Farmstay Herbal Tei

“Farmstay Herbal Tei” is located in Ayabe City, northern Kyoto.
It is about a one-hour train or car ride from Kyoto City and is surrounded by rich nature.
The accommodation is a traditional Japanese farmhouse over 100 years old, renovated for guests. It offers exclusive use for one group per day, with a maximum of four guests including two meals.

The hosts, a couple and their dog, live on the property and warmly welcome guests, fostering a friendly homestay atmosphere. Relax comfortably in this rural home as if you were staying with family.

Facilities and Property
The site includes the main house, a guest “detached” building, a garden house, and a handmade pizza oven.
The vegetable garden grows organic vegetables and herbs for the household.
There is also a handmade garden cultivated from reclaimed land where guests can enjoy herbs and seasonal flowers.

Seasonal activities available include farm work, wild vegetable picking, firewood chopping, river play, satoyama walking, and herb crafts—offering a slow-life experience and immersion in rural living.

If you prefer, you can also simply relax and refresh your mind and body surrounded by nature, enjoying the seasonal changing scenery.

Accommodation Plan
One group per day only, up to 4 guests, including two meals (meals included in the price).

Dinner is served in the shared space of the main house; breakfast is served in the garden house.

Pizza-making and barbecue meals are served outdoors.

Meals use home-grown vegetables and local ingredients cooked in a homestyle manner.

Please inform us in advance if you have any food allergies.

Vegan meals are not available.

Joint cooking with guests is welcome; please inquire.

Cooking in the kitchen by guests is not permitted.

Room Details
You will have exclusive use of two rooms in the detached building: an 8-tatami room and a 6-tatami room.

The detached building is connected to the main house by an indoor corridor.

The rooms are traditional Japanese-style with fusuma sliding doors, which can be opened for a spacious feel.

There is a door at the entrance, but no lock.

The detached building has a private washbasin, air conditioning, and a small refrigerator. The toilet and bath are shared with the main house.

Please bring your own toiletries, bath towels, and pajamas.

The host couple and dog live in a private room in the main house, and many facilities there are shared.
For bathing, we recommend the nearby Ayabe Onsen (about 15 minutes by car).
You are free to use the living room, garden house, and garden during your stay.
Shared areas are available until 10 PM (excluding toilets and washbasins).

Children’s Rates
For children 12 years and under, the following rates apply and must be selected as an option:

Ages 3 to 12 (with dinner, breakfast, and futon): paid, option required

Infants (no meals or futon): paid, option required

Experience Programs
To make the most of your stay, we offer various hands-on experiences.
These may be canceled in case of rain, and seasonal variations apply.
Paid experiences require advance reservation and payment on-site; please book at least 7 days before your stay.
Contact us for details.

Wild vegetable picking (April–May)

Satoyama village walking (about 2 km)

Firewood chopping

Farm work (vegetable harvesting and planting)

Original herbal tea making experience — ¥1,000

Steam distillation of plants (take home the extracted aromatic water) — ¥2,500

Herb craft experience (wreaths, swags, balms, sweets, etc.) — ¥1,500–2,500

Lavender picking & stick making (June–July) — ¥1,500

Shiitake mushroom log inoculation (December–March) — ¥2,500

Pizza-making from fire starting (for dinner or next-day lunch) — ¥1,000–2,500
Prices are per person per session; paid experiences require at least two participants.

Access
About 1 hour by JR San’in Main Line Limited Express from Kyoto Station to Ayabe Station.

About 20 minutes by local bus from Ayabe Station to the nearest bus stop (bus runs once an hour).

We offer car pick-up from the nearest bus stop (approx. 5 minutes).

By car: about 20 minutes from Wachi IC on Kyoto Jukan Expressway or Ayabe IC on Chugoku Expressway.

No convenience stores, restaurants, or vending machines within walking distance.

Nearby Attractions
Ayabe Onsen and giant maze (15 minutes by car) — discount available for guests

National Treasure Nio Gate (Komyo-ji Temple, 20 minutes by car + walking)

Mitsumata and Shaga flower clusters in the Suigen-no-Sato Old Tomi area (25 minutes by car)

Kurotani Japanese paper (20 minutes by car)

Maizuru area (40 minutes by car)

Fukuchiyama Castle (35 minutes by car)

Miyazu and Amanohashidate (50 minutes by car)

Miyama Kayabuki no Sato (1 hour by car)

Separate Japanese-style room with 8 tatami mats and 6 tatami mats (up to 4 people per group)
4 futons and mattresses
* You can open the sliding door and use it openly between the continuations.