Tanabe hotellia

Plussat: It is a very good place to have a rest. The bicycle can be lent in a good price and it is very helpful.

Plussat: Very kind boss, carefully managed the house which started from his grandfather's generation. After 85 years, the house still looks the same. The food prepared by the boss for the guests is warm, delicious and cheap. Shirahama is a leisurely and beautiful town. It is a wonderful place to stay no matter whether you have ever been here or not. Next time come back, I hope it will be summer. I will live in Dormitory Sandanya Guesthouse, play with water in shirahama beach, blow the Pacific ocean wind, and soak in the Yuzaki .

Miinukset: none

Miinukset: Wall is too thin.

Plussat: The guesthouse was just next to the bus stop and 三段壁 which is one of the tourist spots so no worry about the access of public transportation. Besides, the private room in Japanese style is clean and the shower room have a spacious changing room with it which I found convenient. There are tv, small table, mirror,extension plug and a stand fan too in the room.

Miinukset: The wall is thin and you can hear noise from next door because it is Japanese style room.

Plussat: Clean. Free drink in common space. Room is spacious. Close to convenience store, hot spring and Ramen shop and Turkish restaurant.

Miinukset: Nothing !!

Plussat: The house is super cute, clean and cozy! The room was very nice and was giving the feeling of being at home ❤ The futon was the most soft and cozy one I've ever tried! Slept like a baby

Miinukset: No complaints.

Plussat: Very friendly welcome from the owner and very well equipped and nice guesthouse. 100m from the Sandan Beki cliffs

Plussat: Very special place. We felt very comfortable in the familiar atmosphere of this guest house and spend a wonderful time in Shirahama. Everything was clean, we even got very good dinner and breakfast for a reasonable price. Thanks so much for this lovely stay!

Plussat: Easily accessible by car and there is a bus stop next to the guesthouse. This place is 1min walking distance to the sandanbeki cliff and you can have a nice stroll in the morning.

Plussat: Meals

Plussat: Beautiful Japanese kaiseki meals for breakfast and dinner. The staff were tremendously polite and helpful in ensuring we were familiar with meal times, hotel facilities and our travel arrangements during our stay. They made sure we understood our hiking requirements and prepared meals for our journey. Beds were comfortable and we slept well each night.

Plussat: Indoor and outdoor Onsen. Good size room with an annex to store luggage which we also used as a changing room. English news channel which we didn't get in other guest houses. Private dining room. Free shuttle service provided to and from Yunomine.

Miinukset: The upkeep of the onsen can be better.

Plussat: Asiakaspalvelu oli erittäin ystävällistä ja lämmintä. Ruokailussa otettiin huomioon ruokavalion rajoitteet. Kaikki oli täydellistä ja viimeisen päälle ihanaa.

Plussat: This hotel was great. The staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful. We were staying while completing the pilgrimage walk and they even provided transport to and from the trailhead free of charge. They have several different hot spring baths. The food was excellent, especially the dinner.

Miinukset: The bed is Japanese style futon on floor. It is definitely a little hard to get used to for a Western person.

Plussat: I cannot say enough good things about yunominesou staff who were so helpful with me in giving me all sort of information (transport, atm, booking a boat trip),.kaiseki dinner and breakfast were excellent, onsen was beautiful and room with view over the village was amazing.

Plussat: My suite case was taken by someone by mistake. Master helped me find it and sent us to scenic spot directly (because we missed the bus due to this accident). Lots of thanks to the staff!

Miinukset: none

Plussat: The food is absolutely delicious. We took the dinner and breakfast options and it was amazing. The onsen is very delightful. After a long day trekking the Kumano Kodo trek, all you need is a nice onsen to relax and relieve the soreness of our legs. There are private onsen available (2 of them)!

Miinukset: Nothing to complain about. Staff, food, and room is great!

Plussat: Nice onsen hot spring bath

Miinukset: Facility a little dated

Plussat: Extremely helpful and considerate staff.

Miinukset: Smoking in rooms on our floor. We could smell it in the hall and would have preferred that if there is smoking in rooms, that they be isolated to a smokers floor or not in the room at all and only outsidel The room acoustics were not great. We could here our neighbors children crying and children in the hall yelling and running and we could here the people above us thumping on their floor.

Plussat: Everything- room perfect, onsen amazing , view incredible. Perfect.

Miinukset: Nothing - perfect.

