Keishokan Sazanamitei

Book Keishokan Sazanamitei in Tomonoura Onsen (Hiroshima)―― This purely Japanese-style onsen ryokan is located at Tomonoura, which is a port town known as the inspiration for Ponyo, a famous animated film by Studio Ghibli. All the 26 guest rooms, some in the “Honkan” (main building) and some in the “Bekkan” (annex), are washitsu (traditional Japanese-style rooms). Seven rooms come with open-air hot spring baths, four of which face the sea and three face the garden. In the gender-segregated large public onsen baths, there is a boat-shaped open-air bath and a large cypress barrel bath, and both of them command a spectacular view of the expansive ocean. Two rental baths outside the rooms for private use are also available. Guests here can enjoy spa hopping at a nearby onsen accommodation of the same group called Hotel Ofutei. It is just a five-minute walk from Keishokan Sazanamitei. As to dining, you can eat authentic Japanese meals making use of seafood from the nearby waters, such as red seabream which is a specialty of Tomonoura, at a cabin restaurant.

Access: 25 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Hiroshima Station to Fukuyama Station, then 30 minutes by shuttle bus (Advance booking required)

Private Onsens  (For couples, families, tattoo wearers)

(1) Rooms with open-air hot spring baths available: 7 rooms
(2) Rental hot spring baths for private use (outside guest rooms): 2 baths

Spring quality/qualities (Please refer to this page for the health merits)

Radioactive spring

Tourist spots nearby

Tomonoura, Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Atomic Bomb Dome), Miyajima Island (Itsukushima Shrine)

Number of rooms

26 rooms

*Smoking is prohibited in all rooms