Tanoura Onsen Kaikatei Kawai

♨️Hilltop inn with sea-view open-air baths and port-fresh seafood

Niigata · Kaikatei Kawai

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A Hilltop Inn Above the Sea

• 🌊A Japanese-style resort inn set on a small hill on the Echigo Tanoura coast, looking out over the Sea of Japan.
• 🌲It sits in the heart of Sado-Yahiko Quasi-National Park, surrounded by pine forest and mountain ridges that change with the seasons.
• 🌅The lobby, banquet hall and guest rooms all take in the sea as it shifts from morning to evening and season to season.

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Sea-View Open-Air Baths and Sauna

• ♨️Tanoura Onsen is a sodium chloride spring, said to help with muscle aches, joint pain and fatigue.
• 🪨Men and women each have an open-air bath and a large indoor bath; the open-air baths overlook the coastline, striking rocks and old pines, and the men's indoor bath has a sauna.
• 🕒Guest bathing hours are 15:00–23:00 and 6:00–9:30; day visitors are welcome 11:00–15:00 for 700 yen.

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18 Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️All 18 rooms are Japanese-style tatami rooms and all are non-smoking (a smoking area is provided).
• 🌊Type A pairs 12 tatami with a 4.5-tatami sofa space and sea views; Type B offers 18 tatami plus a Western-style annex room, sleeps up to 8 and faces the sea.
• ⛰️Type C (8 tatami) is on the mountain side, a reasonably priced choice for late arrivals or early departures.

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Port-Fresh Seafood and the Okami's Breakfast

• 🦀Dinner uses seasonal catch landed at Mase and Teradomari fishing ports, and a whole crab is the house specialty.
• 🍳Breakfast is home-style cooking made by the okami every morning, with the menu changing daily: spring mountain vegetables, simmered daikon in winter, and simmered fish.
• 🍽️Breakfast is served in the main banquet hall; dinner is in the hall, in your room or in a private room.

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Lounge and Facilities

• ☕Facilities include a coffee lounge, a karaoke snack bar, a shop and banquet halls.
• 🔌EV charging is available for guests; just ask at the front desk.
• 🧴Rooms have a TV, electric kettle, tea set and an empty fridge, and bathrooms stock toothbrushes, razors, shampoo, conditioner and a hair dryer.

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Mt. Yahiko and Nearby Sights

• 🥾The Tanoura Course climbs Mt. Yahiko straight up from the Tanoura coast, with wildflowers such as dogtooth violet carpeting the slopes in March and April.
• ⛩️Visit Yahiko Shrine, Echigo Province's foremost shrine, and Gogo-an, the hermitage where the monk Ryokan lived for about 20 years.
• 🐟Tanoura and Mase beaches are known for sunsets over the sea, and Teradomari's Sakana no Ameyoko fish market street serves grilled seafood skewers.

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Access and Parking

• 🚕About 20 minutes by taxi from Iwamuro Station on the JR Echigo Line, or about 30 minutes by car from Tsubame-Sanjo.
• 🚐Free pickup from Iwamuro Station for parties of two or more; transfers from other locations can be requested when booking.
• 🅿️Parking for 40 cars; check-in 15:00 (last 18:00), check-out 10:00.

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18 Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️All 18 rooms are Japanese-style tatami rooms and all are non-smoking (a smoking area is provided).
• 🌊Type A pairs 12 tatami with a 4.5-tatami sofa space and sea views; Type B offers 18 tatami plus a Western-style annex room, sleeps up to 8 and faces the sea.
• ⛰️Type C (8 tatami) is on the mountain side, a reasonably priced choice for late arrivals or early departures.

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Port-Fresh Seafood and the Okami's Breakfast

• 🦀Dinner uses seasonal catch landed at Mase and Teradomari fishing ports, and a whole crab is the house specialty.
• 🍳Breakfast is home-style cooking made by the okami every morning, with the menu changing daily: spring mountain vegetables, simmered daikon in winter, and simmered fish.
• 🍽️Breakfast is served in the main banquet hall; dinner is in the hall, in your room or in a private room.

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Sea-view open-air baths, seafood straight from local ports and the okami's homemade breakfast make this a rewarding coastal onsen stay. Note that even the nearest station, Iwamuro, is about 20 minutes away by car, and Type C rooms face the mountains rather than the sea.

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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: 18:00

* 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 Tanoura Onsen Kaikatei Kawai?

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

Where is Tanoura Onsen Kaikatei Kawai located?

It is in Niigata. Address: 7077 Maze, Nishi Kan-ku.

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.