Kichi

The houses

A few houses,
personally managed.

Every Kichi is inspected, furnished and looked after by us. All of them rent by the month on a lease of at least 30 days, whether you're there for all of it or a couple of weeks, and more join through 2026. Many are older houses in ordinary neighbourhoods. That is the product, not a caveat.

Available now Kichi Itako, a two-storey tiled-roof house in Itako, Ibaraki
Itako · Ibaraki

Kichi Itako

A three-bedroom house on its own plot in the Suigo lake country, with utilities and wi-fi in the monthly price and no deposit to find.

¥120,000 / month 116 m² 3 bedrooms
30-day minimum lease
Available now Kichi Otsu, a renovated two-storey timber house in Otsu, Shiga
Otsu · Shiga

Kichi Otsu

A 1970s timber house between Lake Biwa and the Kyoto line. Ten minutes to the water, around twenty to Kyoto Station.

from ¥320,000 / month 57 m² Sleeps 2-3
30-day minimum lease
3 weeks’ notice The Minamiboso coast at Chikura from the air, a long sand beach with the town behind it
Chikura · Minamiboso, Chiba

Kichi Chikura

A freshly renovated 2DK, five minutes' walk from a quiet Pacific surf break and about ninety minutes from Tokyo.

from ¥120,000 / month 40 m² · 2DK Sleeps 2
30-day minimum lease
Opening soon The street front of Kichi Narao, a two-storey house with covered parking beneath it, in the port town of Narao on the Goto Islands
Narao · Goto Islands, Nagasaki

Kichi Narao

Two floors and around 150 m² above a Goto Islands harbour, minutes from beaches most of Japan has never heard of. The first Kichi.

from ¥220,000 / month ~150 m² Families & groups
30-day minimum lease
Higashi-Osaka · Osaka

Kichi Higashi-Osaka

An urban house twenty minutes from Namba. Being furnished now.

Coming soon · join the waitlist

Kichi Itako, Kichi Otsu and Kichi Narao show the houses themselves. Narao is mid-renovation, so its rooms are furnished digitally and will differ in detail. The Kichi Chikura card shows the place, not the house, until it opens.

A small Japanese harbour town at dusk, houses stacked on the hillside above the boats
More houses join through 2026, one at a time.

The standard

Every house, set up the same way.

We would rather run a few houses properly than forty loosely. Before any Kichi goes live, it has:

  • Wi-Fi installed and tested
  • A washing machine
  • A working kitchen, equipped for real cooking
  • Proper bedding, not a spare futon from storage
  • An English house guide, from rubbish day to the nearest hot spring
  • Photos that show the house as it actually is

How availability works

Each house is set up fresh for every lease: checked, cleaned and made ready before you move in. That is why we ask for at least three weeks' notice between booking and move-in.

The coastal houses are at their best from May to October; the city and lakeside houses work well year-round. If your dates are flexible, say so in your enquiry. It usually means better options.

More houses are joining through 2026, Osaka next. If nothing here fits, tell us what you're looking for and we'll let you know when the right one lands.

One rule on every house: a 30-day lease, not a 30-day stay.

Every Kichi is booked as a fixed-term residential lease. It is a tenancy, not a hotel booking, and no lease can be made or shortened below 30 days. How much of the month you spend in the house is up to you. Read the terms of stay.