1_Izu Cliff House Stay in Izu's spectacular architecture!
The end of the world is tonight's inn! Modernist architecture perched on a precipice.
This is not some place in California...but in Japan. It is an "airbnb" registered property built to jut out from a cliff in Minami-Izu.
The "Izu Cliff House" is located in a nature reserve in a national park where no new buildings can be built, and its location itself is already special.
It was originally built by a physicist and a French literary couple to spend time with their family.
The steel frame has windows in all three directions. The wooden deck without railings gives the feeling of floating in the air, and the architecture is quite aggressive, but it also has a strange coziness.
Although the space is not spacious, the first and second floors are vaulted, so there is no sense of enclosure. Rather, the front and side glass walls give the room a sense of openness, and the interior can be accessed from either the first or second floor.
The impactful exterior tends to catch the eye, but the interior also has a warm, relaxing atmosphere゙.
The inn is equipped with authentic cooking utensils such as a crock pot, so you can purchase ingredients from the local fishing port on the way to the inn and enjoy cooking your own meals. The food will taste even better when enjoyed outdoors on the wooden deck.
The structure of the building consists of a bedroom space with tatami mats on the second floor and a living room on the first floor. The kitchen, bathroom, and toilet are all on the first floor, but the windows on three sides give the space an amazing sense of openness. Furniture and tableware are custom-made in collaboration with artists, and although there is nothing but the ordinary in every corner, it is an extraordinary place where one can be quiet rather than excited.
There is no station nearby, so access by car is a prerequisite. It takes about 3 hours from the center of Tokyo, but you can enjoy the pleasant do゙rive course along the sea in Nishi-Izu along the way.
The best way to spend your time here is not to move around actively, but rather to do nothing in particular and just sit idly by. The Pacific Ocean changes in various ways depending on the time of day, so you will never get bored of watching it. Gaze at the scenery, take a nap on the wooden deck, and read a book. Such static experiences are the charm of this place.
The sunrise from the wood de゙ deck. Facing the west, the sunset is amazing, and since there are no lights of private houses nearby, the starry night sky is just as wonderful. The atmosphere changes dramatically with the seasons, so you will want to visit again and again.
There are no so-called urban conveniences. There are no convenience stores, nor are there any leisure facilities nearby. However, as I lay on the wooden deck overhanging the ocean, I realized how much noise surrounds us in our daily lives in the city.
The TV that you have somehow turned on, the sound of a car driving by, a road that is repeatedly under construction, a landscape full of man-made objects that you can see from your window. Just by cutting out such noise, you will discover that it has an amazingly retreating effect.
It is a place where you can reach a slightly Zen-like or Pooh Bear-like state of "doing nothing" rather than nothing at all.
INFORMATION
¥52,200 (per night, cleaning fee not included)
Rates vary depending on dates and number of people () as of June 21)
Minami-Izu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture
Check in after 3:00 p.m., Check out at 11:00 a.m.
https://www.airbnb.jp/rooms/16195307
