15 of Awajima’s Best and Most Popular Hotels & Ryokan for Elegant Travels!
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Awaji Island is an island floating in the Seto Inland Sea in the southern part of Hyogo. Speaking of Awaji Island, it is a treasure trove of food that is famous for its many specialty products, including ``Awaji Onions.'' In order to enjoy Awaji Island to the fullest, we definitely recommend staying overnight instead of just taking a day trip.This time, we will introduce carefully selected stylish inns recommended for women where you can relax while enjoying the scenery and food on Awaji Island. To do.
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Awaji Island is an island that can be accessed by land, connected to Kobe in the north by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, and to Tokushima in the south by the Onaruto Bridge. An island blessed with a warm climate and abundant nature, there are beautiful flowers everywhere from the north to the south, such as the vast colorful flower garden "Awaji Hanasajiki" and the "Nada Kuroiwa Narcissus Village" where about 5 million daffodils bloom in winter. can meet In addition, onsen spring up all over the island, so you can enjoy the unique location of the island and make your skin beautiful. Would you like to hear the antenna of a girl who loves traveling?
When you enter Awaji Island, you will be surprised by the onion fields and onion huts. Awaji Island onions have a high sugar content, so they are not spicy even when eaten raw! In addition, it is a treasure trove of delicious foods such as octopus, raw whitebait, hamo (conger eel), and Awaji beef. Awaji Island has become popular as a tourist destination in recent years, and has a reputation for its high-level accommodation facilities. Gourmet food is indispensable for girls' trips. Therefore, this time we will introduce the inns that are popular with girls where you can enjoy scenic views and exquisite cuisine, in order from the north. Enjoy the beautiful sea and green scenery, eat delicious food, fill your heart and stomach, and get a good night's sleep.
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Grand Nikko Awaji (Awajishima)
Hyogo /Awaji Island/Resort Hotel
- address
- Hyogo Awaji City Yumebutai 2
- access
- About 60 minutes from JR Shin-Kobe Station and about 45 minutes from JR Sannomiya Station by express bus via Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.
Built on ruins that were excavated during the construction of ryokan, it is an ancient romantic inn named after this place that is deeply related to the Manyoshu. Above all, we are proud of the outstanding location where you can see the setting sun on the Sunset Line right in front of you. Moreover, you can enjoy the view from all guest rooms, so if you're a girl who wants to take pictures of the beautiful scenery, check it out. The Japanese-style room is quite spacious with 10 to 16 tatami mats. Relax and unwind at this hideaway hot onsen inn and heal your daily fatigue.
Nojima's sunset over the Harimanada Sea is a wonderful sunset point that has been selected as one of Japan's top 100 sunsets. While staying in your room, you can enjoy the glow of the setting sun as it sinks into the horizon, reflecting off the sea, creating an orange spectacle. Spending time watching the changing colors of the sea and sky, capturing precious moments with a camera, and just enjoying the scenery is a luxury, isn't it?
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Watatsumi no Watatsumi no Yado, Awaji Island
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- hotel fee
- JPY from 7,000
- address
- 150 Hyogo
- access
- [Train] JR Akashi Station ⇒ 10 minutes on foot → Akashi Port (ship) → Iwaya Port → 20 minutes by shuttle bus [Bus] Umeda Station or Sannomiya Station → Hokudan IC → 10 minutes by shuttle bus
- Staying time
- 15:00(IN)〜 10:00(OUT)など
There are many stylish places in the museum that look great on social media. Among them, the staircase leading to the lobby is definitely worth taking a picture of. The entire wall is a bookshelf, and you can pick up your favorite book and read it. There is a sofa in the lobby at the end of the stairs, and you can enjoy reading while looking out over the Osaka Bay beyond the window.
There are 14 guest rooms in all. There are three types of rooms: maisonette, Western-style, and Japanese-style. All rooms are well-lit and designed to be spacious. It is a quiet environment surrounded by greenery, making use of the topography. This is the most popular maisonette A type room. The capacity is 6 people, and there is also a kitchen and dining room. The plumbing is made by TOTO. Relax in a comfortable space that pursues both design and functionality.
