Sekinoya

🦀A seaside minshuku serving Matsuba crab the owner buys at auction

Hyogo · Sekinoya

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A handmade minshuku on the Kasumi coast

• 🏠A small minshuku in Kasumi, northern Hyogo, with the sea right in front.
• 🦀The owner bids for crab and fish at the auction himself, then prepares and cooks them.
• 🛠️Speakers, tube amplifier, room plates, key holders and even the live-fish tank were made by the owner.

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Yuniwa baths built by old classmates

• ♨️The two baths, Saiun and Gengetsu, were designed by a Kobe architectural designer and built by the owner's classmates, now master craftsmen.
• 💧The hot spring is Amarube Onsen Heijiro Hyakushaku-no-yu.
• 🧱A roof-tile craftsman classmate made a crab sculpture from tiles in the second-floor corridor.

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Tatami rooms

• 🛏️Rooms are Japanese-style, from 8 to 16 tatami; the 16-tatami room sleeps up to 8.
• 🛁Rooms 208 and 210 (10 tatami, up to 5 guests) have their own ocean-view bath and toilet.
• 🚻Other rooms have no bath or toilet and use shared facilities.

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Matsuba crab full course

• 🦀The owner picks Matsuba crab landed at Shibayama and Kasumi ports at auction and serves it as a full course.
• 🥢Crab sashimi is always cut from live crab, and the full course includes one boiled crab per person.
• 🏷️You may also taste Shibayama Gold, top-grade crab over 1.4 kg (very rarely available), and Kasumi-gani red snow crab landed only at Kasumi port from September to May.

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Live squid, Tajima beef and nodoguro

• 🦑From June to the end of August, live squid is served whole as sashimi.
• 🥩Tajima beef, the source cattle of Japan's brand beef, is served as steak with wasabi soy sauce or sudachi and natural salt.
• 🐟Nodoguro (blackthroat seaperch), called the toro of white fish, is served salt-grilled or as shabu-shabu.

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Jazz in the lobby

• 🎷Jazz plays in the lobby through handmade speakers and a tube amplifier.
• 🏮Relax in the folk-craft style interior.
• 🍽️Meals are served in the dining room.

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Fun by the sea

• 🌊The sea in front of the inn has rough waves in winter and turns mirror-calm in summer.
• 🛶In summer enjoy sea kayaking, fishing and swimming; the inn also introduces kayak and SUP tours by Kasumi Paddle Monkey.
• 🗻Kinosaki Onsen is about 30 minutes by car, and the San'in Kaigan Geopark is close by.

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Getting there

• 🚃About 5 minutes by car or 15 minutes on foot from JR Kasumi Station.
• 🚄About 3.5 hours from Osaka on the Kitakinki or Hamakaze limited express, or about 3 hours from Kyoto on the Kinosaki limited express.
• 🚗By car about 3 h 10 min from Osaka or 2 h 45 min from Kobe; from Kasumi IC it is right beside Kasumi High School on the sea side.

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Tatami rooms

• 🛏️Rooms are Japanese-style, from 8 to 16 tatami; the 16-tatami room sleeps up to 8.
• 🛁Rooms 208 and 210 (10 tatami, up to 5 guests) have their own ocean-view bath and toilet.
• 🚻Other rooms have no bath or toilet and use shared facilities.

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Matsuba crab full course

• 🦀The owner picks Matsuba crab landed at Shibayama and Kasumi ports at auction and serves it as a full course.
• 🥢Crab sashimi is always cut from live crab, and the full course includes one boiled crab per person.
• 🏷️You may also taste Shibayama Gold, top-grade crab over 1.4 kg (very rarely available), and Kasumi-gani red snow crab landed only at Kasumi port from September to May.

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A seaside minshuku known for Matsuba crab hand-picked at auction by the owner, seasonal seafood and baths built with his classmates. Note that only two rooms have a private bath and toilet; the rest use shared facilities.

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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 Sekinoya?

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

Where is Sekinoya located?

It is in Mikata-gun. Address: 59-2 Yada, Kasumiku, Kamicho.

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.