Kani no Yado Marusei

🦀A crab ryokan by Kasumi Port, cooking crab the owner picks every morning

Hyogo · Kani no Yado Marusei

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Founded 1930, crab cuisine for 60+ years

• 🏮It began in 1930 as a café and diner opened by the first owner, who loved the French city of Marseille and named the place Marusei after it.
• 🦀Crab cuisine started in the late 1950s–60s (Showa 30s), and today the inn specializes in crab dishes.
• 👨‍🍳The second-generation owner trained at a ryokan, a hotel and a catering specialist in Kobe before taking charge of the kitchen as head chef.

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Amarube Onsen indoor baths

• ♨️The water comes from Amarube Onsen, a colorless alkaline simple spring that is gentle on the skin and suitable even for small children.
• 🌿Men's and women's indoor baths are on the first floor; the tubs are compact and look out on a small courtyard garden.
• 🕒Bathing hours are 3–11 pm and 7–9 am; listed benefits include relief of neuralgia, muscle pain and fatigue.

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10 non-smoking tatami rooms

• 🛏️All 10 rooms are non-smoking Japanese-style tatami rooms, decorated with room plates and artwork handmade by the okami.
• 🚽Five rooms have a washlet toilet and bath, two have a washlet toilet only, and three have a washbasin only, so check the room type when booking.
• 🧺Rooms have air conditioning, fridge, TV, safe, kettle and air purifier, plus yukata, toothbrush, bath towel and hair dryer; children's amenities are available.

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Kasumi crab and Matsuba crab

• 🦀Kasumi crab, the red snow crab landed at Kasumi Port, is in season from September to the end of May; Matsuba crab (male snow crab) runs from November to the end of March.
• ⚓The owner goes to Kasumi fishing port every morning to choose the crabs himself, buying through a broker.
• 🍽️The house specialty is Kani Coquille, a crab gratin with white sauce baked in the shell, alongside courses of crab sashimi, boiled and charcoal-grilled crab.

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Seasonal seafood and breakfast

• 🐟Beyond crab, the menu follows Kasumi's seasons with nodoguro (blackthroat seaperch), live squid, rock oysters, abalone and sea bream.
• 🥩Extra dishes include Tajima beef steak, salt-grilled nodoguro, crab tempura and live abalone, and the local sake Kasumi Tsuru is served.
• 🍚Breakfast is a Japanese set built around local fish such as hatahata and flounder; there is a kids' menu with children's tableware.

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Facilities

• 🦞The lobby, decorated with a crab-claw lamp and the okami's calligraphy, is a place to rest on arrival or after a bath.
• 🛗The three-story building has an elevator to every floor: front desk, lobby and baths on 1F, rooms and banquet hall on 2F, rooms on 3F.
• 🎲The tatami banquet hall has tables and chairs for comfortable dining, and shogi and go sets are lent free of charge.

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Strolling the fishing town of Kasumi

• ⛩️On foot it is about 2 minutes to Kotohira Shrine, 5 minutes to Kasumi Beach and 7 minutes to Kasumi fishing port with its morning auctions.
• 🌅Kasumi is listed among Japan's 100 best sunset spots; from mid-April to early September the sun sets into the sea.
• 🏯Daijoji (Okyo-ji), known for paintings by Maruyama Okyo, is about 5 minutes by car, and San'in Kaigan Geopark sites are close by.

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Access and parking

• 🚃Get off at JR Kasumi Station on the San'in Main Line, about 3 hr 17 min by limited express from Osaka or about 2 hr from Himeji.
• 🚐A free shuttle runs to Kasumi Station (reservation required); on foot it is about 15 minutes.
• 🚗By car it is about 2 hr 30 min from Osaka/Kobe, with two parking lots (6 and 11 spaces, buses OK). Snow is possible from late November to mid-March, so winter tires are needed.

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10 non-smoking tatami rooms

• 🛏️All 10 rooms are non-smoking Japanese-style tatami rooms, decorated with room plates and artwork handmade by the okami.
• 🚽Five rooms have a washlet toilet and bath, two have a washlet toilet only, and three have a washbasin only, so check the room type when booking.
• 🧺Rooms have air conditioning, fridge, TV, safe, kettle and air purifier, plus yukata, toothbrush, bath towel and hair dryer; children's amenities are available.

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Kasumi crab and Matsuba crab

• 🦀Kasumi crab, the red snow crab landed at Kasumi Port, is in season from September to the end of May; Matsuba crab (male snow crab) runs from November to the end of March.
• ⚓The owner goes to Kasumi fishing port every morning to choose the crabs himself, buying through a broker.
• 🍽️The house specialty is Kani Coquille, a crab gratin with white sauce baked in the shell, alongside courses of crab sashimi, boiled and charcoal-grilled crab.

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A crab-focused inn where you can eat generously of crab chosen daily at Kasumi Port and other seasonal seafood. The onsen is a small indoor bath with no open-air bath, and some rooms lack a private toilet or bath, so check the room type.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 19:30

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Kani no Yado Marusei?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Kani no Yado Marusei located?

It is in Mikata-gun. Address: 31-1 Kasumiku-kasumi Kamicho.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.