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Toto Seawind Awaji
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- address
- Hyogo 573-14, Awaji-sato, Awaji City
- access
- About 15 minutes by car from Tsunako Bus Terminal
"Hotel New Awaji" is famous for its commercial songs that everyone from Kansai knows. This long-established hotel, which is familiar to the locals, is built right in front of the sea, and in a perfect location where you can see Kitan Strait and Osaka Bay from all guest rooms, you can expect it even before you stay. This is a popular hotel with hot springs where you can enjoy two types of onsen springs and boasting an ocean view.
In addition to the gorgeous kaiseki cuisine that uses ingredients from Awaji Island, a treasure trove of food, we also recommend you to try this “Awajishima Beef Bowl”. It is one of the menu items created using ingredients from the island as part of the "Miketsukuni Project," and each hotel and restaurant offers its own unique flavor, making it a mega-hit product. Awaji rice, Awaji beef, Awaji onions, and three Awaji brands are all in one luxurious gem! It would be a waste to leave without eating.
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Sumoto Onsen Hotel New Awaji (Awajishima)
Hyogo /Awaji Island/Resort Hotel
- address
- 20 Kojidani, Sumoto City Hyogo
- access
- [By car] About 15 minutes from Sumoto IC / About 25 minutes from Tsuna Ichinomiya IC / About 15 minutes from Awajishima Chuo Smart IC [By express bus] About 5 minutes by shuttle bus from Sumoto Express Bus Center
When you pass through the entrance, the overwhelming panorama that jumps into your eyes will take your breath away. The inn that begins with such a surprise is "Nagisa no Shou Hanagoyomi." The sky and sea that spread out from the spacious terrace will make your body and mind return to nature. When the area gets dark and the lights come on, you can meet a fantastic scenery that is different from the daytime. At Nagomi Café Hamazami, next to the terrace, you can unwind from your busy life by having a relaxing cup of tea while gazing out at the ocean in front of you.
You can choose your favorite yukata at check-in. Similar services can be seen at other inns, but the yukata here are stylish and modern in design, so they are popular with young girls. Wearing your favorite yukata with your female friends, it's fun to take a commemorative photo with the stylish terrace in the background. It's wonderful to take a walk on the beach as it is ♪ You can become a different person and your travel mood will increase.
Detailed information
Nagisa no Shou Hanagoyomi
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- address
- 1053-16 Kojidani, Sumoto Hyogo
- access
- Approximately 15 minutes by car from Kobe Awaji Naruto Expressway Sumoto IC / Approximately 90 minutes by express bus from JR Sannomiya Station, Approximately 5 minutes by shuttle bus from Sumoto Express Bus Center
The eastern coast of Awaji Island, Komoe Coast, and Awaji Yumesenkei, which overlooks the mountains of Kishu in the distance. There are rooms with open-air baths and rooms where you can in-room dining, so it is also recommended for couples who want to value their privacy. The open tea lounge is comfortable, and the garden terrace spreads outside. In addition to the traditional Thai massage salon, you can also use the "Hotel New Awaji" group hotel's esthetic salon.
An infinity bath where you can feel the unity of the sea, sky and hot water. The scenery is so beautiful that you will lose track of time. It is also recommended to get up early in the morning to enjoy the sunrise from here. The open-air bath with a view and the large communal bath with a view are from Sumoto onsen, but there is also an open-air bath from Komoe onsen, a cloudy hot spring sourced from a private source. You can also use the baths of affiliated hotels, so you can enjoy visiting hot springs.
For dinner, you can enjoy plenty of seafood and mountain delicacies from Awaji Island. In addition to enjoying a wide variety of Japanese kaiseki meals in your room or in a private room at a Japanese restaurant, you can choose from a variety of styles, such as a hot pot dining where you can enjoy healthy hot pot dishes, a course meal using seafood and Awaji beef, and a bar where you can enjoy sake. can be selected with . Enjoy the dishes that can only be eaten here to your heart's content.
