Cozy Wabisabi On The Yukawa — A Fully Furnished Villa

Property Highlights:

The site spans 1,014.60 sqm of residential-use land in Chigataki, one of Naka-Karuizawa’s established forested villa estates, bordered along its northwest edge by a private road of approximately 5.50 metres in width with roughly 27.90 metres of frontage. The land between the property and the Yukawa River beyond is held by Nagano Prefecture and may be lightly cleared for strolling — extending the sense of garden well past the registered boundary, down to the riverbank itself, where direct access to the water is possible from the site.

The residence is a single-storey timber structure of 123.86 sqm total (96.28 sqm of interior floor area plus a 27.58 sqm deck), originally built in July 1989 and comprehensively renovated, completed in April 2026. The renovation reworks the house around a “cozy wabisabi” concept — light and shadow held in balance, an interior built for quiet contemplation through the changing seasons — under the Batonari design brand, which styles each project around the character of its specific site. A wide terrace reads as an extension of the open living room itself, complete with an outdoor fire pit; rattan shoji screens reinterpret a traditional form for a more resort-inflected register in the bedroom; and a wood-burning stove anchors the living space beneath substantial, designer-selected furniture.

The property is offered fully furnished and equipped — kitchen appliances, dining furniture, living room furniture, bedroom furniture, and outdoor fire pit and bench all included — allowing immediate use from the point of purchase.

123.86 sqm total, including deck. 1,014.60 sqm of land. Fully furnished. Renovation completed in April 2026. ¥148,000,000.

The Neighbourhood:

Chigataki sits within reach of Naka-Karuizawa’s growing energy — anchored by the Hoshino Area’s restaurants, galleries, and hot springs — while remaining within its own quiet, tree-shrouded villa estate along the Yukawa River. The sound of the river running past the property, layered with birdsong, is a defining feature of the site itself, and the surrounding forest keeps the estate visually and acoustically separated from the resort activity nearby.

Harunire Terrace, the boutique dining and lifestyle enclave built into a grove of elms along the same river, is approximately 4.7 km away. Tombo-no-Yu, one of the area’s well-known public hot spring baths, is approximately 4.6 km distant. Naka-Karuizawa Station, on the Shinano Railway line, is approximately 12 minutes by car.

Why TonTon:

This is the kind of asset that does not reach the open market through conventional channels. As the exclusive Japan licensee of Forbes Global Properties, TonTon operates at the precise intersection of deep local knowledge and a truly global network — giving our clients access not only to properties of this nature, but to the discretion, due diligence, and cross-border expertise that a transaction of this significance demands.

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