Minshuku Kawahara

🐡Home-farmed Wakasa fugu and seafood right by the sea

Fukui · Shiki no Yado Kawahara

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A Small Inn on Ano Bay

• 🌊A three-story reinforced-concrete inn on the Ano coast in Obama, Fukui.
• 🏖️The swimming beach is a one-minute walk away, and the rooms look out over the sea of Ano.
• 🌸Cherry blossoms in spring, blue sea in summer, autumn leaves and winter snow mark the seasons.

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Large Communal Baths

• 🛁Spacious separate baths for men and women.
• 🕓Bathing hours are 16:00 to 22:00.
• 🚿In beach season, guests can still shower and change after check-out.

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Sea-View Rooms

• 🛏️Nine rooms in total: three tatami rooms, three larger two-room tatami suites, two Japanese-Western rooms and one Western room.
• 🧺Japanese-Western rooms have two semi-double beds, a washbasin and a private toilet; the third-floor Western room has a unit bath.
• 👨‍👩‍👧The connected tatami rooms open up for groups; tatami rooms are laid with carpet.

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Home-Farmed Wakasa Fugu

• 🐡Tiger pufferfish raised in the inn's own offshore pens are served in season.
• 🍲The Wakasa fugu kaiseki course starts from 9,000 yen, with sashimi, hot pot and rice porridge.
• 🍤Grilled fugu and the inn's special fried fugu are available à la carte.

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Seasonal Seafood Kaiseki

• 🐟Meals use local produce, home-grown rice and fish straight from the live tank.
• 🚢The standard kaiseki starts from 4,000 yen; the funamori course with a boat-shaped sashimi platter from 6,000 yen.
• 🐚Abalone, sea urchin and turban shells are gathered by the young owner, who dives for them himself.

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Fishing and the Sea

• 🎣The inn's boat Harumimaru runs daytime fishing trips and night squid fishing.
• 🪝Rods are lent free of charge; bait and tackle are provided at cost.
• 🍑Seasonal activities include spring wild-vegetable picking, plum picking in June and persimmon picking in autumn.

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Around Obama

• ⛵Sotomo's 6 km of sea caves and rock arches can be toured by sightseeing boat.
• ⛩️Myotsuji Temple, said to date from 806, is nearby.
• 🥢The Chopsticks Hometown Museum and the Miketsukuni Wakasa Obama Food Culture Museum are worth a visit.

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Access and Parking

• 🚃From JR Obama Station, take the Ai-ai Bus (Tomari-Tagarasu Line) to the Ano stop.
• 🚗By car, exit the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway at Wakasa-Kaminaka IC; free parking for 12 cars.
• ℹ️No pick-up service is offered.

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Sea-View Rooms

• 🛏️Nine rooms in total: three tatami rooms, three larger two-room tatami suites, two Japanese-Western rooms and one Western room.
• 🧺Japanese-Western rooms have two semi-double beds, a washbasin and a private toilet; the third-floor Western room has a unit bath.
• 👨‍👩‍👧The connected tatami rooms open up for groups; tatami rooms are laid with carpet.

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Home-Farmed Wakasa Fugu

• 🐡Tiger pufferfish raised in the inn's own offshore pens are served in season.
• 🍲The Wakasa fugu kaiseki course starts from 9,000 yen, with sashimi, hot pot and rice porridge.
• 🍤Grilled fugu and the inn's special fried fugu are available à la carte.

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A simple seaside inn where you can eat fugu the family raises and shellfish the owner gathers himself. The bath is not a hot spring, and rooms other than the Japanese-Western and Western rooms share toilets and washbasins.

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

What are the check-in and check-out times at Minshuku Kawahara?

Check-in starts at 16:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Minshuku Kawahara located?

It is in Obama. Address: 11-8 Ano.

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.