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Sumoto Onsen onsen Awaji Yumesenkei
Hyogo /Awaji Island/Resort Hotel
- address
- 1052-2 Kojidani, Sumoto City, Hyogo
- access
- Car: About 15 minutes from Sumoto IC / Highway bus: About 120 minutes from Osaka, about 80 minutes from Sannomiya to Sumoto BC
“Sumoto Onsen Yumesenkei Besso Amahara” is a popular ryokan with an extraordinary atmosphere. All 18 rooms are luxuriously built with open-air baths, and there are even rooms with private piers, so you can enjoy the feeling of a private villa by the sea. Enjoy a relaxing drink after dinner at the Garden Lounge, which overlooks the "Heal Garden" where you can take a walk along the wooden paths in the courtyard. ryokan has become a hot topic because it is difficult to make a reservation because you can relax in a luxurious private space, so make a reservation early.
There are two maisonette villas, and the location is close to the beach. "Umisaki" has two baths, an open-air bath on the deck terrace on the 1st floor and a spacious bath with a view on the 2nd floor! The atrium makes the space even more spacious, and the large windows on both the 1st and 2nd floors offer a sweeping view of the scenery, allowing you to feel the ocean up close. A blissful time to fall asleep with the soothing rhythm of the waves that come and go. Up to 6 people can stay, so it's fun to have a chat on a group girls' trip.
All rooms have an open-air bath, but there are various types. This is a twin room open-air bath, and when you go out on the deck, you can relax with the pleasant sea breeze and the sound of the waves. Soak in the hot water, take a break on the bench, and then go back to the bath...it's such a luxury. You can also cross the seaside corridor and visit the group hotels Hotel New Awaji “Spa Terrace Suigetsu” and Awaji Yumesenkei “Amagu no Shizuku”, so please enjoy many onsen.
Detailed information
Sumoto Onsen Yumesenkei Besso Amahara
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- address
- 1052-2 Kojidani, Sumoto City, Hyogo
- access
- About 15 minutes by car from Kobe Awaji Naruto Expressway "Sumoto IC" / About 10 minutes by free shuttle bus from Sumoto Highway Bus Center (reservation required)
"Awaji International Hotel The Sunplaza" is located in "Suntopia Marina" in Sumoto onsen, Awaji Island. For over 30 years, it has been a popular hotel that has been selected as one of the 100 best ryokan in Japan by professionals. All rooms have an ocean view. While gazing at the sea that changes with the passage of time, you can spend a relaxing time that will unwind your mind.
Each floor from the 3rd floor to the 7th floor where the guest rooms are located has a concept, and is made with particular attention to design, floor plan, and interior. All rooms have an ocean view, so it's nice to just relax and enjoy the view. This is the Japanese-Western style room "Executive Room" on the top floor. Not only is it suitable for couples and girls' trips, but it can also be used by two households or groups as it can be partitioned. There are more than 50 kinds of colorful yukata rentals available (for a fee).
There are spacious public baths and open-air baths, but we recommend the private baths (charged) that can be used only by couples, groups, and families. There are three types of baths with different tastes, and the hot water is Sumoto onsen 's "Uruoi no Yu". The moment you open the door, the scent of wood fills the air in the Shinonome bath, which has large windows and gives you the feel of an open-air bath.
Since it's a wonderful room with an ocean view, how about a plan for in-room dining (dinner only)? Cherry blossom sea bream from Naruto Akashi in the spring, conger from Awaji Island in the summer, flounder and matsutake mushrooms in the fall, and Awaji 3 year blowfish in the winter. While gazing at the ocean, you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine that uses plenty of seasonal seafood and local vegetables. Of course, you can also enjoy various kaiseki cuisine in the main dining room, and although it is spacious, there are transparent partitions, so you can meal slowly in a space where you can feel both a private room and a sense of openness.
