History of foundation

In 1946, fleeing the war-ravaged center of Hakodate, Wekie Omomo moved to Yukawa, an area that was then covered with fields, with her husband and elderly mother, where she acquired a house and lived there with her husband and elderly mother. She continued working as a geisha, something she had begun doing at the age of 16, while struggling to survive the chaotic post-war period.
At the time, the long-established inn Takasago of Yukawa that was next, old mother from the thread of thought that was put in a hot spring, and three years, also be attended every day the day of the snow on a rainy day, give me head down, barely Gojikkoku them share the Gojikkoku hot springs.
As a result, in 1954, the Onsen Gojikkoku spring inn “Chikuba” was operated in five guest rooms and 50 Onsen Gojikkoku.

Even if you start the inn, there is no knowledge or experience of the management of the ryokan at all, and at that time you could not do anything like asking teachings from other inns.
So I asked the Yunokawa Yunokawa Hot Springs Ryokan Cooperative for a helping hand.
The Yunokawa Yunokawa Hot Springs Ryokan Cooperative, who was delighted by the personality of Aoi, was willing to listen to the request of Aoi and tell me about Iroha.

Opened at the same time, one Hakodate, cook with the arm of about vying for two, welcome Jujiro Kimura Hakodate Kappo Licensed Cooks Association chairman of the later) to cook, is built the foundation base of the hot spring inn Chikuba. By welcoming Jujiro Kimura as a chief chef, it became popular that Chikuba cuisine was delicious, and the number of guests gradually increased.

As a result of the opening of "Chikuba", Beppe, who was aiming at "a pure Japanese style inn," visited a well-established inn in Kyoto every year as it did.In this era when there are not planes, etc., it took huge cost and time to go from Hakodate to Kyoto.
But even with that expense and effort, there were reasons why eager to go to Kyoto.
That is because the spirit of the accommodation that "Chikuba" should aim for, the service and so on were all in the accommodation in Kyoto.Eeey himself paid the highest fee himself, received the best service, experienced "hospitality" of the old-fashioned inn in Kyoto, and kept making use of it as management of the ryokan as his own fertilizer.
Weekly knowledge and experience gained in Kyoto was immediately returned as a service to our customers.

Also, whenever he traveled to Kyoto, he would always stop by a travel agency in Tokyo, and act as a spokesperson for Chikuba, continuing his steady sales activities.
Thanks to this, the number of group tourists from Honshu gradually increased, and the inn's business became more stable.

In the summer of Showa 62 when Eiya was on the floor of the disease, on that day, a feast of good-bye who had been indebted to since the opening of "Chikuba" was held.
Even though she was in a state where she could barely eat properly and her body was in no position to normally appear in a tatami room, Ekie, as if she had realized that her death was near, ignored the objections of those around her and declared, "I will at least appear in this tatami room," and headed to the room.

Ekie, who did not want people to know that she was sick, straightened her back so much that it was hard to believe she was sick, and drank one glass of beer.
And when I finished my last greeting, I left the seat without changing.

In the autumn of that year, Ekie said goodbye to her life as Okami of Chikuba, which had lasted for 38 years, and quietly passed away.
Now, taken over by Teru Nishino, the second generation owner, Chikuba Shinyotei has adapted to the new era while still maintaining the tradition of a purely Japanese-style inn that Ekie built, and continues to shower visitors with heartwarming smiles.With the "heart of hospitality" that Eiya built and practiced ... ....