Making the most of what's already here

haku began as the renovation of a building nearly 50 years old.

We kept the original structure largely as it was.

In the interior, too, we use furniture that came with the old Kashiwamura Ryokan, along with vintage pieces from Japan and abroad.

We want to keep caring for the things that have been here all along, and to keep using them.
 - 旧柏村旅館の廃材を再利用したルームプレート。白老在住の作家さんが一つ一つ丁寧に制作した。 - Room plates made from reclaimed wood from the old Kashiwamura Ryokan, each one carefully crafted by a Shiraoi-based artist. - Room plates made from reclaimed wood from the old Kashiwamura Ryokan, each one carefully crafted by a Shiraoi-based artist.
Room plates made from reclaimed wood from the old Kashiwamura Ryokan, each one carefully crafted by a Shiraoi-based artist.
 - 白老町に眠っていた木彫りの熊はhakuの色々な場所で見られます。 - Carved wooden bears, long tucked away in Shiraoi homes, can be found all around haku. - Carved wooden bears, long tucked away in Shiraoi homes, can be found all around haku.
Carved wooden bears, long tucked away in Shiraoi homes, can be found all around haku.
 - あるものを大切に使い続ける - Caring for what we have, and using it for years to come. - Caring for what we have, and using it for years to come.
Caring for what we have, and using it for years to come.
 - 廃材を再利用した受付カウンター - Our reception counter, made from reclaimed wood. - Our reception counter, made from reclaimed wood.
Our reception counter, made from reclaimed wood.

about haku

haku hostel + cafe bar

haku is a hostel where people from all walks of life can gather. It is the renovated and revitalized "Kashiwamura Ryokan", which was opened and operated by the Kashiwamura family who migrated from Aomori Prefecture around the end of the Taisho period/beginning of the Showa period (around 1926).

The ryokan closed about 10 years ago, but before WWII there was a horse hitching post in the back yard, and it seems that it was quite a lively place with many visitors.

柏 / ハク / haku / 白

"haku" The naming comes from a mixture of the Japanese characters for “Kashiwamura” (the name of the former ryokan) and “Shiraoi”, with its meaning of the colour white.

The name reflects our intention to paint an image of a business suited to this region on a blank canvas, while honouring the history of the Kashiwamura ryokan operated here in Shiraoi for many years.
SHIRAOI 白老
drinking... walking... sleeping...

HOSTEL + café bar

  • photo by Ryoichi Kawajiri -  -  -
  • photo by Ryoichi Kawajiri -  -  -
  • photo by Ryoichi Kawajiri -  -  -
  • photo by Ryoichi Kawajiri -  -  -
  • photo by Ryoichi Kawajiri -  -  -
  • photo by Ryoichi Kawajiri -  -  -
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