Guest House Maru

🍶A renovated former inn by a sake brewery street, 1 minute from the station

Saga · Guest House Maru

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A Former Inn Brought Back to Life

• 🏠Right by Hizenhama Station, this guesthouse is a renovated vacant house that was once a small ryokan.
• 🏯It is split into a Japanese-style main building and a Western-style annex, so you can pick the one that suits your trip.
• 🔑Both buildings can also be booked as a whole for private use.

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Main Building Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️The main building has three tatami rooms on the second floor, sleeping up to 10 guests.
• 🌙Two small private rooms for 1–2 guests offer a quiet, calm Japanese-style space.
• 🌿The large room for 2–6 guests looks out on greenery through wide windows, softly lit by washi paper lamps at night.

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Annex Dormitory

• 🛌The annex is a dormitory with eight semi-double bunk beds, sleeping up to 8 guests.
• 🍳A living area and a counter space where you can cook make it ideal for families and groups of friends.
• 🚿The annex has its own shared kitchen, shower and toilet.

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Kashima-Style Breakfast

• 🍚A Japanese breakfast made with Saga ingredients is available for 800 yen per person, by reservation, for groups of 4 or more.
• 🥢It includes rice, hearty miso soup, pickles, a daily small dish, fruit and tea; hand-drip coffee is 200 yen extra.
• 🍙For a lighter start, a set of two dashi rice balls and a miso ball is sold for 500 yen.

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Café and Snack Bar

• ☕On Fridays and Saturdays from 14:00 to 18:00 a café serves hand-drip coffee and Kashima mandarin juice.
• 🍶From 18:00 to 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays it becomes a snack bar pouring local Kashima sake, shochu, whisky and beer.
• 🛍️A small shop sells curated lifestyle goods, apparel and skincare, and non-guests are welcome too.

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Shared Spaces and Services

• 🛋️The ground floor of the main building is a shared space with a living room, kitchen, tea room, shower and toilet.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi, hair dryers, a fridge, kettle and microwave, body soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and rental towels are provided.
• 🧺Paid laundry is available: washer 300 yen, dryer 400 yen.
• 🕑Staffed check-in runs 14:00–18:00; other times, or late check-out until 12:00, cost an extra 1,100 yen.

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Hizenhama Sake Brewery Street

• 🏘️The Edo-era streetscape of Hizen Hamajuku Sakagura-dori is close by, with sake breweries and a pickle storehouse to explore on foot.
• 🧭A local guided walk can be booked for 8,800 yen per hour (Japanese only, 1–10 people).
• ⛩️Yutoku Inari Shrine is one of the guesthouse’s recommended spots.

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Access

• 🚃About a 1-minute walk from JR Hizenhama Station; it is the building on the left as you exit.
• ✈️About 60 minutes by car from Saga Airport.
• 📍Address: Hamamachi, Kashima City, Saga Prefecture.

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Annex Dormitory

• 🛌The annex is a dormitory with eight semi-double bunk beds, sleeping up to 8 guests.
• 🍳A living area and a counter space where you can cook make it ideal for families and groups of friends.
• 🚿The annex has its own shared kitchen, shower and toilet.

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Kashima-Style Breakfast

• 🍚A Japanese breakfast made with Saga ingredients is available for 800 yen per person, by reservation, for groups of 4 or more.
• 🥢It includes rice, hearty miso soup, pickles, a daily small dish, fruit and tea; hand-drip coffee is 200 yen extra.
• 🍙For a lighter start, a set of two dashi rice balls and a miso ball is sold for 500 yen.

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Steps from the station and close to a historic sake street, this cozy guesthouse is easy to reach by train. There is no hot spring or large bath, showers and toilets are shared, and dinner is not served.

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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: 19:00

* 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 Guest House Maru?

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

Where is Guest House Maru located?

It is in Kashima. Address: 1204-4 Otsu, Hamamachi.

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.