Relax your mind and body with exquisite crabs and onsen ♪ 7 Hokuriku ryokan
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If you're looking for a trip where you can eat your fill of delicious crab, then the Hokuriku region is the place to go. In fact, Hokuriku is known as the "home of crab," where you can taste the best crab. Another attraction is the wide variety of crab brands available, such as Echizen crab and Kano crab. There are also many onsen resorts, such as onsen, Kaga onsen, and Awara onsen, where you can enjoy onsen. After feasting on delicious crab, you can soak in a soothing onsen. Why not try a trip where you can relax and enjoy crab and onsen?
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Crab is delicious with its subtle sweetness and firm freshness. You don't usually get to enjoy delicious crab to your heart's content, so why not take a crab trip to make that happen? After you've eaten your fill of crab, you can soak in a warm, comfortable onsen to satisfy both your body and mind. It's sure to be a truly relaxing trip.
If you want to enjoy crab and onsen to your heart's content, we recommend the Hokuriku region! There are a wide variety of crab brands and onsen springs, so you can have fun just thinking about where to go. You'll be sure to be able to recharge your energy while enjoying the beautiful scenery and filling your mind and stomach. Here are 7 recommended ryokan in the Hokuriku region where you can enjoy crab and onsen to your heart's content.
About 5 minutes by free shuttle bus from JR onsen Station, onsen Kagaya is right in front of the sea. This historic ryokan was founded in 1906 and features a charming old-fashioned interior. The calm space spreads out, allowing you to spend a relaxing time.
The photo shows a room at Hamarikyu. From the window you can see the endless ocean, making you feel as if you are floating on the water. Relax in a comfortable space with a purely Japanese style and enjoy the magnificent view. Forget about your busy daily life, drink some tea, lie down on the tatami mats and you will feel completely satisfied.
Another attraction is the colorful kaiseki cuisine, which allows you to enjoy seasonal ingredients. In winter, you can eat snow crab, "Kanou crab," caught off the coast of Ishikawa. Crab sashimi that makes the most of its freshness and sweetness, flavorful grilled crab, and plump boiled crab packed with bright red meat... one bite of each dish fills your mouth with the flavor of crab, leaving you extremely satisfied! Don't forget to take photos to keep as memories of your trip.
Once you've had your fill, head to onsen. Kagaya 's open-air baths offer a panoramic view of Nanao Bay. As you warm up surrounded by the scent of onsen and the ocean, you'll feel as if your fatigue and worries are melting away into the water. The large bath has a drinking space, so you can enjoy onsen from inside your body.
Detailed information
onsen Kagaya
Ishikawa / onsen / ryokan
- address
- Ishikawa 80 Yobe, Wakura-cho, Nanao-shi
- access
- About 5 minutes by free shuttle bus from "onsen Onsen Station" (reservation required) / About 5 minutes by car from Hokuriku Expressway "Noto Satoyama Kaido" "Tokuda Otsu JCT", Noetsu Expressway "Wakura IC"
Unazuki onsen Enraku is about a 5-minute walk from Unazuki onsen Station on the Toyama Regional Railway. In front of you is the popular tourist attraction "Kurobe Gorge" in Toyama. You can be healed by the superb scenery at any time of the day, such as fresh greenery in spring, ten thousand greenery in summer, autumn leaves in autumn, and snowy scenery in winter.
The distinctive feature of the Taihokaku room is that you can view the Kurobe Gorge from the balcony. The scent of tatami mats and greenery is sure to refresh your mood and give you energy. We also recommend listening to the sounds of the wind and the river as you detox from your digital world.
If you stay in a room with an open-air bath, you can bathe whenever you like without worrying about the eyes of others or the time of day. Warming up to the core of your body while gazing at the rich nature in front of you will heal your body and mind and make you feel refreshed! Since you've come all the way to travel, forget about your busy daily life and enjoy some relaxing time.
