Houraikan Inn - Kamaishi

スタッフさんの対応が親切丁寧ですね。 女将さん、語り部いいですね。（御料理も素敵ですね） リクエスト、鶴瓶さん 皆さんお待ちしてますよ。是非とも宜しく

初めて宿泊させて頂きました。家族の中に車椅子の者がいたのですが、旅館に着いてから車椅子の介助をしてくれたり、足腰に負担がかからないように台を用意してくれたりなどとても心温まる対応をして頂けました。 また、夕ごはんの際は海の幸をとても美味しく頂くことができ、朝ごはんの際にはご飯をお粥に変えて頂き、気遣いがとても嬉しかったです。 女将さんの語り部も、とても貴重な体験でした。 大浴場では露天風呂から波の音が聞こえて、とてもリラックスできます。 全体的に心配りの行き届いたお宿でした。是非また宿泊したいと思います。ありがとうございました、、！

the owner is soo nice. best hotel in town

Wonderful place, excellent food and services, with a sad tsunami history. But people are rebuilding and hopefully it will be a happy and vibrant seaside village again.

A very nice small hotel right by the sea with a very dynamic proprietress. A very relaxing place. You can hear the waves crash on shore.

I am writing this review on a rainy day, while sitting in Houraikan's restaurant and overlooking the Pacific ocean. Lunch is a sashimi set meat at about 1500 yen. This ryokan style hotel has tatami rooms, vending machines, laundry machines (which are amazingly, free to use!) and beautifully furnished baths with wooden decor, still exuding the fragrance of natural lumber. The soothing sounds of flowing water adds to the harmony of waves crashing against the shore as you soak in the outdoor bath. Outside the hotel, fairy lights twinkle to make the entire scenery look like a little wonderland. However what makes a hotel, a Ryokan -- the epitome of Japanese Omote-Nashi? Usually it is in the form of an Okami-san -- the lady owner of the hotel -- a role that has traditions dating back to hundreds of years. These Okami-sans are the face of the hotel, in charge of displaying the utmost in Japanese hospitality. Some Okami-sans are professionals at the aristocratic elegance often required to serve deep-pocketed guests. Some are Masters at the Sado -- Tea Ceremony. While some maintain a capable but carefully aloof demeanour so that every need of the guest is tended to in advance, without obviously making their presence felt even as they wait attentively in the background. And then you have the Okami-san of Houraikan. She gives little talks on the the impact of the Great Tsunami in the lobby of the hotel, complete with a projector screen and wooden chairs for the guests. She maintains walking trails around the Hakozaki Peninsula, even if walkers are not her guests. As far as she is able, she weeds and clears the trails, and even cleans the toilet, proving water tanks and toilet papers along the trails for people to use. Any guests that want to walk the peninsula, she is willing to drive them and be their guide even as it takes hours of her time. Not just the guests, but for residents of the peninsula, she constantly thinks of how the elderly and lonely people living here can have more interactions with others, being heavily involved with the local committee of the village. She is deeply grateful to any guest of the hotel, as they had chosen to come all the way to this unknown locale to vacation. Houraikan is along the route of the newly created Michinoku Trail, which will bring you to the tip of the Hakozaki Peninsula. Over there a trail winds around the sea cliffs and you get to see magnificent waves pounding against jagged rocks. Come here, stay for two nights or more and spend your time exploring this little peninsula. It will remain your secret hidden place for years to come.

Fantastic place to stay and explore the surroundings. Food is excellent, rooms are excellent and staff is excellent to! (Good English speaking staff is available). Shuttle bus from and to Kamaishi station. I felt regret when I had to leave and am sure to go back!

Both dinner and breakfast were very nice. Here is not hot spring bath, but the open air bath facing the beach is great. The bath tab is made of wood, so the smell of the wood combined with the sound of the sea wave make you relax.