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Find your own hideaway in Okumikawa
Escape the hustle and bustle of city life in the lush nature of Okumikawa.
Countless unique accommodations to stimulate your five senses are just waiting to be discovered. Renovated traditional Japanese-style folk houses offer hands-on experiences from the Japan of yesteryear, the rejuvenating hot waters direct from local hot springs, and exquisite meals made from local ingredients, and much more await you. Let us introduce your choice of seven alluring accommodations including guest houses, hot spring lodging, local Japanese-style inns, and entire buildings to rent out for yourself.
Encounters with nature, culture, and people await you. So, what are you waiting for? Travel to Okumikawa for memories to last a lifetime.
A list of various accommodations in Okumikawa
Shinshiro City
Guest House Hoo!Hoo!
- Discover a new meaning of lodging along an Okumikawa mountain river
- In a corner of Okumikawa’s famous the Yuya Hot Spring area is a guest house renovated from what once was a Japanese-style inn. The first floor is home to a cafe and bar counter where you can enjoy choice local sake, and on the second floor, you can relax in the guest house, doing away with any fatigue from your travels. Of course, the regular bath and foot bath use the renowned, local hot spring water! The bath pools up all the rejuvenating water from a fresh spring, and as you rent it out all for yourself, you and that special someone or family have it all to yourselves. Use the guest house in the conventional sense to stay the night, as the location for a workation, or however you please as you reap all the relaxation this space offers.
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- Foot bath space
- Bring your PC for work or gaze upon stunning scenery as you read a book.
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- Wood terrace
- Barbecue with friends out in the wild, surrounded by the area’s lush nature.
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- Bar counter
- Savor local sake and coffee.
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- Ure River scenery
- Gaze upon expansive views along the Ure River from your window in your escape from busy city life.
- Basic info
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Address: 31-1 Takiue, Toyo’oka, Shinshiro-shi, Aichi 441-1631
Phone: 0536-32-6111Directions:
A short walk from Yuya-Onsen Station on the JR Iida Line, reachable from Toyohashi Station. Approx. 15 min. from Shinshiro Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.
Hazu Bekkan
- Feel the good old scenery of Japan as you bathe in a directly flowing hot spring
- Hazu Bekkan Resort stands in a natural paradise with the music of a mountain river’s flow, light trails streaming through the trees, and a building full of early 1900s romance. The establishment places importance on the good old elegance of Japan while offering an alluring, modern, and comfortable space in which to rest. The resort’s claim to fame may be its outdoor baths facing the flowing river. Soak in baths directly flowing from the local and famous Yuya Hot Spring as you wash away the fatigue of every day. Also available is creative bistro using plenty of fresh, local ingredients, pleasing both the eyes and tastebuds. Enjoy matcha green tea on the house and other gentle hospitality available only at this one-and-only resort.
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- Warm waters direct from a hot spring
- Gaze upon Mother Nature as you kick back, relax, and warm up.
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- Modern rooms
- Don’t miss the chance to enjoy a hot spring bath and nature from your own room depending on the plan.
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- Innovative cuisine
- Menus change by season for tastes only available from Okumikawa’s lush nature.
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- Architecture with the style of the early 1900s
- Relax in an establishment brimming with the warmth of Japan’s yesteryear.
- Basic info
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Address: 11-4 Takiue, Toyo’oka, Shinshiro-shi, Aichi 441-1631
Phone: 0536-32-1211Directions:
A short walk from Yuya-Onsen Station on the JR Iida Line, reachable from Toyohashi Station. Approx. 15 min. from Shinshiro Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.
Shitara Town
Folk House Lodging & Bar Terawaki
- A place where you can talk to your heart's content and gather the people you care about. A utopia at the edge of Aichi.
- An old Japanese-style inn built 130 years ago on a hill under the starry sky in Shitara-cho, Okumikawa. " Folk House Lodging & Bar Terawaki " is a special space where you can escape the hustle and bustle and become one with nature. The stone oven cuisine made with plenty of local ingredients and original sake cocktails will be an unforgettable experience. There are simply lush mountains, vast skies, lots of nature, and delicious food and alcohol. Although we do not have the services that you would find in a hotel, a relaxing time in the middle of nature with your loved ones is waiting for you.
Why not spend some irreplaceable time with your family and friends?
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- A sky full of stars
- Everyone looks at the stars spread out in the vast night sky.
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- Stone oven cooking
- Dine on Dando Beef, Kinuhime Salmon, Renaissance Tomatoes, and other alpine ingredients for local specialties prepared with a stone oven.
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- Sake cocktails
- Original cocktails using sake from local Sekiya Brewery as well as non-alcoholic mocktails are just waiting to be poured.
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- Nature walks
- Refresh your mind and soul as you walk through Okumikawa’s rich nature.
- Basic info
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Address: 21-2 Uwagaizu, Higashi-Nagura, Shitara-cho, Kita-Shitara-gun, Aichi 441-2432
Business hours: Please see the accommodation reservation calendar
Directions:
Approximately 90 minutes from Nagoya
Approx. 90 minutes from Toyohashi
Approx. 50 minutes from Shin-Tomei "Shinshiro IC"
Approx. 60 minutes from Tokaido Kanjo "Toyota Matsudaira IC"
Minoya Japanese Inn
- Your getaway to enjoy nature and cuisine
- The Minoya Japanese Inn stands atop the secluded, 680-meter-high Tsugu Highland, where you can spend time with yourself away from the bustle of everyday life. Allow yourself to be engulfed in the somehow nostalgic sense of a home away from home in a Japanese village with its peaceful nature and warm atmosphere.