The highlight of ryokan is the "Honzuwai crab" caught in Toyama Bay. Sashimi and grilled crab are great, but the "crab sukiyaki" hotpot, which brings out the flavor of the Honzuwai crab with kelp stock, is also very appealing! Thanks to the light yet rich special ponzu sauce, you can eat as much crab and vegetables as you want. Eat to your heart's content and get energized for the next day.
Detailed information
Unazuki onsen Enraku
Toyama /Kurobe/ ryokan
- address
- Toyama Unazuki, Kurobe City onsen 347-1
- access
- 3 minutes on foot from Toyama Chiho Railway "Unazuki onsen Station" / About 20 minutes from Hokuriku Expressway Kurobe IC
About 10 minutes by shuttle bus from JR onsen Station, Awara onsen Grandia Housen Housen is ryokan with a 23,000m2 garden. When you arrive, be sure to take a stroll through the spacious garden. Spending some time relaxing surrounded by seasonal scenery will naturally calm your mind and leave you feeling enriched.
The annex "Kotobukitei" is a private space that only guests staying there can enter. The photo shows the "Garden Suite," where you can enjoy the Japanese garden from both your room and the open-air bath. While it has a good old Japanese feel, it also has Western-style beds, chairs, and tables, making it easy to relax. Enjoying your free time in a luxurious room with a private bathroom will make your everyday fatigue and busyness fly away.
Each room at "Kotobuki-tei" has its own open-air bath. Your own room, your own bath, your own garden... Spread your wings without worrying about anyone else and pamper yourself to your heart's content! You'll be full of energy by the time you return home. It might be a good idea to visit the large public bath.
At "Hitotsu Fukitei", you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine made with local ingredients in your room. Not only crab miso and seasonal crab peeled meat, but also soba noodles and sweet shrimp made with buckwheat flour from Fukui, A5 rank "Wakasa beef", and many other blessings of Fukui! Please enjoy the taste of local production for local consumption and recharge your energy.
You can also enjoy the blessings of Fukui at meal places such as the restaurant "Ki no Kura", the dining "Fukura", and the restaurant "Yuzen". "Yuzen" is mainly used by those who stay at "Yutorogi-tei" away from home. Fukui Let's eat a lot of crab kaiseki, including Echizen crabs caught off the coast, and make it a stay that will satisfy your stomach and soul. If you take a picture, it will bring back memories of your trip when you look back on it later.
Detailed information
Awara onsen Grandia Housen
Fukui / ryokan
- address
- Fukui 43-26 Funatsu, Awara City
- access
- [Car] About 15 minutes from Hokuriku Expressway Kanazu IC [Train] About 10 minutes by car from JR Hokuriku Main Line onsen Onsen Station [Aircraft] About 50 minutes by car from Komatsu Airport
Yunokuni Tensho can be accessed by a free shuttle bus from JR onsen Station. The lobby has a gorgeous atmosphere, and you'll feel like you're in an extraordinary place from the moment you check in. Even just looking around at each piece of furniture is sure to make your heart flutter.
The guest rooms are divided into three types: "Hakuun-no-Yakata" which offers a wide variety of options, "Tensho-no-Yakata" which offers a higher class stay, and Western-style rooms. In the "Suite Rooms with Open-Air Baths" at "Tensho-no-Yakata", you can enjoy the view from the large windows all to yourself. Gazing at the romantic night view or the refreshing morning scenery will naturally refresh your mind.
Want to eat as much crab as you want? We recommend the "Crab Kaiseki" plan, which allows you to enjoy about two servings of snow crab. You can eat crab in a variety of ways, such as crab miso, crab grilled, crab sushi, crab sukiyaki, and crab tempura. Please check with the hotel for details. Try different crabs, find your favorite dish, and have a great time!
At "Yunokuni Tensho," you can enjoy the "Yamashiro no Ideyu," which boasts a history of about 1,300 years, and the "private hot spring," which opened in 2012, in three large baths. In addition to rock, stone, and cypress baths, there is a wide variety of baths, including reclining baths, medicinal baths, and tub baths, so you might have trouble deciding which one to enter first. Warm up in the various onsen and become a new you, purified in body and mind.
