Toriiro

🍲A Meiji-era cuisine inn famed for its shamo chicken hot pot

Shiga · Toriiro

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A cuisine ryokan over a century old

• 🏮Founded in the Meiji era, this long-established cuisine ryokan has kept its traditional flavors for more than 100 years.
• 🌸Cherry blossoms bloom at the entrance in spring and greenery fills the view in summer, in Shin-Asahi on the west side of Lake Biwa.
• 👥It welcomes individual travelers as well as student training camps and group banquets.

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The signature shamo-suki

• 🐓The house specialty is shamo-suki, a hot pot of shamo gamecock chicken so well known that regulars travel from afar for it.
• 🦆The traditional kamo-suki duck hot pot is another pride of the house, including a version with wild duck.
• 🥩Other hot pots include Omi beef sukiyaki and shabu-shabu, wild boar, and a limited local bear-meat hot pot.

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Kaiseki from Lake Biwa and Wakasa Bay

• 🐟The inn is known for fresh Lake Biwa freshwater fish dishes and local Omi cuisine.
• 🍱Seasonal kaiseki courses feature produce from the sea and mountains around Wakasa Bay.
• 🍽️Lunch or dinner without an overnight stay is possible if booked by the previous day.

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Guest rooms

• 🛏️There are 13 tatami rooms in various sizes, suited to solo travelers and large groups alike.
• 📺Rooms have air conditioning, TV, telephone and a tea set, with yukata, toothbrush sets, towels and bath towels provided.
• 🍚Dinner is served in your room, a hall or the banquet room; breakfast is served in your room.

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Large baths

• 🪨There is a spacious stone-lined large bath and a unit-bath bathroom, assigned to men and women according to the day's guest numbers.
• 🧴Body soap, rinse-in shampoo, soap, a hair dryer and disposable razors are provided.
• ♨️Note that the baths are regular baths, not hot spring water.

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Nearby sights

• 🌷Shin-Asahi Windmill Village has an 18 m windmill and an iris garden that blooms from early June to early July.
• 💧In the Harie district, volunteer guides show the kabata spring-water channels that households still use in daily life.
• 🌸Kaizu-Osaki, with about 600 cherry trees along roughly 4 km in mid-April, and Chikubu Island, reached by boat from Imazu Port, are also worth a visit.

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Facilities and services

• 🎤Groups can use banquet halls for 120 and 40 people free of charge, with karaoke and a small stage.
• 🧺Three paid washing machines and one paid dryer make longer stays easy.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi is available.

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Access

• 🚃5 minutes by car or 20 minutes on foot from Shin-Asahi Station on the JR Kosei Line.
• 🚗By car, take the Kosei Bypass and Route 161 from Kyoto-Higashi IC on the Meishin Expressway.
• 🅿️Free parking for about 50 cars.

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Kaiseki from Lake Biwa and Wakasa Bay

• 🐟The inn is known for fresh Lake Biwa freshwater fish dishes and local Omi cuisine.
• 🍱Seasonal kaiseki courses feature produce from the sea and mountains around Wakasa Bay.
• 🍽️Lunch or dinner without an overnight stay is possible if booked by the previous day.

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Guest rooms

• 🛏️There are 13 tatami rooms in various sizes, suited to solo travelers and large groups alike.
• 📺Rooms have air conditioning, TV, telephone and a tea set, with yukata, toothbrush sets, towels and bath towels provided.
• 🍚Dinner is served in your room, a hall or the banquet room; breakfast is served in your room.

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As a century-old cuisine inn, Toriiro is the place for shamo-suki, duck hot pot and Lake Biwa freshwater fish. The baths are not hot spring and the facilities are simple, so it suits travelers coming for the food rather than the bath.

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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 Toriiro?

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

Where is Toriiro located?

It is in Takashima. Address: 482 Shinjo, Shinasahi-cho.

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.