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WE Hotel Toya, Dusit Collection
Toyako-cho, Hokkaido, Japan · Dusit Collection · Core Luxury
Kengo Kuma wrapped a former Hokkaido nursing home in cedar logs and pleated fabric and opened it in 2018 as a cave of rooms above Lake Toya, each with a hinoki bath on the balcony. The design took an SDA Award Bronze in 2019. On 1 July 2026 it became WE Hotel Toya, Dusit Collection, the Thai group's first Collection hotel in Japan.
- 55 rooms
- Opened 2018
- Neighborhood: Lake Toya
- Architect: Kengo Kuma
About WE Hotel Toya, Dusit Collection
- Ezo Restaurant cooks French-Japanese fusion under the lake view; a barrel-vaulted cigar and whiskey lounge sits nearby.
- A free shuttle runs to JR Toya Station, New Chitose Airport, and the Rusutsu ski slopes nineteen kilometres away.
- Fifty-five rooms look over the caldera lake, converted from a former nursing home and wrapped by Kengo Kuma in cedar logs in 2018.
History
Designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates and completed in 2018, the property is a sophisticated transformation of a former nursing home into a luxury boutique hotel. The architecture prominently features locally sourced cedar logs and pleated fabric to create a cave-like interior that harmonizes with the surrounding Hokkaido wilderness. Its design received the SDA Award 2019 Bronze Prize for its unique spatial expression and materiality. On 1 July 2026 it joined Dusit Collection as WE Hotel Toya, Dusit Collection, the brand's first Collection hotel in Japan.
The setting
19 km from ski area of the Rusutsu Resort.
Amenities
- Outdoor hinoki (cypress) bathtubs on private balconies
- Public onsen (hot spring) baths with lake views
- Ezo Restaurant serving French and Japanese fusion cuisine
- Cigar bar and whiskey lounge featuring dramatic barrel-vaulted design
- Free shuttle service to JR Toya Station and New Chitose Airport
- Artistic interiors designed by Kengo Kuma using pleated fabric and cedar logs
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