Detailed information
Awaji International Hotel The Sunplaza
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- address
- 1279-13 Kojidani, Sumoto Hyogo
- access
- Approximately 130 minutes by express bus from Osaka Station / Approximately 90 minutes by express bus from Sannomiya Station / Approximately 15 minutes by car from Kobe Awaji Naruto Expressway Sumoto IC
Sumoto Onsen Shimahana (Awaji Island) is located in a marina on the east coast. It is a seaside auberge where you can enjoy the ocean view overlooking the Kitan Strait and the harbor view of "Suntopia Marina" full of resort feeling. Make wonderful memories by exercising in the pool and exercise room, relaxing on the open deck terrace and lounge.
For meal, you can choose from course meals at the restaurant "Usami", which has an impressive atrium that extends all the way to the top floor, charcoal-grilled courses at the grill restaurant, and cafe meals that are gentle on the body. There are plenty of dishes using vegetables from local farmers grown on the land of Awaji Island, meat from Awaji, and seafood from the nearby sea. Please fully enjoy the gourmet of the island.
Detailed information
Sumoto Onsen Shimahana (Awaji Island)
Hyogo /Awaji Island/Resort Hotel
- address
- 1277-5 Kojidani, Sumoto City, Hyogo
- access
- Free Wi-Fi in all rooms / Car: 18 minutes from Sumoto IC / Highway bus: 120 minutes from Osaka, 80 minutes from Sannomiya to Sumoto BC
Yumekaiyu Awajishima, located in Sumoto City, is an inn that boasts a beautiful location with white sands and green pine trees in front of you and Mt. Mikuma behind you. After being soothed by onsen, enjoy the seasonal flavors of Awaji Island. At night, you can enjoy a romantic night view from the stylish rooftop terrace overlooking Osaka Bay. There is also a heated pool with a jacuzzi, full of resort feeling. This hotel is recommended for both couples and girls' trips.
There are two types of guest room floors: the “Nagomi Floor,” which combines high-quality Japanese relaxation with Western functionality, and the “Regular Floor,” where you can choose from modern Japanese-style rooms with Ryukyu tatami mats, twins, doubles, and Japanese-style rooms. This is the "Special Room with Observation Cypress Bath" on the "Nagomi Floor". It is a corner room on the sea side, and you can see the Ohama coast from the room and the bath. Forget the busy days and enjoy the leisurely flow of time.
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Sumoto onsen Spring Yumekaiyu Awaji Island
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- address
- 1-1-50 Yamate, Hyogo (Ohama Beach)
- access
- Free Wi-Fi in all rooms / Car: 10 minutes from Sumoto IC / Highway bus: 120 minutes from Osaka, 80 minutes from Sannomiya to Sumoto BC
With a beautiful castle-like appearance, when you step inside, you will see this stylish entrance! It is a splendid space that fuses Japanese and Western elements, such as a curved staircase that gently extends to the 3rd floor, a coffered ceiling, and shoji screens. The nostalgic atmosphere of a Western-style building from the Meiji and Taisho eras will lift your spirits from the moment you arrive.
The rooms, such as this moderate room, have a somewhat nostalgic Japanese classical appearance, but the guest rooms combine modern design and functionality, making you want to lie down on the tatami mats. The furnishings are also cute and tasteful. Forget your daily life and spend a leisurely time while gazing at the pine groves and the sea in front of you. The high-end room on the special floor has an open-air bath, so it would be nice for a couple to enjoy onsen for just the two of them.
You will have dinner in the open dining room facing "Keino Matsubara" beyond the entrance. It is an adult space with a high ceiling, stained glass and a nostalgic chandelier with a classical mood. With a focus on fresh local seafood, the ensemble of nutritious Awaji vegetables grown on the land of the island and flavorful Awaji beef will be served in a luxurious moment where you can slowly savor each dish.
