Sim from Singapore

He loves outdoor and travel. He used to take a bunch of friends to climb mountains. He found a job in China and he was going to start living in China.

Asakusa 1989
Mt. Kinabalu 1991
Turpan 1999

Maki from Japan

After she was hooked on traveling, she was only thinking about going out to explore the world. She was on the way to travel around the world and landed China.

Saddle st. 1997
New Zealand 1998
Beijing 1999

We met in Lhasa, Tibet in 1999 and traveled together.

on the way to Namtso Lake, TIbet, 1999
on the way to Namtso Lake, TIbet, 1999
Kuang Si Falls Luang Prabang, 2000
Angkor Wat, 2002
Thailand, many times
Singapore, 2002

We got married and opened our first guesthouse in Chengdu, China in 2004.

Our guesthouse/hostel in Chengdu loved by so many travelers. Too see more photos;
Memorable photo collection of Sim’s Cozy Guesthouse 2004-2007.
Memorable photo collection of Sim’s Cozy Garden Hostel 2007-2010.

Lancy was only 2 years old
We shipped the sign board to Kyoto
When there is still no guest right after the renovation

And then we moved to Kyoto, and started our new life in this old house.

It took 2 years and finally opened Guesthouse Soi in 2014!

We loved this big and old house we have luckily found!
This 52 years old house
was almost to be torn down.
Encounter with an architect
How much discussions and
paperwork we have done!
Started with demolition work.
Foundation work in cold winter.
The present dining hall.
The new built part structure.
Opening Party in June 2014

Thank you for seeing our story! We would like to listen to your story when you visit us.