Detailed information
onsen Onsen Yunokuni Tensho
Ishikawa / onsen / ryokan
- address
- 19-49-1 Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga Ishikawa onsen
- access
- About 15 minutes by car from Hokuriku Expressway "Kaga IC" or "Katayamazu IC" / About 10 minutes by car from JR Hokuriku Main Line "onsen Onsen Station" (free shuttle service available)
Detailed information
Yunokuni Tensho
onsen /Hotel
- The average budget
- ¥15,000~¥19,999
- address
- 19-49-1 onsen Onsen, Kaga City Ishikawa Tensho
- business hours
- [Monday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drink 20:40) [Tuesday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drink 20:40) [Wednesday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drink 20:40) [Thursday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 [Friday] Closed [Saturday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drink 20:40) [Sunday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drink 20:40) [Holiday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drink 20:40) [Day before holiday] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drink 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drinks 20:40) [Days after public holidays] 12:00 - 14:00 (LO Food 13:00 Drinks 13:40) 18:00 - 21:00 (LO Food 19:00 Drinks 20:40) ■ Business hours ■ Lunch day trip■ <Opening hours> 11:30-14:30 < meal time> 12:00-14:00 *In addition to the lunch day trip plan, there is also a bath day trip plan. *Advance reservation required ■ Dinner day trip■ <Opening hours> 17:00-21:00 < meal time> 2 hours from the start of 18:00-19:00 *Advance reservation required ■ Accommodation■ Open 24 hours ■ Closed days Please inquire (Lunch day trip plan and bath day trip plan are open on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
- Regular holiday
- Friday
About 10 minutes by free shuttle bus from JR onsen Station, Awara onsen Mimatsu is ryokan that boasts a corridor garden. You can enjoy a variety of scenery, including lovingly tended trees, a pond with swimming carp, and a vermilion-painted bridge. If you take a leisurely stroll and find your favorite spot, take a commemorative photo to lift your spirits.
If you want to enjoy your trip in a familiar environment, choose the "Western-style room with open-air onsen bath." A low Japanese-style bed is placed on the floor, creating a stylish yet nostalgic atmosphere. After sightseeing and eating your fill, take a relaxing bath and then dive into bed! You'll be able to refresh your mind and body.
The open-air baths in the rooms are made of cypress, ceramic, or other materials, each with its own unique style. Even if you're usually too busy to take a shower, you can enjoy Mimatsu's private hot spring water. Stretching your legs and soaking in the bathtub will warm not only your body but your heart as well.
The "Crab Kaiseki Plan" offers a full course of snow crab, allowing you to eat as much crab as you like in hotpot, porridge, gratin, and more. There are also plans that allow you to taste fresh seafood such as sweet shrimp and abalone. Just thinking about whether to make crab the main course or enjoy a wide variety of seafood is enough to make meal hungry.
Detailed information
Hokuriku Fukui Awara onsen Mimatsu
Fukui / ryokan
- address
- Fukui 26-10 Funatsu, Awara City
- access
- JR Hokuriku Main Line -onsen Onsen Station (reservation required) / About 12 minutes from Hokuriku Expressway Kanazu IC / About 50 minutes by car from Komatsu Airport
About 30 minutes by "Furusato Taxi" (reservation required) from Noto Airport, "Noto Tsukumowan Hyakurakuso" faces Tsukumo Bay, one of the 100 most scenic spots in Japan. All guest rooms offer a view of Tsukumo Bay, and the hotel's charm lies in the luxurious and relaxing atmosphere. It's a great place to cleanse your tired mind.
Why not try fishing at the pier that is only available to guests staying at the hotel? You'll definitely be able to enjoy something you wouldn't normally have the chance to do, and it'll be fun while you're on vacation! Post the joy of catching a fish on social media and share your travel experience.
