Kumiko's Guest House

Experience the timeless beauty of Japanese design in harmony with the pristine New Zealand landscape at Kumiko’s Guesthouse – your perfect haven amongst the vineyards of Waipara. When you book to stay with us at Kumiko’s, you are booking the full use of the house and gardens. Everything on offer here is yours to enjoy. The space Kumiko’s comprises many of the elements found in the gracious architecture of traditional Japan: an internal courtyard (genken) featuring the timeless composition of a zen garden; wide verandas designed for sitting within nature; interior spaces that include the extensive use of wood and stone; sliding screens that divide or expand spaces; a sunken dining room that encourages a sense of occasion at the table; and extensive architectural gardens that reflect the dramatic views of the shifting North Canterbury skies. Kumiko’s is imbued with an overall sense of wabi-sabi, the Japanese design concept that can be loosely translated as the celebration of “perfect imperfection.” Wabi-sabi favours the handmade, the crafted, the bespoke, the tactile, the sensory and is the impulse behind our desire to revitalise the beautiful design inherent here, and offer Kumiko’s as a haven for all those who yearn for the harmony of handmade beauty within nature. Guest access Guest shave access to the whole property when they stay at Kumiko's