Kamogawa Onsen Gakayukari no Yado Ezawakan

🎨A seaside inn where painter Sotaro Yasui stayed, serving rocky-shore seafood

Chiba · Ezawakan

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An Inn Beloved by Painters

• 🎨For over a century this "painters' inn" has hosted artists drawn to the Futomi coast.
• ⛵Once a shipbuilder's home, it became an inn after lodging painters Toraji Ishikawa and Hachiro Nakagawa.
• 🖼️In summer 1931 Sotaro Yasui stayed in a fourth-floor room sketching the sea; his "Sotobo Landscape" was shown at the Nika Exhibition that September.

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Natural Kamogawa Onsen

• ♨️Soak in natural Kamogawa Onsen water while listening to the waves.
• 🧪The water is a cold bicarbonate mineral spring, said to help with neuralgia, rheumatism and motor dysfunction.
• 🕒Bathing hours are 15:00–23:00 and 6:00–9:00.

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Rooms Overlooking the Sea

• 🌊All 12 rooms are Japanese-style, including 10-tatami and 8-tatami rooms in the annex.
• 🏝️Built jutting over the shoreline, it was once called a "hotel on the sea"; the old boat landing and ocean lie below the windows.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi in the lobby and all rooms, plus TV, hair dryer, safe and yukata.

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Araiso Seafood from the Day's Catch

• 🐟Dinners center on seafood landed that day right in front of the inn, changing with the seasons.
• 🦪The abalone plan serves one per guest, either grilled alive (odori-yaki) or as sashimi.
• 🦞Outside the closed season there are spiny lobster plans, plus a plan featuring a whole large splendid alfonsino.

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The Ozashiki Gallery

• 🖼️The second-floor "Ozashiki Gallery" displays works donated by painters, spanning the Meiji to Heisei eras.
• 🍱Lunch is served here too, with set meals such as sashimi or simmered fish from 1,500 yen (plus tax).
• 🏓A playroom away from the guest rooms has a free table-tennis table; the whole building is non-smoking.

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Niemon-jima and Kamogawa Sights

• 🛶Niemon-jima, reached by hand-rowed boat, is a scenic spot named among the New 100 Views of Japan; guests get a ferry discount.
• 🔭Uomizuka Observatory, with sweeping horizon views, is about 5 minutes by car.
• 🐬Kamogawa Sea World, known for its orca and dolphin shows, is about 15 minutes by car.

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Access & Check-in

• 🚃From Tokyo Station take the Wakashio limited express about 1 hr 45 min to Awa-Kamogawa, then the Uchibo Line 4 min to Futomi Station and walk 10 min.
• 🚕A taxi from Awa-Kamogawa takes about 10 min; pickup from Futomi Station is available for small groups by reservation (not at all hours).
• 🅿️Free parking; check-in 15:00–19:00, check-out 10:00.

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Rooms Overlooking the Sea

• 🌊All 12 rooms are Japanese-style, including 10-tatami and 8-tatami rooms in the annex.
• 🏝️Built jutting over the shoreline, it was once called a "hotel on the sea"; the old boat landing and ocean lie below the windows.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi in the lobby and all rooms, plus TV, hair dryer, safe and yukata.

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Araiso Seafood from the Day's Catch

• 🐟Dinners center on seafood landed that day right in front of the inn, changing with the seasons.
• 🦪The abalone plan serves one per guest, either grilled alive (odori-yaki) or as sashimi.
• 🦞Outside the closed season there are spiny lobster plans, plus a plan featuring a whole large splendid alfonsino.

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A modest seaside inn whose charms are the Futomi seascapes painters loved and the day's fresh catch. There is no elevator, so reaching third-floor main-building rooms and the annex means stairs, and a breakwater has softened the old "hotel on the sea" view.

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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.

♨ Kamogawa Futomi · 4 ryokan in this onsen town

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 Kamogawa Onsen Gakayukari no Yado Ezawakan?

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

Where is Kamogawa Onsen Gakayukari no Yado Ezawakan located?

It is in Kamogawa. Address: 153 Futomihama.

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.