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Farming Resort San San Villa | Experience life shaped by the land.
Awaji Island hotel with 10 villas, each shaped by a different architect and a different material of Awaji Island — cedar, straw, cork, paper — set among fields you’re invited to work, harvest, and eat their produce.
Living with agriculture
Every stay at San San Villa in Awaji Nature Lab & Resort involves three highlights — a house built to belong to the land, a field to put your hands in, and a table set with what you helped harvest.
Architecture
Ten houses by architects from Japan and abroad, each a distinct expression of what it means to build in harmony with nature — using natural materials wherever possible.
Agriculture
Seasonal fieldwork woven into the stay — harvesting, tending, and the quiet satisfaction of touching soil, set across a 38,000㎡ (3.8 ha) landscape of field and forest.
Cuisine
Farmhouse restaurant Haru San San serves Awaji Island vegetables at their peak, grown in the fields around it — breakfast and dinner both included in your stay.
Architecture
Ten houses by architects from Japan and abroad, each a distinct expression of what it means to build in harmony with nature — using natural materials wherever possible.
Agriculture
Seasonal fieldwork woven into the stay — harvesting, tending, and the quiet satisfaction of touching soil, set across a 38,000㎡ (3.8 ha) landscape of field and forest.
Cuisine
Farmhouse restaurant Haru San San serves Awaji Island vegetables at their peak, grown in the fields around it — breakfast and dinner both included in your stay.
Ten houses, ten ideas of nature
At Farming Resort San San Villa hotel, each villa takes its name from a material or element of Awaji Island, and its design reflects the architect’s interpretation of its name. Wander through them below — or walk around the villas on the field, once you arrive.
UZU
Whirlpool House
The house curls inward as one continuous form, carrying guests from garden path to dining area to a bedroom at its quiet center. Earthen walls and wide windows keep the line between inside and outside soft, letting light, air, and field views move through as freely as the layout itself.
Designed by Sou Fujimoto, Chairman, Sou Fujimoto Architects
KASHI
Oak House
Two ideas stacked and intertwined — three-dimensional windows and volumes of natural cork — opening the small house onto field, forest, and each other.
Designed by Osamu Nishida, Representative Director, ondesign partners
INE
Rice House
By featuring a large sliding door that opens to an inner courtyard, the villa blends the boundary between indoors and the outside fields. The inner courtyard and indoors connect with the earth and greenery of outer fields, integrating Awaji Island’s nature into your stay.
Designed by Ryuichi Ashizawa & Studioonsite & Shiga Prefectural University, Ryuichi Ashizawa Laboratory
TUKI
Moon House
The house was designed using soil, bamboo, and straw from the daily life of Awaji Island. The earthen tower (bathroom) in the center gently divides the space, while the walls made of straw, bamboo, and soil softly wrap around the entire space, creating a continuous space.
Designed by Ryuichi Ashizawa & Studioonsite & Shiga Prefectural University, Ryuichi Ashizawa Laboratory
HANA
Flower House
A pyramid form covered in flowers, 80 cm (2 ft 7.5 in) sunk into the earth. Skylight and soft interior textures give the semi-underground room a warm, welcoming glow.
TORI
Bird House
The cottage is elevated among mature trees, its compact geometric structure forming a treehouse attuned to the natural rhythms of Awaji Island. Large windows and an upper balcony open the interior to the surrounding greenery, while the raised design allows the landscape to flow beneath it.
MOKU
Wood House
Built from large-diameter local cedar logs, bark left on — giving new purpose to underused forest resources while the timber itself stores carbon.
ROU
Tower House
A tower used as the living room, with rooms clustered around it and a staircase winding from the interior up to a rooftop garden and panoramic view.
Sun House
Set at the farm’s northern edge, built around a single Japanese ash tree the path circles before reaching the door. Soft morning light spills through a bedroom skylight.
KAZE
Wind House
Shaped to let daylight, wind, and the changing seasons move through the room. Three distinct areas, each with its own mood, held together as one calm whole.
SUGI
Cedar House
Built with domestic cedar known for its durability and resilience, this is your first impression of the resort — a calm, wood-warmed room that sets the tone for the whole stay.
SUGI
Cedar House
Built with domestic cedar known for its durability and resilience, this is your first impression of the resort — a calm, wood-warmed room that sets the tone for the whole stay.
UZU
Whirlpool House
The house curls inward as one continuous form, carrying guests from garden path to dining area to a bedroom at its quiet center. Earthen walls and wide windows keep the line between inside and outside soft, letting light, air, and field views move through as freely as the layout itself.
Designed by Sou Fujimoto, Chairman, Sou Fujimoto Architects
KASHI
Oak House
Two ideas stacked and intertwined — three-dimensional windows and volumes of natural cork — opening the small house onto field, forest, and each other.
Designed by Osamu Nishida, Representative Director, ondesign partners
TUKI
Moon House
The house was designed using soil, bamboo, and straw from the daily life of Awaji Island. The earthen tower (bathroom) in the center gently divides the space, while the walls made of straw, bamboo, and soil softly wrap around the entire space, creating a continuous space.
Designed by Ryuichi Ashizawa & Studioonsite & Shiga Prefectural University, Ryuichi Ashizawa Laboratory
INE
Rice House
By featuring a large sliding door that opens to an inner courtyard, the villa blends the boundary between indoors and the outside fields. The inner courtyard and indoors connect with the earth and greenery of outer fields, integrating Awaji Island’s nature into your stay.
