MarianJ007
January 1, 2024
This hotel is located near Orange Beach and Ito Marine Town Roadside Station in Ito City. The front desk staff are very nice. The hotel has a Showa-era atmosphere and is a little old. Because it was Christmas, a large (teddy) bear was wearing a Christmas costume. We had a panoramic view of Orange Beach from our Japanese-Western room on the fifth floor. We had a 6-tatami Japanese-style room and a Western-style room, and the Western-style room had a chair set, so we relaxed in separate rooms for two people. There was a kitchen in the room, probably because it was a resort condominium a long time ago (but it is not in use now). The unit bath in the room was not a small type, so it did not feel cramped. The large public bath was on a rotating basis for men and women, was located in the basement, and had about 15 washing areas. The bath felt like a Roman bath. The shower head was large and the shower was strong, so it was easy to wash my hair. To get to the open-air bath, open the door in the bathroom and climb the stairs. There was an unobstructed ocean view, which was very nice. I could see Oshima in the distance. The water in the open-air bath was a light brown color. When I went to the bath before 6:30 the next morning, the sky and sea, dyed red by the morning glow, looked very beautiful from the open-air bath. It was cold early in the morning, but the hot spring was very relaxing. The washing and changing area was spacious, and there was a water cooler inside. Toners and milky lotions were also available. We had dinner at the venue, but there were only two groups of us, and the other customers had finished eating first, so we were the only ones there. It was grilled abalone, but I prefer sashimi to grilled abalone with butter, so I asked if it could be made into sashimi, and they made it for me. When I order grilled abalone, I usually ask to have it made into sashimi, and they usually refuse, but here they made it into sashimi, which made me really happy. The abalone was big, and my partner was happy, saying, "If I ate this at a sushi restaurant, I would be charged 5,000 yen!" The seafood hotpot, appetizers, sashimi, boiled rockfish, and rice in a pot were all delicious, and it was a satisfying dinner. The sake we had was "Masumi Ginjo Dry" from Suwa, Nagano, which was rich and full-bodied, and "Wakatake Junmai Sake Shihowari Tate Dry" from Shimada City, Shizuoka, which was fresh and delicious (1,300 yen each, 300cc). Wakatake was a new sake. The items were perfect for sake. The staff at the restaurant were very calm and polite. The breakfast buffet was also good. There were two sessions, from 7:00 and 8:00. There were four types of raw dried fish (flavored fish, mackerel, puffer fish, salmon) that you could grill at your seat. At the buffet, most fish are already grilled, but if you grill it yourself, it doesn't get hard and it's delicious. It takes a long time to grill the dried fish, so I thought it would be a good idea to bring the dried fish to your seat first and start grilling it, and bring other items in the meantime. We also ate a variety of things, such as four types of pickled vegetables, sardines simmered with plum, and roasted pork. My partner was eating curry from a big bowl, so I said, "You brought it on a really big plate." He replied, "There was only a curry plate. The curry is delicious." It was a great Izu-style buffet with lots of dried fish. It was a reasonable hotel, but the staff were very welcoming and hospitable. The hot springs and food were great, so I would like to use this hotel again.
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