Detailed information
Awaji Hamarikyu
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- address
- 970-81 Matsuhokotsuji, Minamiawaji Hyogo
- access
- Free Wi-Fi in all rooms / Highway bus: 70 minutes from Sannomiya and 50 minutes from Maiko to land port Seidan (Free shuttle available after arrival) / Car: 5 minutes from Seidan Mihara IC
Taimen is a specialty dish that uses a whole sea bream. This menu originated from Yabuman, where steamed sea bream and hand-stretched somen noodles are boiled in dashi stock and served on a large plate. With its bold appearance and delicate taste, it is said that there is no end to the number of customers who keep coming back just to eat the taimen. You can enjoy seasonal ingredients such as pike conger in summer and tiger blowfish in winter in a course meal. You can't miss the exquisite menu unique to Minami-Awaji here in Awaji Island ♪
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Minamiawaji onsen Shiozaki no Yu Yabuman ryokan
Hyogo /Awaji Island/ ryokan
- hotel fee
- JPY from 22,000
- address
- 4 Fukura Otsu, Minamiawaji Hyogo
- access
- Take the bus bound for Fukura from JR Sannomiya Station or JR Maiko Station, 5 minute walk from the last stop
- Staying time
- 15:00(IN)〜 10:00(OUT)など
You can enjoy a superb view onsen onsen sourced from Nandan onsen, one of the Minamiawaji hot spring villages. Among them, the infinity open-air bath, which is one with nature as if it were connected to the sea, is worth paying attention to. It is also a luxurious time to have a leisurely chat with your female friends while overlooking the Onaruto Bridge. At twilight, the scenery of Magic Hour, when the Naruto Strait is dyed in gold, will take your breath away. Please heal your daily fatigue with such a magnificent view and hot water rich in efficacy.
“Kyukamura Minamiawaji” is also famous as an inn with an observatory. It is equipped with a large telescope (reflecting telescope with a diameter of 400 mm), which is rare in accommodations, and you can enjoy stargazing every night, so be sure to experience it. On the rooftop, the stars and planets that can be seen with the naked eye are illuminated by searchlights and explained. There is no doubt that you will be impressed by the “natural planetarium”! Because Awaji Island has clear air, you can enjoy the stars.
Official details
Kyukamura Minami-Awaji
Hyogo /Awaji Island/Resort Hotel
- hotel fee
- JPY from 16,500
- address
- Hyogo 870-1, Fukura Hei, Minami-Awaji City
- access
- If you take the highway bus from JR Sannomiya Station, take the Awaji Kotsu Bus or Shinki Bus and get off at "Fukura", then transfer for 10 minutes (free shuttle bus available).
- Staying time
- 15:00(IN)〜 10:00(OUT)など
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Detailed information
Hotel & Resorts Minamiawaji Daiwa Royal Hotel
Hyogo /Awaji Island/Resort Hotel
- address
- Hyogo 317, Fukura Hei, Minami-Awaji City
- access
- [Awaji Island South] Approximately 10 minutes by car, [Seidan Mihara] Approximately 20 minutes by car (Click here to go via convenience store, etc.)
Detailed information
Hotel New Awaji Plaza Awajishima
Hyogo /Awaji Island/Resort Hotel
- address
- Hyogo 1433-2, Amabukigami-cho, Minami-Awaji City
- access
- Approximately 20 minutes by car from Seidan Mihara IC/Awajishima Minami IC, approximately 50 minutes by car from Tokushima Awaodori Airport, approximately 10 minutes by car from Fukura Bus Terminal.
A whirlpool in the Naruto Strait, south of Awaji Island. This is the only place in the world where you can see large whirlpools with a diameter of 20m during spring tides in spring and autumn! Be sure to capture it in your camera♪
Awaji Island is home to colorful flowers, abundant greenery and endless blue seas, and delicious vegetables, seafood, and meat. The 15 inns introduced here are all popular inns where you can enjoy meals, onsen springs, and spectacular views. How about going to Awaji Island for your next trip?