Hotel Kaibo

Ocean view room, room size, breakfast and dinner, view from room, professional staff, cleanness

the public bath and dining experience

tatami floor is too hard and futon is too thin to sleep comfortably

We stayed in room 10-15, which is located on the highest floor on hotel's main building. We enjoyed the sea view from the room (and balcony) all the time we didn't enjoy it from onsen. The room is very spacious, bedding is very soft and comfortable. We are Europeans and would never expect that sleeping on a floor with just futon would be so comfortable! Breakfast and dinner are traditional Japanese kind, where you get a lot of small dishes. Some are cooked by staff in front of you. Unfortunately we didn't understand them very well, so might have overcooked some seafood, but anyway, we enjoyed food very much. It is very filling breakfast and dinner, but lunch wouldn't hurt. All eating places are located max 10 min walk from hotel, as well as famous onsen eggs preparation place. Just next to hotel there is a public park with free foot onsen.

The only thing I wasn't very happy about is glass panel in ladies' onsen, which blocks air flow and during night time you can't see sea and stars (my husband was very excited about the view from their onsen at night). By the way, onsens work from 3pm to 10 am.

The kaiseki dinner was outstanding!! The ocean view from the room was amazing. Down the street was a local summer festival.

It is a bit pricey but the service, amenities, friendliness of staff and location were superb. Dinner was outstanding!!

Super relaxing! Really kind helpful staff, so much space in my room, fabulous view from the lounge area... even my "city view" had a view of the park next door and the bay from my rooms sitting area. (I traveled during low season though so not sure if this is the norm). The onsens and products were good. If you want to get off the beaten track this is a nice place to rest in a lovely traditional style room setting.

I struggled for a while to find out how to make the lights get brighter in the main room... turns out they work by the remote... the glass infront of the women's onsen doors get in the way of the view a little but you're on the second floor so I can see why it's needed... the place could use a few more electricity outlets for today's techy peeps... not one of these things got in the way of me having a great time... (the light remote was actually fabulous when it was time to sleep!!!)