Ask the team · Bywater, New Orleans
1319 Japonica Street, Villa A
The Herald
Up to 30 guests · 12 bedrooms · 17 beds · 8 baths
The Herald has the red snake mural. It runs the length of the living room wall. The dining room mural is the warehouse next door, which once housed the tractors that pulled the Mardi Gras floats down St. Charles.
Book direct for the lowest rate.
You can also hold the dates for 3 days with no card.
The other villas
The Cocodrie →The Florentine →Who sleeps where
The bed list by room.
The Herald has 12 bedrooms, 17 beds, and 8 baths, in the same layout as the other two villas. Room 12 is an office with a queen sofabed, and it's on the list below.

An office with a desk and a queen sofabed. It counts as the twelfth bedroom. Hall bath steps away.
Room numbers match the floor plans below. To assign rooms, add names on the Your Stay page, then print it or paste it into the group chat.
Every bedroom has original art, and no two rooms have the same piece.
A full bed with a twin bunk, upstairs.
What's included
- Private heated pool with a splash hoop
- Hot tub
- Outdoor shower
- Outdoor kitchen and grill
- Covered patio
- Dining table for 18
- Turf lawn with cornhole
- Driveway basketball hoop
- Kitchen with double refrigerators and dishwashers
- Washer and dryer
- Central air
- Fast wifi
- Smart TVs inside and out
- String lights
- Premium linens
- Malin+Goetz soap, shampoo, and conditioner in every bathroom
- Free queen air mattresses on request, with an electric pump to inflate them
Distances
- French Quarter - 10 min by car
- Frenchmen Street - 8 min by car
- Airport (MSY) - 25 min by car
- Crescent Park - 20 min walk
- Bacchanal - 14 min walk
- Vaughan's Lounge - 13 min walk
- BJ's Lounge - 11 min walk
- The Country Club - 26 min walk
Rideshares show up in a few minutes.
The house tour
Room by room.
Every villa has the same layout and its own pool and hot tub. The art and interiors are each villa's own.

The Art Program
Art by New Orleans artists.
We commissioned the art in each villa from New Orleans artists: murals, portraits, and woven and tufted pieces. No two rooms have the same work.
See the art programThe layout
The floor plans.
Tap a plan to enlarge it.

From check-in to checkout
Your group gets the whole Herald.
That's all 12 bedrooms, the pool and hot tub, and the grounds, for your group only. Booking direct here is the lowest rate anywhere.
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