Minoya is particularly proud of the home cooked cuisine it serves using lots of local and seasonal ingredients. An unusual eggplant variety, meaty shiitake mushrooms, and other treats only available in the Okumikawa mountains entertain your sense of taste as does locally procured game meat. Enjoy the four seasons and all they offer, such as the chance to watch fireflies float through the air in early summer. The warm hospitality of this mountain village hopes to serve you a relaxing and rejuvenating experience.
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- Seasonal cuisine
- A rich menu features dishes focusing on seasonal ingredients from Okumikawa with venison and boar meat.
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- Inviting rooms
- Sprawl out on tatami mats as you relax, gazing upon the expanse of rice paddies and mountains from your window.
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- Fireflies in early summer
- Fireflies fly around majestically during the nights of early summer.
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- River fishing
- Fish for red spotted masu salmon, sweetfish, and other river fish in nearby Nagura River.
- Basic info
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Address: 11-5 Terayashiki, Tsugu, Shitara-cho, Kita-Shitara-gun, Aichi 441-1631
Phone: 0536-83-2156Directions:
Approx. 55 min. from Shinshiro Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.
Toei Town
Kura Retreat Daikokuten
- Hands-on experiences at a 130-year-old warehouse in the bountiful countryside
- Kura Retreat Daikokuten is a single building renovated from a 130-year-old kura, or warehouse. The facility is owned and operated at the household of a family who once lived abroad in the UK with the English husband. The warehouse retains its nostalgic, retro appearance while offering a lounge on the first floor and a bedroom on the second.
A single night includes ingredients for two meals made together with the owner family. Dishes include Japanese home cooking and cuisine using game meat as well as pizza and lasagna, roast chicken, and other European and English home cooking.
One perk is the ability to explore the local town of Toei together with the couple who came from the outside and through their eyes. Expect a slow yet intriguing time of exchange at a house out in the Japanese countryside.
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- A 130-year-old warehouse
- Stay in a two-story renovated warehouse originally built in 1894 and its relaxing Japanese-style atmosphere.
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- Life in Toei Town
- Get a sense of life in Toei Town as you experience local traditions and lifestyle-oriented experiences.
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- Bathe in a wood-burning bath
- Burn firewood to heat the water in a retro bath! The experience is all the more refreshing when you think about how you took the time to heat up the water yourself.
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- Exchange with the owner family
- Spend time exchanging interesting back-and-forths with the owners as if you were taking part in a homestay.
- Basic info
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Address: 14 Okamori, Naka-Shitara, Toei-cho, Kita-Shitara-gun, Aichi 449-0211
Phone: 080-8375-8154Directions:
Approx. 45 min. from Shinshiro Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.
Himitsu Kitchen Musubi
- A dormitory right inside an expansive rice ball kitchen
- The owners of Himitsu Kitchen Musubi reformed an old vacant store in the shopping district of Toei Town where they sell rice balls made of rice they grow themselves. These rice balls are made right after ordered, so you it doesn’t get any fresher and the flavors are phenomenal! Original rice koji and drinks too are available. And feel free to use it as a cafe with Wi-Fi offered to guests.
Large windows and an interior using plenty of wood make for a bright and spacy feel. Locals come in and out as always, setting the stage for natural conversations. Lodging in dormitory style is available on the second floor, perfect for backpackers and anyone wanting to explore the Japanese countryside in their own way!
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- Tasty rice balls
- Savor fresh, rice balls using rice grown at the owners’ own farm in the shop or as takeout.
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- Expansive interior
- Anyone is welcome to wander into this inviting establishment and it’s always fun to mix with locals.
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- Rental space
- Space is available to rent, letting you charter the facility for events.
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- Lodging space
- Stay in a dormitory-style room, making it your base for a cost-effective trip.
- Basic info
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Address: 3-12 Minami-Mamba, Hongo, Toei-cho, Kita-Shitara-gun, Aichi 449-0214
Phone: 0536-88-5005
Days off: Sun, Mon, and TueDirections:
Approx. 45 min. from Shinshiro Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.
Toyone Village
Shimizukan
- A long-standing inn at the foot of Aichi’s tallest mountain, Mt. Chausu
- Stay an unforgettable night at Shimizukan, a 140-year-old inn located in Toyone Village at the base of Aichi Prefecture’s tallest mountain, Mt. Chausu.
Enjoy the great outdoors and all it offers by picking edible bracken ferns in the alpine garden in spring. In summer, you are surrounded by the mystical light of fireflies as they fly to and fro. Autumn provides a show of beautiful fall leaves while you can ski around Mt. Chausu Highland in winter. Each of the four seasons makes its home here while providing unforgettable experiences.
Locally raised sturgeon, alpine vegetables, and shiitake mushrooms make up raved-about meals giving you a taste of the area’s bountiful nature. Spend a relaxing time at the top of Aichi in a warm accommodation offering the utmost hospitality.
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- Stargazing
- Mt. Chausu Highland is a stargazing destination with unforgettable nights.
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- Hands-on nature experiences
- Enjoy bracken picking, firefly watching, and other nature-related experiences in each of the four seasons.
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- Local flavors
- You’ll be licking your lips over cuisine using local ingredients.
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- A historic inn
- Heartfelt hospitality has continued at this inn for 140 years.
- Basic info
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Address: 45-1 Goshodaira, Sakauba, Toyone-mura, Kita-Shitara-gun, Aichi 449-0405
Phone: 0536-87-2025Directions:
Approx. 70 min. from Shinshiro Interchange on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.
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