All of the rooms are open, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery while being surrounded by the warmth of wood. The photo shows a suite called "Kaiyu." Looking out over the vast Tsukumo Bay, your everyday worries and daily fatigue will naturally disappear. What's more, if you stay in a suite, you will also receive the added bonus of a private lounge with a terrace where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery, and a private bath with sauna.
There are many banquets that allow you to taste the bounty of Noto, but the best is the "crab-filled banquet"♪ The female snow crab is called "koubakogani" and its plump meat and popping eggs shine like jewels. It will stimulate both your taste buds and your eyes, making for a very satisfying experience.
The "Deep Sea Water Cave Bath" is filled with fantastic light and music and uses deep sea water from Noto, pumped up from about 3.7km off the coast of Tsukumo Bay and about 320m deep. Rich in minerals, it is soft to the touch and relaxes both body and mind. The romantic atmosphere lit by the fantastic light is also wonderful.
Detailed information
Noto Kujukuwan Hyakurakuso
Ishikawa /Noto/ ryokan
- address
- 11-34 Koshizaka, Noto-cho, Hoju-gun Ishikawa
- access
- Approximately 2 hours by car from Kanazawa Station / Approximately 30 minutes by car from Noto Airport / Approximately 2 and a half hours by express bus from the west exit of Kanazawa Station, approximately 20 minutes by free shuttle bus from the Yanagita Tensaka bus stop
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"Boyourou" is a historic ryokan that has been in operation since the Meiji era. Some people are usually so busy with work and housework that they don't have time to enjoy a leisurely meal. Here, you can enjoy delicious food to your heart's content. Forget about your busy daily life and take the time to pamper yourself.
There are seven rooms in total, and materials from Fukui, such as paper and stone, are used in the interior. Experience the best of Fukui with all your senses by looking and touching. The "room with a bedroom floating on the sea" shown in the photo is a corner room, with a vast expanse of ocean in front of the bedroom. The open space makes you feel like you're floating on the sea, which will help relieve stress.
All guest rooms are equipped with Tojinbo Mikuni onsen, a natural hot spring. When you soak in onsen overlooking the Sea of Japan, you feel as if you are being embraced by the sea, which is very relaxing. The best thing about this hot onsen is that you can enjoy it without worrying about other people or the time.
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Let's enjoy Echizen crab, known as the king of crabs. Boyoro has crab connoisseurs who carefully determine the quality of the crabs by the color and shape of the shell, rather than relying solely on the brand. The food prepared in the kitchen is delivered at the best possible time, so you can enjoy the food and drinks at the most delicious time. It's sure to be a mealtime filled with happiness!
Detailed information
onsen Onsen Bourou
Fukui / ryokan
- address
- Fukui 4-3-38, Yonegawaki, Mikuni-cho, Sakai City
- access
- About 20 minutes by car from JR Hokuriku Main Line onsen Onsen Station / About 30 minutes from Hokuriku Expressway Kanazu IC
Detailed information
Boyorou
Mikuni Port / ryokan, crab, Japanese cuisine
- The average budget
- ¥20,000~¥29,999
- ¥30,000~
- address
- Boyoro, 4-3-38 Yonekawaki, Mikuni-cho, Sakai City Fukui
- business hours
- [Monday] 11:00 - 14:00 16:00 - 21:00 [Tuesday] 11:00 - 14:00 16:00 - 21:00 [Wednesday] 11:00 - 14:00 16:00 - 21:00 [Thursday] 11:00 - 14:00 16:00 - 21:00 [Friday] 11:00 - 14:00 16:00 - 21:00 [Saturday] 11:00 - 14:00 16:00 - 21:00 [Sunday] 11:00 - 14:00 16:00 - 21:00 ■ Closed days Irregular holidays
A trip like this is perfect for relaxing, as you can enjoy delicious crabs from Hokuriku and take a break in a relaxing hot onsen. If your stomach and your heart are full, you will feel satisfied and energized. The scenery, including the sea and greenery, is also beautiful, so this trip has all the things that girls will love. Be sure to visit Hokuriku and have a refreshing trip!