Hotels near Kotohira Shrine in Nemuro

Stayed 2 nights. The ryokan experience starts with being met in the car park, bags whisked away, shoes off at the entrance and slippers provided. Then an orientation with a very nice Vietnamese lady, one of the few members of staff who spoke English. We were given a detailed explanation of how to use the two different onsen, and lots of other info that you really need, because this is an experience like no other. The rooms are beautiful ( ours looked onto the stream), the (long and many) corridors are decorated with beautiful art and ikebana, and there are lots of drinks dispensers everywhere - the corn soup is delicious. The food was some of the finest we had anywhere during our 4 weeks travelling in Japan (including a couple of Michelin- starred restaurants), presented exquisitely, and wonderfully flavoured - a true feast over several courses and a couple of hours. Breakfast buffet equally memorable. We only went here to see the Blakiston's Fish owl, so the whole experience was a wonderful surprise - if you've seen the Studio Gibli film ”Spirited Away” you will get a sense of what it was like. And we were the only westerners here, which was great, and only added to the sense of being on a different world. On that note, if you're an uptight westerner who doesn't like getting naked in front of strangers, you might struggle here - there are no showers or washing facilities in the rooms ( apart from a basin), only those in the onsen themselves. I don't think we would have chosen to go if we had understood this beforehand, but I'm SO glad we did go.

I stayed at this hotel because it had many reviews as a hotel with delicious oyster dishes. As the word of mouth says, there are many types of oyster dishes, and I was very satisfied. However, the only disappointing thing was that the bath started at 17:00, and before and after that, it was practically impossible to use the bath attached to the Western-style room. I wanted to freshen up before dinner, but the hot water in the guest room was extremely thin, and I couldn't even use it as a shower. Probably, the boiler capacity was full just by filling the bathhouse with hot water, and the airflow from the guest room was extremely poor, but I wondered how it would be as a customer business.

This inn opened in August 2018 with anticipation of demand for foreigners visiting Rausu for overseas unexplored tours. On some site, it was introduced as the only inn in Rausu that can speak English. Perhaps because of that, Booking.com had more word of mouth information than Rakuten Travel and Jalan. By the way, Sarai means ”inn” in Persian. It is said that the inn run by the West travel trip is only this Shiretoko Sarai, but it is a wonderful inn that is a waste. The price is reasonable and the room is not so large, but there is enough space to spread one large suitcase. The room was separated into Ａ building and Ｂ building, and we stayed in Ａ building with reception. After finishing the reception at the reception on the １ floor, take off your shoes and go up to the guest room on the second floor. There is no elevator. The floor of the room was flooring and had disposable slippers, but it was clean enough with barefoot and clean enough. Amenities are all available, but if you need room clothes, you need to request and borrow them at the reception. There is only a parking space for ５ cars in front of the building, and if it is full, you will use the ２ parking lot located a little far away (about 100 ｍ). It is about 250 meters from the roadside station ”Shiretoko Rausu”, and you can walk to the Shiretoko Nature Cruise office (ticket office), and I think the location is good. We chose a plan with dinner, but on the first day we had Western food (appetizers, local seafood carpaccio, roast ezo venison, homemade kelp bread, grilled plate of rausu silver cherry blossoms and summer vegetables, Tomato pasta with clams and homemade smoked salmon, homemade cheesecake ＆ after-dinner drinks), Japanese food on the second day (steamed oysters, small bowls, sashimi, fried cassbees, boiled black galleys, Shabu-shabu from Rausu, white rice from Hokkaido ”Nanatsuboshi”, vanilla ice cream ＆ after-dinner drinks), Western food on the 3rd day (appetizer platter, roast Ezo venison, octopus and red crush Ajijo, Homemade kelp bread, lamb lemon pepper grill, octopus and tomato garlic pasta, homemade cheesecake ＆ after-dinner drink) was very delicious every day. It is recommended because it is sufficient in quantity and affordable in terms of price. By the way, guests can serve draft beer (small) or a soft drink if they show their JAF membership card.

This inn features exquisite Hokkaido cuisines such as Hokkai shrimp and naturally-cultivated scallops prepared in the hamayaki method, which are the local specialties of Notsuke, as well as Teppo-jiru of Hanasaki crabs from the Nemuro Channel. All rooms in the main building have been renovated, and there is a new large bath filled with constant and free-flowing hot-spring water.

It was a simple but very delicious breakfast. The fresh milk from the ranch was a thick taste that I could not drink, and I was able to refill it.

The room we were in was huge - 2 big beds and a lounge, a huge bath and wet room. Lots of toiletries provided in the bathroom too. The heating needed to be on to 26 or 27 degrees as there was a cold draft coming from under the door and also from the cold windows. This kept the room about 22 degrees we thought. The food was dreadful and made 100 times worse as I am vegetarian... Tasteless vegetables boiled to death with very little protein offered. Breakfast was even worse and one morning I was left to have cabbage and chips as that was all there was that was vegetarian... No bread of breakfast cereal anywhere in sight. Thankfully there is a supermarket close by. It seems quite common in rural Japan to not cater for vegetarians.... so beware...

It’s a 16-minute walk from JR Akkeshi Station, but it’s only a 5-minute walk from the seafood market. The staff is very good. Knowing that we didn’t drive, they took the initiative to drive us to the Taste Center to cook seafood and take us to JR to store our luggage. Both large luggages are 420 yen, which is 600 yen cheaper than usual.

a EasyStay BR You can make a reservation anytime and stay quicklyReservation on the day is OK so the payment is completed at the time of reservation so check on site Inn is smooth and speedyAfter making your reservation we will send you checkin instructions via emailAn email will be sent to the address you made the reservation withAt the email address you see at checkin Please make a reservationPlease check your email after making a reservationStylish stayAn everyday moment that blends into the extraordinaryA fun container to stay in HotelWhile enjoying an extraordinary atmosphere we provide the necessary inroom facilities blending into the daily life of our guests who will want to stay over and over againSpecial saunabr Sauna that all guests can useSauna exclusively for hotel guests where you can enjoy the heat wave with auto row ryuEnjoy anytime and as many times as you like from 5 am to 12 pmFor the comfort

Feel as if you were home at our reliable hotel, located in close proximity to Nishishunbetsu Station in Betsukai-cho.