Plussat: Great location and sea view. Hotel staff are good, helpful and excellent. Hot spring is also very good!

Plussat: The location is great. Spacious room and fantastic onsen.

Miinukset: Compared to several onsen hotels we have stayed in Japan, food (dinner) here was just disappointing (thinking about the price). Hotel staff was okay, but not as professional as those in other hotels.

Plussat: Excellent beach front location with spacious rooms. Breakfast was delicious (provided you like Japanese breakfasts).

Miinukset: It was quite expensive for what you get.

Miinukset: Dinner is excellent exceeding our expectations.

Plussat: The Location and the friendliness of the staff.

Miinukset: The bed was much too hard.

Plussat: The living room was good. The toilet was super clean. We were very very satisfied.

Plussat: good location near buscenter，and there's 24hrs supermarket with 3 mins' walk. Room is spacious. Nice staff.

Miinukset: Washroom is too small，better to have bidet shower in the washroom.

Plussat: The location is perfect. Everything is walking distance. The staff are super friendly and very helpful.

Plussat: Traditional Japanese accommodation with futon style beds (not raised as in picture). Cheap with great location close to the beach and walking distance to public onsens, cave, cliff & rocks. Bus stop very close.

Miinukset: Very limited English spoken so check in was tricky. Slight smell from kitchen sink.

Plussat: Good location, good price, bed was ok for the paid price

Plussat: Seaside Pension Petit Shirahama is a nice guesthouse. The rooms are pretty and clean. A little bit small but considering the price, that's fine. The location is perfect! We can walk to the beach and cross a street with many restaurants. Friendly and helpful staff !

Miinukset: A mattress for the futon would have been appreciated. The tatami were quite hard for the back. That's the only negative thing I could say.

Plussat: Absolutely beautiful. I needed a slight getaway from the backpacking life and stayed the night in the room with its own private onsen and it was the most relaxing stay I’ve ever had. It had a beautiful view overlooking the Ocean, and you could watch sunrise and sunset while soaking in the bath. They also had a winter holiday special dinner set and the plates were beautiful and well worth the money spent. The location is perfect, 5 mins walk from the beach and if you’re looking to keep sightseeing it’s only a 30 min walk away from Senjojiki and Sandanbeki.

Plussat: very good breakfast and good services

Plussat: Staffs are very friendly and very helpful. The room is clean and comfortable.

Plussat: The in-room onsen is awesome, we loved it very much. It’s so convenient to have onsen in own room.

Miinukset: The food in the G/F cafe is so so only. The hotel is located on the slope, it’s more convenient to have own car.

Plussat: Comfortable sea view room, good view, excellent onsen, delicious breakfast.

Miinukset: Hotel locate 10-20 minutes walk from nearless bus stop.

Plussat: The staff are incredibly hospitable and super friendly. They bend over backwards to help. I had half-board with dinner, the food is some of the best I've had in Japan, the variety and number of dishes is amazing. The bathes are really well presented, there's a number to choose from and the outdoor ones are bliss after a long day's hiking. Their shuttle bus is very accommodating as they picked me up and dropped me off, at varying locations, several times. Thanks again!

Miinukset: I didn't dislike anything. Do note that you shouldn't expect a spanking new and modern hotel - it's charming and has character. I think it seems popular with Japanese tourists which can only be a good thing, in my opinion.

Plussat: Staff was very nice

Miinukset: Room smelled like a fry kitchen.

Plussat: The location of the hotel is lovely. Staff were very friendly and helpful and the food at the restaurant was outstanding. If you are staying at Watarase Onsen Sasayuri, absolutely arrange for meals to be provided by the restaurant - it was some of the most wonderful Japanese food we had on our entire holiday.

Plussat: The outdoor hot spring bath was wonderful. Mixed bathing permitted so that was fun. Modesty robes must be worn - except by my husband who forgot!

Miinukset: Room was spacious but spartan. No pictures on the walls. Nice to sleep in a real bed not on futon on the floor. I must be getting old...! Evening meal in local coffee shop was average. Hotel unable to provide food. Our credit card didn’t work. Beware dodgy internet.

Plussat: Onsen facilities

Miinukset: Small men towels for shared outdoor onsen didn't cover much and made it uncomfortable for women. also, from outside the men's indoor onsen could be seen through the window. A privacy screen/glass as for the women would be nice.

Plussat: I like the onsen so much.

Miinukset: The hairdryer can be improve (the electricity not strong enough).

