not even one

super clean, great hospitality and meals

Stayed in September 2022

Amazing views, attentive hosts, fabulous food and a taste of goat farming. highly recommend.

Stayed in May 2022

Steep ladder to the upstairs room. No lunch available so we did have to go out and get some food. If you intend to stay more than one night, recommend making advance plans to go on an excursion during the day.

Meals were exceptional. Both breakfast and dinner were wonderful and filling. The homemade umeshu was excellent as well. Fantastic ocean view from the farm. There was plenty of space in our upstairs room. Giovanni is a great host who takes pride in what he does.

Stayed in November 2021

No complaints!

One of my favorite stays in Japan! I absolutely loved staying at Giovanni’s Winery and Guest house. He graciously picked me up from the train station and after arriving at the guest house, I was greeted by their sweet goats! It was truly a lovely stay and even better with the delicious homemade Italian food. The house was clean, cute, and very spacious. The loft was unique and I slept like a rock that night. I will miss the goats, beautiful ocean view and food. I hope to stay here again!

Stayed in October 2021

Amazing food, great location and Giovanni is a wonderful host.

Stayed in September 2021

Amazing views and sunset from top of the hill and Michelin star level home cooking by the owners!!!

Stayed in September 2021

Overall I am going to say the experience was "okay". The best adjective to describe it would be "clunky". We arrived on time and were briefly showed the place. A German family was already there eating loudly in a room right next to ours. During our dinner the other guest mistakenly opened the door and came into our room interrupting our meal. The German chef volunteer spent 2 full hours talking to the other family. So as the dinner dragged on I felt more and more (also as there was a long wait for some courses) that they were the main guests and we were second class citizens. I think we got slower service because the volunteer stopped helping with the food and was just talking with the other guests the entire time. The walls are traditional sliding paper so you can clearly hear every word spoken in the entire building. I was a bit surprised the head chef didn't tell the volunteer or other family that they could be disturbing my wife and I being so loud. Before going to sleep we were asked when we wanted to have breakfast. But it was a trick question. Because when we said 8:30 the owner said that's not possible because it's when the other guests are leaving... But what do they have to do with us and our plans? During the night the man snored the entire night extremely loudly and despite having earplugs, the rooster woke us up at 4:00AM 90 minutes before sunrise and then crowed for another full hour non-stop. In the morning we were woken up by the German family again having breakfast with the volunteer chatting to them again. The dinner was absolutely amazing, but we paid for 6 courses and only got to 5. With the price we paid for everything we really did feel like we were double-booked and the "afterthought" guests. Second-class citizen just feels like a good description. Because we only stayed one night there was no time to pat the animals or really do anything else.

The dinner. Especially the pumpkin pasta was mindblowing.

Stayed in April 2024

The description is misleading - we booked a ‚Suite’, with the description saying exactly: ‚This suite comprises 1 living room, 1 separate bedroom and 1 bathroom with a bath and free toiletries.’ What we got was: small loft with no doors, right above the communal kitchen, accessible only by the ladder, and a shared bathroom few rooms down. There was separate bedroom either. There’s no privacy in the rooms, and shower and bath are not private either (that’s a lesser thing, as it’s very common in Japan). We felt like the place was overall nice, but felt tricked by the misleading description and felt like the value for money was terrible due to this. Definitely had significantly better accommodation for the comparable price in more touristy places.

The owners are super lovely and very welcoming. The optional food is very tasty - we loved the appetisers, homemade pasta and dessert. The farm has a nice view and having turkeys and goats nearby seemed really cute.

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