Designed by Ryuichi Ashizawa & Studioonsite & Shiga Prefectural University, Ryuichi Ashizawa Laboratory
HANA
Flower House
A pyramid form covered in flowers, 80 cm (2 ft 7.5 in) sunk into the earth. Skylight and soft interior textures give the semi-underground room a warm, welcoming glow.
TORI
Bird House
The cottage is elevated among mature trees, its compact geometric structure forming a treehouse attuned to the natural rhythms of Awaji Island. Large windows and an upper balcony open the interior to the surrounding greenery, while the raised design allows the landscape to flow beneath it.
MOKU
Wood House
Built from large-diameter local cedar logs, bark left on — giving new purpose to underused forest resources while the timber itself stores carbon.
ROU
Tower House
A tower used as the living room, with rooms clustered around it and a staircase winding from the interior up to a rooftop garden and panoramic view.
KAZE
Wind House
Shaped to let daylight, wind, and the changing seasons move through the room. Three distinct areas, each with its own mood, held together as one calm whole.
Sun House
Set at the farm’s northern edge, built around a single Japanese ash tree the path circles before reaching the door. Soft morning light spills through a bedroom skylight.
SUGI
Cedar House
Built with domestic cedar known for its durability and resilience, this is your first impression of the resort — a calm, wood-warmed room that sets the tone for the whole stay.
The Farming Experience
There’s something special about harvesting what you’re about to eat. Here, that connection is simply part of the stay — no ticket, no extra hour to carve out. You arrive, and soon you’re hands-deep in warm soil, a tomato still holding the sun, a root vegetable letting go of the earth with a small, satisfying give.
Staff stay close and gentle, so the fields feel less like a lesson and more like a friend’s garden — unhurried, made for lingering. That same evening, what you held in the field arrives on your plate, still carrying something of the hour you spent together. The next morning, cooler and quieter, the fields call you back once more before breakfast, where fresh produce—including some you harvested yourself—awaits.
It isn’t a task. It’s a chance to connect with where your food comes from.
A walk through the fields just after check-in, so you know what’s growing, what’s ready, and where to find it.
Time in the fields to gather what’s in season — the produce that finds its way to your table at Haru San San that evening.
What you picked that afternoon sometimes reaches the table the same night. The chef’s technique draws out the vegetables’ true flavors and colors, plate by plate.
Wind down in a villa shaped by an architect’s hand and natural materials — the day recounted, tomorrow sketched out, in a room built for quiet.
Out before the day fully wakes, dew still on the leaves and the air still cool. A second, quieter round of fieldwork — and, if timing allows, warm eggs gathered straight from the coop.
Yesterday’s harvest and this morning’s eggs, arranged into a gentle start to the day — the farm’s blessings carried straight to the plate.
Haru San San, the farmhouse restaurant
Seasonal vegetables grown in the surrounding fields take the lead on the menu, joined by meat and seafood from across Awaji Island — plated with equal care for flavor, presentation, and nutrition.
Breakfast and dinner are both included in your stay, so the rhythm of the farm carries straight through to the table.
Designed by Shigeru Ban
Come slow down among the fields.
Ten houses, one farm, and a table set with what you harvested yourself — Farming Resort San San Villa is a quiet countryside escape that nourishes both body and mind
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is Farming Resort San San Villa?
A farmstay resort within Awaji Nature Lab & Resort, a circular-agriculture compound on Awaji Island run by Pasona Agri-Partners Inc. It opened August 1, 2025, built around the concept of “Living with Agriculture” — eleven eco-friendly buildings designed by nine architects or architect groups (Sou Fujimoto designed two: ROU and UZU), set among working fields.
2. Where is it located?
1510-4 Nojimatokiwa, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan — on a low hill within the Awaji Nature Lab & Resort grounds. Awaji Island is just one hour from Osaka across Akashi Kaikyo Bridge by public transportation.
3. What's included in a stay?
Both dinner and breakfast at the farmhouse restaurant Haru San San are included in the accommodation plan, along with the guided farming experience — orientation, an afternoon harvest, and a morning return to the fields.
4. Do I need farming experience to take part?
No. Staff guide every stage of the fieldwork, and the experience is designed to be accessible to first-timers as well as guests with more hands-on farm experience, so the kids are welcome too.
5. What are check-in and check-out times?
Check-in is from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM; check-out is by 10:00 AM. Early check-in or late check-out may be possible on request, subject to availability.
6. Is there a minimum age to stay?
There is no minimum age to stay. Infants aged 0–2 can also stay, and a baby bed is available free of charge upon reservation, subject to limited availability. Please note that baby beds cannot be used in some villas due to their room design or available space.
6. Is there a minimum age to stay?
There is no minimum age to stay. Infants aged 0–2 can also stay, and a baby bed is available free of charge upon reservation, subject to limited availability. Please note that baby beds cannot be used in some villas due to their room design or available space.
7. What should I bring for the fieldwork?
Comfortable outdoor clothing suited to the season and closed shoes will be a better choice for your agricultural experience.
| Address | 1510-3 Genpachi, Nojima-Tokiwa, Awaji City, Hyogo Pref. 656-1726 A free shuttle bus is available. |
|---|---|
| Parking | Available (Free) |
| Reception | Check-in 3:00 p.m. ～ 5:00 p.m.／check-out 10：00 a.m. |
| Guest Rooms | 10 villas in total, each villa for private bookings |
| Tel. No. | 0799-70-9083 |
| Official HP | https://en.awajinaturelabresort.com/ |
| Official Reservation Site | https://go-awajinaturelabresort.reservation.jp/en |
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