring foot bath (about 2 minutes each), and Yumoto Station (about 9 minutes). The Iwaki Coal and Fossil Museum is about 10 minutes on foot.

If you are driving

There is parking for 7 cars directly across the road from the house, next to Freeknot. It is open 24 hours and costs 300 yen per car per night, paid on site at check-in. Spaces are first come, first served, so please tell us how many cars you are bringing and we will reserve them. Motorbikes and a minibus can also be parked; please let us know in advance.

Check-in and check-out

Check-in: 16:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday; 16:00 to 19:00 on Sundays (until 22:00 if the following Monday is a public holiday). If you will arrive after 22:00, please contact us in advance.
Check-out: by 10:00.
We will send you check-in instructions by email the day before you arrive. Please message us your estimated arrival time after booking. If your group arrives at different times (for example, some by train and some by car), that is fine as long as everyone arrives within the check-in hours.
Early check-in may be possible on request; the building can be unstaffed before 16:00, so please contact us first.

Payment

We are cashless: credit cards, IC cards and QR-code payments are accepted. We cannot accept cash. Bookings made on our official website need a credit card to be registered; you are not charged at booking, and the payment is taken with the registered card on the day of check-in. It is easiest if one person pays for the group. Bookings made through other sites follow those sites’ payment rules.

The total shown on the booking page is for the whole house, for the number of guests you enter. With the breakfast plan, the total depends on the number of guests; the room-only plan is the same price for up to 15. If your group size changes after booking, please let us know. Rates change by date, so please check your dates on the booking page.

Meals

Breakfast: a Japanese set breakfast is included in the breakfast plan, served 8:00 to 9:30. It seats up to 10 people at a time; for 11 or more we split the group into two sittings. There is also a room-only plan, available for bookings made within 3 days of check-in. Same-day bookings are room-only. If you leave early, we can give you rice balls the night before; please tell us by the day before check-in.
Kitchen Hace (ground floor): a dining bar that serves local specialities and dishes from around the world. It is open on varying days, so please check the calendar on our Kitchen page. If you eat there, please order your drinks there too.
Cooking for yourselves: the open kitchen has 2 induction burners, a 5-cup rice cooker (free; a larger 2-sho cooker can be arranged in advance), large pots and pans, knives, chopping boards, bowls, tableware, glasses, chopsticks, cutlery and basic seasonings. A tabletop stove and pots are also available. Deep-frying with a lot of oil is not possible, and open-air barbecues are not allowed. Food and drink you bring yourselves are welcome in the living room.
The old town has many small restaurants, and for groups of more than 10 it is hard to find a table without a reservation. This is why many large groups cook at the house.

Ways groups stay here

A group of 10 or more cooking together. Shop for local ingredients, cook in the open kitchen, eat at the big table, then walk to the onsen.
A longer stay. Free laundry, a workspace and fast Wi-Fi make multi-night stays practical.

Things to know

This is an old building that was renovated. The guest floor is up a staircase; there is no lift.
The building was designed with care for noise to the outside, so a meal and some lively conversation within your group is fine. But there is no special soundproofing between the ground floor and the upper floor, so noise from the dining bar below (open some evenings, sometimes until close to midnight) can be heard upstairs.
There is no bathtub in the house; bathing is at the public bath next door.
Loud music is not allowed.
Amenities are basic: toothbrushes (100 yen), ear plugs (100 yen), face towels (300 yen) and bath towels (500 yen) are available for a fee.

House rules

No smoking indoors. No pets.
No loud music, and please do not damage or soil the building or its furnishings.
Only the guests included in the booking may use the house.
Please do not eat or drink in the bedrooms; use the living room and other shared spaces.
Children in elementary school or older count as adults. Pre-school children do not count if they need neither a bed nor breakfast.
Bookings made on our website follow this cancellation policy: free until the day before the 30-day mark before check-in, 50% from 30 days before, and 100% on the day or for a no-show. Bookings through other sites follow those sites’ policies.

Frequently asked questions

How many people can stay, and how are the rooms arranged?

Up to 15 guests in 5 bedrooms: one Japanese-style room with 3 futons, two rooms with 2 bunk beds each, and two rooms with a queen bed each. We do not add extra bedding.

Is the price per person?

The total is for the whole house, not a per-person rate. With the breakfast plan, the total depends on the number of guests you enter; the room-only plan is the same price for up to 15.

Is there a bath?

There is one shower and no bathtub. The public onsen bath Sahakonoyu is a 30-second walk away.

Can I cook?

Yes. The kitchen has 2 induction burners, large pots, pans, knives and basic seasonings. Deep-frying is not possible.

Where can we park?

Across the road from the house: 7 spaces, 300 yen per car per night, first come first served. Please tell us how many cars you are bringing.

Can I do laundry?

Yes. The washing machine and dryer are free, and detergent is provided. Please bring your own fabric softener.

Can some of us arrive later than the others?

Yes, within the check-in hours. After booking, please message us your estimated arrival time.

Explore more

Iwaki Yumoto guide: onsen town, eating and drinking, what to do
Hace rooms: for smaller parties, book individual rooms
Kitchen Hace: the dining bar downstairs
Private sauna: a Finnish-style sauna 30 seconds from the house