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Our cottages in Toba Village

“Kaeru” and “Tanuki” are part of a fascinating village midway between Osaka and Kyoto. 

Our older, traditional home, Kaeru means both return home and frog in Japanese.  It can accommodate 4 people.

Our other cottage, Tanuki (Racoon), is more modern and has 4 bedrooms, three upstairs.

Both houses have a kitchen, bath/shower room, washing machine and separate toilet.
They back on to a bamboo forest, overlook ricefields and share a common garden & gazebo.

Each house has a 4 seater car with a few scratches (character lines). There are 3 e-bikes too.

Both cottages include

 

  • High Speed WiFi

  • Air conditioners & Heaters

  • Toasters

  • Rice cooker

  • Water jug

  • Coffee maker

  • Microwave ovens

  • Bicycles & helmets

 

  • Washing machines

  • Clothes dryer

  • Hairdryers

  • Indoor slippers

  • Bath towels

  • All bed linen, pillows and blankets

  • Shampoo, Conditioner

  • A small, four seater car.

 
 

Each house is available for rent outside the times below:

Kaeru July 2025 - July 2026
03-19 Oct Pottery Plus
21 Nov - 02 Dec Autumn Fire

27 Mar - 08 May Cherry Blossom & All that Jazz

Tanuki July 2025 - July 2026
03-19 Oct Pottery Plus
21 Nov - 02 Dec Autumn Fire

27 Mar - 08 May Cherry Blossom & All that Jazz

 
“Our stay at Kaeru in Osaka was a complete delight for us first time visitors to Japan. The lovely, traditional cottage has all the amenities we needed to make a base to explore Osaka and environs in comfort.

Being so close to the rolling countryside and yet readily accessible to the big city allowed us days of doing pleasurable nothings or days of heading off into the forests or the fray on fabulous public transport or in the little box car, which we learned to navigate the city in.

Couldn’t have chosen a better way to introduce ourselves to Japan and this won’t be the last time we visit for sure. ”
— Tony and Diana