Individuals

2 or more people can stay in one room
Families with children are welcome
(Men on their own are not permitted)

Groups

High school and college students who are doing field work in Shimoichi
Groups of adults are also welcome

Please contact us if you are interested in renting the entire guest house.

Note: The owner of Apricot Guest House lives on the premises. Please feel free to ask her if you have any questions.

Rooms & facilities

Guest rooms
8 mat, 6 mat and 4.5 mat tatami rooms
Each room has a lock (only lockable from inside the room)
16 is the maximum number of people who can stay

Facilities

A 6 tatami mat open space
A kitchen,
A bath (available for use until 21:00)
A changing room
2 toilets
Parking area for 3 cars

Note: Shimoichi onsen (5 minutes by car) is also available. It is closed on Mondays and the day after public holidays.

There is also a detached house with 2 x 8 tatami mat rooms, which may be used for seminars and workshops.

Other usable items (no charge)

A self-contained kitchen (with microwave oven, rice cooker, toaster, fridge, plates, saucepans, etc)
Coffee and Houjicha (Japanese brown tea) are complimentary
Free Wi-Fi

Items available for purchase

Towel – 200 yen
Toothbrush 100 yen
Use of washing machine – 200 yen for each wash (includes washing powder)
Projector – 500 yen

Utilization time

Check-in time – 15:00
Check-out time – 10:00
Doors locked – 22:00
Lights out – 24:00
(Bath time is until 21:00)

Meals

You may cook your own meals. There is no restaurant or place to buy food or drinks within walking distance of Apricot, so please come prepared with food if you are cooking for yourself.

Nearby supermarkets (accessible by car):

-A-Coop Shimoichi branch
-Okuwa
-Life
Please note that if you come by train and bus there is no supermarket near Shimoichi station (only a convenience store). A-Coop Shimoichi is the nearest supermarket to the station (13 minutes walk).

Eating out

If you come by car, there are places to eat at in town or nearby villages.

Dinner (book 3 days in advance)

Ahijo Nabe (hot pot). Comes with Baguette and pasta

2,500 yen per person (1,500 yen for children under 6)

The owner has had a lot of experience making this Ahijo nabe (hot pot).

Contains garlic and cayenne pepper in plenty of olive oil, with seafood and vegetables. Pasta is added after you have eaten the seafood and vegetables to make Pepperoncino pasta. Once you have tried this dish once, you will want to have more!

If you would like to bring your own wine, it will go perfectly with this dish.

Note: If there are only 2 guests, the owner would appreciate if you could let her join you to eat this hotpot.

Please reserve this meal 3 days in advance.

Breakfast (book 3 days in advance)

Local ‘chagayu’ (rice gruel made by boiling rice with tea). Comes with umeboshi and pickles.

800 yen per person

There is a custom to eat rice porridge with houjicha (Japanese brown tea) in Nara Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, and the flavor varies according to each family in these areas.
At Apricot, we have made the rice porridge simply so it is easy to eat.

Eating ‘chagayu’ for breakfast will totally refresh your mind and body.
It is made in an earthen pot, so there is enough for a second helping.

Please reserve this meal 3 days in advance.