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name: "Yasujirō Ozu's Former Home"
subtitle: "Sleep in the century-old Kita-Kamakura house where Ozu spent his final years"
date: 2026-07-04
shortlist: true
link: "https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/spend-a-night-at-the-house-of-the-legendary-filmmaker-yasujiro-ozu"
linkText: "wallpaper.com"
source: "Wallpaper* Travel"
topics: [travel-and-places, history-and-archives]
tags: [japan, film, guesthouse, history]
description: "The century-old Kita-Kamakura house where Tokyo Story director Yasujirō Ozu lived his final years has reopened as a guesthouse for overnight guests."
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Hidden in the hills of Kita-Kamakura, the century-old residence where Tokyo Story director Yasujirō Ozu lived out his final years has been restored as a guesthouse — a rare chance to stay inside a legendary filmmaker's private world rather than visit a museum about him.