Kaizen Stays
Places I own, in places worth waking up in.
I rent out the places I actually stay in — a renovated Japanese house, two classic sailboats on their berths, a Black Sea studio. Each one lists what it is, who it suits, and wherever it is booked. No booking engine and no accounts.
Where they are
Each marker opens that property.
The properties
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OperatingMonthly stays onlyThe Kaizen Dojo
An abandoned Japanese house brought back into use as a guesthouse, central to the whole of Kansai. Traditional tatami rooms, shoji screens, and a maker space in what used to be a back room.
Suits: Long-stay visitors who want a whole Japanese house rather than a hotel room, and who intend to range across Kansai rather than stay in one city.
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OperatingThe Batumi Studio
A studio on the Batumi seafront — one bright room with a kitchenette, a balcony looking down the coast, and the Black Sea a few minutes' walk away.
Suits: One or two people who want a clean, simple base on the Georgian coast rather than a hotel room, with somewhere to cook and a washing machine.
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OperatingRiviera Retreat
A house in the hills behind Genoa, where the Riviera trades salt air for mountain air. The Apennines start here and the coast runs out at the bottom of the valley — close enough for the sea in the afternoon, high enough to sleep with the windows open in August.
Suits: People who want Liguria without the seafront crush, and who would rather wake up to hills and quiet than to a promenade.
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OperatingPort Hercule
A classic 1971 sailboat on an annual berth in Port Hercule, in the middle of Monaco's harbour. Mahogany below decks and the whole harbour outside. It stays on its berth — a place to sleep, not a charter.
Suits: Anyone who would rather wake up in the harbour than pay Monaco hotel rates to look at it.
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OperatingMarina di Varazze
A 28ft classic sailboat in Marina di Varazze, let as a floating apartment. Two cabins and a bathroom aboard, the Ligurian coast out of the companionway. It stays on its berth.
Suits: Couples who want the Italian Riviera without an Italian Riviera hotel bill, and who quite like the idea of sleeping on the water.
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More coming
More are being added as they come online.