Plussat: Hotel presented tremendous value. Room was large, and included lots of extras and fabulous toiletries. The Onsen here is the best! It has 2 large natural rock pools outside near the river with natural hot springs. They were the best Onsen we’ve experienced in Japan. Marina, a Japanese girl who works here and speaks very good English, was very helpful as were all of the staff members. We went to dinner in town one evening and they provided transportation to and from the restaurant free of charge. I highly recommend this hotel. We had a wonderful stay.

Miinukset: Dinner and breakfast didn’t have enough western options and most of the Japanese selections weren’t to our taste

Plussat: Big room, inside and outside Onsen, very friendly staff

Miinukset: Extremely expensive, old facilities, medium quality food

Plussat: Friendly and helpful hotel staff. Good facilities, nice breakfast and dinner.

Miinukset: None

Plussat: Delicious food

Plussat: Excellent customer service and excellent staff. Great location. Wonderful open-air bath facing the river.

Plussat: The owner is so kind and very amusing. Handily located next to JR station (train noise not an issue in the rooms), with 24 hour supermarket only 800m away. Absolutely awesome open air bath!

Plussat: The staff look like grandma to me.

Miinukset: outdoor hot spring is good in November but outdoor shower is too cold in November.

Plussat: Perfect location for those arriving via Shirahama station (literally 30s away), relaxing outdoor bath options, clean rooms, and a very kind proprietress

Miinukset: Cash only payment was a bit inconvenient but only because I forgot about that part oops, so just remember it

Plussat: The location is the best! Owner is no nice and welcomed.

Miinukset: We can check in just only 15.00-18.00 p.m. that I think it's really too short.

Plussat: Great location! And the bed is bigger than I expected! Host is super friendly.

Plussat: Bath outside

Miinukset: Cash only. Do not trust booking

Plussat: Close to the beach and scenary spots

Miinukset: The bathroom is extremely small !

Plussat: Location is great. Next to the beach, easy to reach by car. Onsen is very nice and spacious. Dinner is delicious and service at the restaurant is good. Check-in is smoothing and the lady receptionist is so sweet.

Miinukset: The staff at the reception in the early hours do not speak much English. There was a group of Cantonese-speaking guests having a room party next to our room and they were so loud that we were woken up in the middle of the night. It took us quite some effort to make the night clerk understand that we wanted a different room.

Plussat: Gorgeous ocean view, In room Onsen

Miinukset: Breakfast is simple and less variety

Plussat: This place is opposite to Kawayu onsen (the onsen in the river) . And hotel's onsen also nice.dinner was delicious and delicate

Plussat: Great care and detail taken by staff Gorgeous dinner and breakfast

Miinukset: A little worn but very clean

Plussat: Special place near the Kumano-codo trail. Bathing in river, as well as in the hotel. Quiet in December but nice weather. Nice meals.

Plussat: This is a unique onsen setting as the river itself is an onsen.

Miinukset: Unfortunately, due to the typhoon, the river onsen was not operating. WE did open a whole in the sandy stones and found some hot spring water but it was not as nice as I had experienced on a previous visit. They said they will reopen in December 2019.

Plussat: The near-private outdoor onsen further down from the Senniburo. The easy access to flip flops so we could enjoy the outdoor before check in. The very helpful staff at the front desk. The beautiful room. The dining was excellent, really delicious and worthwhile.

Miinukset: It would have been good to have access to more than 1 towel as this was used for both outdoor onsen towel, indoor and bathing towels during the stay. Our dinner was delicious but felt very rushed in comparison to other guests dining. This may have been our fault though as we don't speak Japanese. It's a bit dated (as you'd expect with such an old and important Inn) but perfectly fine and incredibly well kept.

Plussat: Everything: amazing dinner and breakfast, beautiful onsen (the outdoor in particular), helpful and super polite staff who drove me to the kumano kodo entrance and delivered my luggage to another hotel for free, tatami room with beautiful view. Everything was as per or above my expectations

Miinukset: I was hoping to use the river hot spring. Unfortunately there were major works going on therefore it was not possible. However that was outside the control of the hotel staff

Plussat: Good location and onsen are great . The staff are very friendly and provide good customer service.

Miinukset: I think security need to reinforce . That’s no access card needed for the onsen . A lot people using free out door onsen , how can they assure nobody will walk in to clean themselves? At night nobody is at the check in counter or attend the front door.