Kikka, a retreat hotel with only 5 rooms
Hirado opens on September 15th. Official website released. There is also a permanent gallery, Mikawachi ware, and a library themed around the sea and translation.
*Kikka Hirado*
Press release: September 15, 2024
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Kikka, a retreat hotel with only 5 rooms
Hirado opens on September 15th. Official website released. There is also a permanent gallery, Mikawachi ware, and a library themed around the sea and translation.
*All guest rooms are suites, and the facility includes a private sauna, restaurant dining, and gallery lounge. To commemorate our opening, we are introducing a limited time plan where you can get 30% off for stays of 2 nights or more. *
Exterior view of Kikka Hirado, a small hotel with only 5 rooms that will help you enjoy your leisure time
urakata Co., Ltd. (Head office: 323-2 Umeyashiki, Akenokawauchi-cho, Hirado-shi, Nagasaki prefecture) will open Hotel Kikka Hirado on Sunday, September 15, 2024.
HIRADO) was opened. The gallery’s permanent exhibitions, which are open to non-guests, include Mikawachi ware from the Hirado Matsuyama kiln, Sea and Translation.
We have books selected by our book director with the theme of translation. Please spend time with yourself and your loved ones in the hotel where you can see the changing sea from anywhere.
*About Kikka Hirado*
A small hotel with only 5 rooms where you can experience Hirado’s history, culture, nature, and food, slowly open your mind and sensibilities, and enjoy your leisure time. All of the guest rooms at this hotel, built next to Umegayatsu Kairakuen, are suites, and you can relax and enjoy the view of the seascape that the feudal lord once saw through large picture-frame windows. A restaurant dining concept based on the intersection of old and new, east and west, just as Hirado has embraced foreign cultures. A private sauna with a wooden deck that gives you the feeling of being one with the expansive ocean. A gallery lounge where non-guests can also visit, where diverse values intersect and connect. You can travel to Hirado and Nagasaki, get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and spend time thinking about the past and future.
Junior Suite | 2 Beds Bedroom
Kikka Suite | 4 Beds Bathroom
Sauna, wood deck space
restaurant dining
*Gallery Lounge*
Mikawachi ware from the Hirado Matsuyama kiln is on display as a permanent exhibit. In the gallery space and living area of the building, there is a “Sea and Translation” theme.
We have selected books with the theme of “translation” in our library. Mikawachi ware is exhibited as a permanent exhibit. A library space themed around the sea and translation.
* Mikawachi ware: Hirado Matsuyama kiln*
Hirado Matsuyama Kiln is a Mikawachi-yaki pottery that learns from tradition and opens up the future. The standard designs are Karako-e, Shozui pattern, Arabesque pattern, etc., and the mainstream of the works is dyed. It is a painting technique that uses gosu, which produces an indigo color, and requires detailed and skilled drawing techniques in order to express the human expression and the freshness of plants and trees with a single color.
The tableware is made by delicately drawing lines with a thin brush tip and using a technique called dami to dye the white porcelain. This large vase was created by a skilled potter’s wheel craftsman, who spent over a year carving patterns on it, and then dyeing it. The climbing kiln that was once used was revived and reopened, and while we continue to inherit the traditions and techniques of the official kiln era, such as the white porcelain cups that were fired, new traditions are steadily being cultivated through constant new experiments.
Painting at Hirado Matsuyama kiln, a Mikawachi ware pottery
Works from Hirado Matsuyama Kiln, a Mikawachi ware pottery
*Book Director: Hiroyuki Yamaguchi*
Theme: Translation and Silence / Sea and Me / Nagasaki Hirado The seas of Nagasaki and Hirado envelop the local people and have provided them with sustenance. While it was once the gateway to the world where Christianity and Western culture entered, the beach is also a place of tragedy for hidden Christians who fell victim to the times. Foreign cultures with different languages have been translated into Japanese language and situations, and have been absorbed into Japanese culture.
Hirado has a landscape where Buddhism and Christianity coexist, and a culture of sugar and sweets that spread from Hirado to the rest of the country as Western sweets unique to Japan. “I LOVE
There is an anecdote that Natsume Soseki translated “YOU” as “The moon is beautiful, isn’t it?” and Futabatei Shimei as “I don’t care if I die.” However, they translated it into their own words and expressions, replaced it, and passed it on. I feel that Hirado is the origin of culture, language, history, prayer, and love that have continued.
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When you face Hirado’s window, you can see the ocean. The ocean has remained unchanged for hundreds or thousands of years, but its appearance changes from time to time depending on the light of the sun and moon. The sea accepts us without saying a word. Hirado is like a beach, a place where different cultures mix and mingle.
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A different kind of time spent at Hirado. You may be able to see the world in different words, see the ocean with different eyes, and express things you would normally not be able to say through different actions and expressions. A library where you can escape from the busyness of everyday life and rediscover yourself through the sea, translation, and the charms of Hirado.
In the living space, Tokoro Hirado’s artwork and books are installed. * Opening commemorative plan | 30% off for stays of 2 nights or more* Kikka expands the fun of leisure time
Hirado. To help you forget about time and spend time with your loved ones, we have prepared a special opening plan where you can save money by staying for consecutive nights. In the suite room with its iconic large windows, in the evenings and breakfasts made mostly with ingredients from Hirado, and in the shared spaces such as the private sauna and gallery lounge, you can escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and think about the past and future. Please spend your time enjoying it.
Accommodation period: Check-in accommodation from Sunday, September 15, 2024 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Plan details: Opening commemorative plan with 2 meals in the morning and dinner Price: 30% off for stays of 2 nights or more
*Reservations for this plan are only accepted on the official page. Kikka Hirado Logo
*Hotel Overview*
Kikka Hirado
Address: 323-2 Umeyashiki, Akenokawauchi-cho, Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture Building area: 528.47 square meters
Total area: 647.82 square meters
Number of floors: 2nd floor
1F: Entrance, living room, restaurant dining, sauna, guest room 2F: Guest rooms, gallery lounge
Number of rooms: 5 rooms
Kikka Suite | 4 Beds: 60.02 square meters (1st floor) / 61.41 square meters (2nd floor)
Junior Suite | 2 Beds: 41.85 square meters
Official website: https://kikka-hirado.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kikka_hirado/
Kikka Hirado Entrance