Laforet Fukiya

Laforet Fukiya (ラ・フォーレ吹屋) is a public lodging and training facility located in Fukiya, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is owned by Takahashi City and operated under a designated manager system. The facility stands on the site of the former Narawa Town Fukiya Junior High School, which was closed in March 1987. It was built by the former Narawa Town and originally operated by a third-sector company. The building has a steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) structure, but its exterior is designed to resemble the former wooden school building, reusing materials from the demolished Fukiya Junior High School, including a two-story yose (theater) wing roof, and featuring a spacious courtyard. The interior is modern in design. The exterior is modeled after Takahashi City Fukiya Junior High School. The facility offers restaurant, bathing, and meeting room facilities. It is located next to Fukiya Elementary School, known as the oldest still-active elementary school building in Japan, and is surrounded by the Fukiya Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings and other local attractions such as the former Katayama residence, the Fukiya Furusato Village Museum, the Sasazuka mine tunnel, the Bengara Museum, and the Hirokane residence. In January 2023, the designated manager at the time withdrew and operations were suspended. From fiscal 2023, a joint venture including Shimoden Hotel became the designated manager, and the facility was scheduled to reopen on July 25 after renovation. The official website is at https://www.laforet-fukiya.com/.

Laforet Fukiya is located on the site of the former Narawa Town Fukiya Junior High School, which was closed in March 1987. The facility was built by the former Narawa Town and operated by a third-sector company as a public lodging and training facility. The building has a steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) structure, but its exterior is designed to resemble the former wooden school building, reusing materials from the demolished Fukiya Junior High School, including a two-story yose (theater) wing roof, and featuring a spacious courtyard. The interior is modern in design. The exterior is modeled after Takahashi City Fukiya Junior High School. In January 2023, the designated manager at the time withdrew and operations were suspended. From fiscal 2023, a joint venture including Shimoden Hotel became the designated manager, and the facility was scheduled to reopen on July 25 after renovation.

• Former Narawa Town Fukiya Junior High School closed; facility later built on its site.

• Designated manager withdrew and operations suspended.

• Reopened after renovation under a new designated manager joint venture including Shimoden Hotel.

A public lodging and training facility in a historic preservation district, offering accommodation, dining, and meeting facilities in a building that evokes the area's former school.

• Restaurant

• Bathing facilities

• Meeting rooms

1. 1ラ・フォーレ吹屋 - Wikipediaja.wikipedia.org
2. 2Laforet Fukiya - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Official websitelaforet-fukiya.com