IZUMIKYO Company has announced plans to develop the main section of their Izumikyo 2 subdivision into a boutique cottage village.

IZUMIKYO Company has sold a premium 800 tsubo (2662sqm) block of land in Izumikyo 2 that it has held since it developed the area in the late 80s.

YET another new Niseko restaurant – the Taj Mahal – swung open its doors recently, with an all-you-can-eat Indian buffet and...belly dancing!

This section of the magazine is called Irasshaimase because that's the friendly welcome local businesses yell when you enter their shop. At Teuchi Soba Ichimura, if it's your second visit or you're a regular, they'll also say 'okaeri!'

IZAKAYA Sakae may be one of the newer restaurants in Hirafu, but its owners are some of the longest serving business people in the village. 73-year-old chef Masayuki Sakae and his wife Sada opened one of Hirafu’s first pensions, Ryokan Sakae, in the 1960s. The old lodge sadly had to be demolished recently as it was getting too old, and the

PLANS are coming together to rescue the soon-to-be-demolished homes on the site of Unitas 1 in Izumikyo 2.

Niseko Izumikyo Co. plans to clear the Unitas 1 site for its yet-to-be-disclosed project, which leaves multiple two-bedroom log cabins needing a new home.

Chris Lane, a company client advisor for Niseko Izumikyo

WEST Canada Properties has announced it will relocate its Upper Hirafu office to a new location in Izumikyo 1.

West Canada Properties’ new office will be located at 179-18 Aza Yamada in Izumikyo 1.

The company has been in its Upper Hirafu location here since its beginnings in 2007.

Preparations

ONE of Niseko’s most under-rated restaurants is Maru in Izumikyo (East Hirafu). It was started eight years ago by three chefs from the old Nikko Hotel in Annupuri. Hiramatsu Joutaro came to Niseko from Saitama, near Tokyo, 18 years ago to work as a chef at Nikko. He wanted to start a restaurant that wasn’t as expensive as a lot of the

THE long-vacant Country Resort sub-division, created by Izumikyo Real Estate, is now being populated by Hong Kong-based developer Niseko Resorts Group.

Country Resort’s clearing, sub-division and roadworks were originally completed by Izumikyo Real Estate more than six years ago, creating flat, developable blocks that ranged

By Chris Lane
Izumikyo Company client advisor

IZUMIKYO Company has had a hand in the creation of the Niseko resort area since 1973. After successfully developing such integral sites as the Hirafu Middle Village, Izumikyo, St. Moritz and Country Resort, the pioneering developer is about to release what it calls its ‘newest