Our Vision

Our Vision

Just be myself

Elevate your everyday with a space where you can just be yourself in a world of individual well-being and enchanting experiences.

Our Identity

Our Identity

創造家事業家冒険家

CreatorsEntrepreneursAdventurers

Individually, we at HERM are creators of value and service, entrepreneurs who envision, drive, and lead businesses to success.

We strive to refine our sensibilities and skills, harmonizing creativity and business, while pursuing a life where we can truly be ourselves.

With unwavering curiosity and a pioneering spirit, together, we go forth as fellow adventurers shaping both life and enterprise.

Message from Our CEO

If you had just one more year to live, where and how would you choose to spend your time?

川﨑 総⼀郎

Representative Director and CEO

川﨑 総⼀郎

Soichiro Kawasaki

At HERM, we aspire to be the choice for that very moment.

In an era where digitalization enhances efficiency exponentially, we believe it’s crucial to enrich the intrinsic value of our time on this earth. Having multiple places in our daily lives where we can be ourselves without hesitation, alongside partners, family, and friends, allows us to create lasting memories and inspiring experiences, ultimately enhancing the value of our life’s moments.

HERM is committed to crafting and preserving resorts where you can just be yourself. Amidst divine and majestic landscapes, in undisturbed private sanctuaries, you can leisurely embrace moments of liberation, being your true self. We strive to create resorts where our esteemed guests, resort owners, partner companies, and the members shaping HERM can all be themselves.

Each individual associated with HERM will be part of a journey to craft a new era of well-being resorts rooted in Japan yet destined for global recognition. In this creative, challenging, and dream-filled journey, we are grateful for the connections we share with all of you and will continue to move forward, savoring each step of the way.

Profile

  • 慶應義塾大学法学部卒

  • 三井不動産レジデンシャル株式会社

    ⾼額レジデンスのデベロップメント(開発・⽤地取得・販売企画)に従事。最年少で事業責任者に就任し、延べ30以上の開発PJを経験。2014年Gデザイン賞受賞。

  • Field Management.inc

    マッキンゼーで最年少役員を務めた並⽊⽒率いる戦略コンサルティングファーム。大手航空会社、外資系化粧品ブランド、デベロッパーのマーケティング・ブランド戦略立案・実行支援に従事。

  • 株式会社GA technologies 執行役員

    東証マザーズ上場の不動産テックベンチャー 経営戦略本部⻑→住宅事業責任者を務め、新規事業⽴上げ、ブランディング、セールスオペレーション改⾰に注⼒。AIを活⽤したDXサービスの企画、推進も担う。在籍3年半で、売上は90億円→630億円。

  • 2021年 HERM創業

    デベロップメントとブランド戦略推進の経験をベースに、⽇本から世界に誇れるプライベートリゾートを創造し、限られた⼈⽣の時間価値を⾼め続けるブランド創りを⽬指す。

  • Keio University - Bachelor degree in Law

  • Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co.,Ltd.

    Engaged in the development of high-end residences (development, site acquisition, and sales planning). He was the youngest person to be appointed as a project manager, and experienced more than 30 development projects in total. Received the G Design Award in 2014.

  • Field Management.inc

    A strategy consulting firm led by Namiki, who was the youngest executive at McKinsey & Company. He has been engaged in the planning and implementation of management and brand strategies for several companies, including leading airline company and foreign luxury brands.

  • GA technologies Co., Ltd. Executive Officer

    Director of Corporate Strategy → Head of Residential Business, responsible for new business launches, branding, and sales operations. He is also in charge of planning and promoting DX services utilizing AI. In three and a half years with the company, sales have increased from 9 billion yen to 63 billion yen.

  • HERM Inc. - January 2021

    As CEO of HERM, Soichiro draws on his extensive experience in property development and brand strategy to create world-class luxury resorts in Japan with an enduring brand to provide unforgettable experiences that enhance the lives of our guests.

Message from Our
Corporate General Manager

Delivering the finest hospitality for resorts that lead a new era.

⼩南 正仁

Corporate General Manager

⼩南 正仁

Masato Kominami

Becoming a guest at HERM involves just two steps: making a reservation and settling your payment. Leave everything else to us.

Being yourself is unique to each individual. There are as many ways to Just Be Yourself as there are guests.
We strive to understand your tastes and wishes to provide exactly what you envision through subtle personal communication, while paying the utmost respect to your privacy. This embodies the spirit of hospitality that HERM epitomizes.

I believe that our mission at HERM is to offer a sanctuary for all of our guests by continually creating extraordinary experiences that go beyond expectations.

Profile

  • The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (Forbes Five-star)

    副総支配人に就任。開業以来初のForbes 5starをもたらす。

  • Montage Beverly Hills (Forbes Five-star)

    副総支配人に就任。3年連続でホテル、スパ共にForbes5スターを獲得。

  • The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco

    副総支配人に就任。2012年、対前年比KPI向上。北米内The Ritz-Carlton40位→16位へ。

  • Conrad Miami

    宿泊部部長に就任。2010年ラグジュアリーホテルオブザイヤーを受賞し、同年ヒルトン従業員満足度全世界10位へ。

  • The Regent, Miami Beach

  • The Peninsula Hotel Chicago (Forbes Five-star)

  • Four Seasons Hotel Chicago (Forbes Five-star)

  • Hotel du Rhone, Geneva

  • The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (Forbes Five-star)

    Hotel Manager

  • Montage Beverly Hills (Forbes Five-star)

    Resident Manager

  • The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco

    Executive Assistant Manager

  • Conrad Miami

    Director of Rooms Division

  • The Regent, Miami Beach

  • The Peninsula Hotel Chicago (Forbes Five-star)

  • Four Seasons Hotel Chicago (Forbes Five-star)

  • Hotel du Rhone, Geneva

Management Policy

In order to create value in perpetuity as a people-centered company, HERM’s corporate management will be guided by a spirit of independence and dignity in equal pursuit of the following three elements: (1) the business/brand, (2) corporate culture, and (3) fulfillment in life.

1

Crafting the Business/Brand

Strive to become the premier Japanese luxury resort brand on the world stage.

2

Creating Our Identity

Nurture a culture which promotes continuous evolution
and realization of our vision

3

Fulfillment in Life

Provide a place where each person
can be the best version of themselves

Company Information

Company Name HERM Inc.
Location Head Office=8F The ARGYLE Aoyama(Reception:6F), 2-14-4 Kita Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo 107-0061, Japan
Number of Employees
(Including Subsidiaries)
43 (as of August 1, 2023)
Licenses Licensed Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business & Class-1 Architect Office
Subsidiary HERM Hotel Management Gion Inc.
Description of Business
  • (1) ラグジュアリーリゾートブランド「HERM」の企画・デベロップメントマネジメント・運営事業
  • (2) スモールラグジュアリーホテルの受託・コンサルティング事業(開発・設計・運営)
    - 京都のスモールラグジュアリーホテル「SOWAKA」の運営
  • (1) Planning, development management, and operation of luxury resorts under the HERM brand
  • (2) Contracting and consulting for small luxury hotels (development, design, and operation)
    - Management of SOWAKA, a small luxury hotel in Kyoto