Shorenkan Yoshinoya

🦀Legendary Taiza crab and Sea of Japan open-air baths at a 90-year-old inn

Kyoto · Shorenkan Yoshinoya

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A 90-year-old inn steeped in Showa nostalgia

• 🏮A cuisine-focused ryokan founded 90 years ago in Taiza, a small fishing town on the Tango Peninsula.
• 🎷True to its name, "the inn that longs for Showa," it is decorated in a retro Showa-era style.
• ☕The lobby features a staircase chest and Venetian glass, with coffee to enjoy.

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Shoren-no-yu art bath

• 🎨An artistic bathhouse designed by an American sculptor to express old Japan.
• 🌿Set on a single floor (3F) with a high ceiling, a small garden, Mexican tile floors and stained glass.
• ♨️Taiza Onsen is clear and rich in calcium and sodium, and is said to help with neuralgia and gout.

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Open-air view bath and private bath

• 🌊Bidro-no-yu, the 4F open-air bath, looks down over the Sea of Japan in the sea breeze.
• 🔄The open-air baths alternate between men and women.
• 🔑The 4F private bath Danran-no-yu is reserved first-come, first-served; fees depend on the plan.

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Sea-view main building and annex rooms

• 🪟Main building Japanese rooms have 8.5 tatami, a sunroom, bath and toilet, with large windows facing Taiza Port and the Sea of Japan.
• 🛏️The mountain-side Japanese-Western twin has no sea view but no neighboring room, ideal for a quiet stay for two.
• 👨‍👩‍👧Annex Japanese-Western rooms pair a 9-tatami room with a Western anteroom for families; there are 12 rooms in total.

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Full-course legendary Taiza crab

• 🦀Taiza crab is a rare snow crab caught by just five small boats and landed the same day at Taiza Port.
• 🏅The second-generation owner was named a Kyoto Prefecture Contemporary Master Craftsman for crab cooking.
• 🍲Enjoy crab dishes created here, such as a six-variety dried-fish broth and crab-shell steamed custard.

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Seasonal Kyoto-style seafood kaiseki

• 🐟Kaiseki features seasonal seafood: rockfish in spring, rock oysters, cockles and sea urchin in summer, blackthroat seaperch and abalone in autumn.
• 🍽️The dining hall seats up to 40, plus eight private rooms for 2 to 4 guests.
• 💄Female guests receive a cosmetics set, and the large bath is stocked with skincare items.

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Strolling Taiza and Tango sights

• 🏘️In Taiza's streets you can still hear the looms weaving Tango chirimen silk.
• 🪨Tateiwa on Nochigahama Beach is a 20 m columnar basalt rock.
• 🗼Kyogamisaki Lighthouse, Kyoto's northernmost point, and Byobuiwa Rock are also nearby sights.

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Access and shuttle

• 🚃About 35 minutes by local bus from Amino Station on the Kyoto Tango Railway; the highway bus from Kyoto ends at Taiza, a 9-minute walk away.
• 🚗About 30 minutes by car from Kyotango-Omiya IC, with free parking for 20 cars.
• 🚐Plans with two meals include a free Amino Station shuttle (reserve by the day before): pickup for the 15:04 arrival and drop-off departing 8:40 only.

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Open-air view bath and private bath

• 🌊Bidro-no-yu, the 4F open-air bath, looks down over the Sea of Japan in the sea breeze.
• 🔄The open-air baths alternate between men and women.
• 🔑The 4F private bath Danran-no-yu is reserved first-come, first-served; fees depend on the plan.

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Sea-view main building and annex rooms

• 🪟Main building Japanese rooms have 8.5 tatami, a sunroom, bath and toilet, with large windows facing Taiza Port and the Sea of Japan.
• 🛏️The mountain-side Japanese-Western twin has no sea view but no neighboring room, ideal for a quiet stay for two.
• 👨‍👩‍👧Annex Japanese-Western rooms pair a 9-tatami room with a Western anteroom for families; there are 12 rooms in total.

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A gourmet ryokan where you can taste Taiza crab prepared in dishes invented here and soak in an open-air bath above the Sea of Japan. It is a small inn of 12 rooms, some rooms have no private bath, and shuttle times are fixed, so check in advance.

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Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 14:00 · Check Out: 11:00 · 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 Shorenkan Yoshinoya?

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

Where is Shorenkan Yoshinoya located?

It is in Kyotango. Address: 1297-3 Tangochotaiza.

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.