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Mirukashi

Micro-seasonal salons in the Japanese countryside

From Japan’s ancient almanac

72 SEASONS — FIVE DAYS EACH. ONE WAY OF LIVING.

At Mirukashi, the seasons shape everything: what we gather and cook, how we arrange a room, the rituals that mark each passing season. Forage, cook, and craft your way through a single five-day season in rural Kyushu, where the rhythms of nature become an art of everyday living.

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One micro-season, lived from every angle. Where beauty is savored, life is a feast, and every flavor tells a story.

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What You'll Do at Mirukashi Salon What You'll Do

The Table

Gather, cook, and savor the season's offerings, from freshly harvested tea to mackerel seared over flaming straw, in the Mirukashi kitchen and at intimate dinners with local chefs.

The Room

Experience the art of seasonal arrangement, where flowers, handcrafted vessels, and thoughtful gestures bring a space into harmony with the rhythms of nature.

The Hand

Work alongside skilled artisans to create objects that honor the season: silvergrass brooms, shimekazari woven from rice straw, and incense blended from fragrant botanicals.

5 DAYS

1 SEASON

7 GUESTS

Spend five days immersed in one of Japan's micro-seasons, and you'll begin to notice the seasons in everything, long after you've returned home.

choose your season

Hosted by Prairie

A Life Shaped by 72 Seasons

For two decades, I’ve lived in the Japanese countryside, following its ancient micro-seasonal almanac.

Living by Japan's 72 micro-seasons has taught me to notice nature's subtle shifts and cultivate beauty in the simplest daily rituals of living.

Mirukashi Salon grew from my desire to share this practice. Together with a close circle of chefs, growers, and artisans, I welcome just seven guests to gather around tables where personal relationships deepen our connection to the people and place.

Come practice living more attentively.

The salons Prairie has cultivated are as divine as the Japanese landscapes and culture. This trip has landed deep in my soul and it will continue to nourish for years to come. 

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See what our guests say

March 15-19, 2027

VERNAL
AWAKENING

Wade through streams and fields in search of wild spring greens, then transform winter-dried silvergrass into brooms by hand.

Seats Available

MARCH 29 - April 2, 2027

SAKURA
SEASON

Savor sea bream at its seasonal peak, shape delicate temarizushi by hand, and picnic beneath a canopy of cherry blossoms.

Seats Available

April 12-16, 2027

SPRING
BOUNTY

Forage tender bamboo shoots, bracken, and fragrant sansho, then gather for a contemporary tea ceremony amid the tea fields.

Seats Available

APRIL 26-30, 2027

TEA
HARVEST

Pick and roast the season's first tea leaves from heirloom trees, then explore their flavors through brewing, cooking, and cocktails.

1 SEat left

October 25-29, 2027

NEW
RICE

Shape musubi with freshly harvested rice, sear mackerel over flaming straw, and weave shimekazari to honor the harvest.

4 Seats left

NOVEMBER 8-12, 2027

Harvest
Prelude

Gather around glowing embers to master the art of charcoal grilling, then discover the transformative craft of soy sauce and sake brewers.

Seats Available

NOVEMBER 22-26, 2027

Autumn Bounty

Savor the deep flavors of matsutake, persimmons, and yuzu, then venture onto the Ariake Sea to witness the nori harvest.

Waitlist only

$3,550 per person, all-inclusive

Everything is arranged.
You just arrive.

  • Four nights in a private room at a 4-star oceanside hotel
  • All scheduled meals, with drinks including alcohol
  • Every workshop, visit and masterclass
  • Private chartered transport throughout the salon
  • Prairie and her team translating everything, from the chef's kitchen to the potter's studio

  • Travel to and from Karatsu is not included.

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The 72

The 72 brings you letters from inside Mirukashi — micro-seasonal flavors, observations, evolving ideas, and small ways to mark the seasons wherever you live.

“Mirukashi Salon offers a more tactile take on retreat culture, where wellness is expressed through food, craft, and observation of the natural world.”

Oprah Daily Magazine
— Ashlea Halpern

“Fans of Japanese cooking and craft will delight in Mirukashi Salon. Prairie Stuart-Wolff’s series of intimate, culinary-focused trips in Japan’s Saga Prefecture.”

World's greatest Places
Time Magazine

“Shaped by a slow food ethos – a way of life rather than a promotional tool – this felt like the ideal
place to take a deep dive into Japanese food.”

Slow Travel Japan
— Liz Schaffer

“Prairie is using travel to... celebrate artisanal ways of making food that modern mass culture threatens to crowd out.”

Conde Naste Traveler Magazine
— Maggie Shipstead

“We visited the ancient temples of Kyoto and the busy streets of Tokyo, but it was in the salon’s kitchen, that I felt most connected to the deeply rooted culinary traditions of Japan.”

Travel + Leisure Magazine
— Rebekah Peppler

“At Mirukashi Salon in Japan, Prairie Stuart-Wolff offers a model of hospitality and a way of living that centers seasonality.”

Afar Magazine
—  Elena Valeriote

“Through Mirukashi Salon, Stuart-Wolff hopes to show visitors how to live with nature and understand where ingredients come from.”

Departures Magazine
— Elissa Polls

SEVEN SEATS

ONE SEASON

Come to Mirukashi — Where beauty is savored, life is a feast, and every flavor tells a story.

CHOOSE YOUR SEASON

The 72

Flavors, observations, and evolving ideas from inside Mirukashi Salon.

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