Description

Set among tall cedar on the edge of Akakura Onsen village, Besso is a single-storey Japanese timber house on two freehold titles totalling 2,440 m². It sits in the heart of Akakura’s lodge quarter, next door to A.I.R. Myoko and Alp Myoko Hotel, with the Akakura Onsen ski area rising behind. It is secluded and a ski in ski out location. The house has been carefully restored. Hand-hewn beams open to the roof above a 14-mat living room built around an irori sunken hearth. Clay-plaster walls, lattice transoms and dark timber floors lead through to a 12-mat tatami room with a display alcove, a 3-mat room, and an engawa veranda that runs the full length of the house. A live-edge timber kitchen looks back through to the arched window. The timber-lined bathroom has a deep wooden soaking tub with a forest view. Besso is furnished, holds a minpaku (private lodging) licence and already trades as a nightly ski-season rental for four guests. It is managed by AIR Management, which also operates A.I.R. Myoko next door. Forecast gross revenue for the 2026/27 season is over ¥10M. The large wooded block leaves real room to grow. A freestanding sauna has been scoped, a sleeping annexe would lift capacity to six, and green-season trading would add income outside winter. Further building is possible, subject to approvals. Myoko-Kogen Station is 5–10 minutes by car, and Tokyo is around 3–3.5 hours door-to-door by Shinkansen and local rail.