Independent Okunoyahama hotels

"If you are staying more than 2 days get a rental car. The hotel is very good at what it does, which is provide a relaxing atmosphere with an accessible onsen. The restaurants there are not really restaurants. Breakfast is a buffet of plentiful food, mostly Japanese but I believe a pure westerner could survive. There is no lunch service. The dinner is a set menu of classical Japanese fare, which after the second day becomes a bit tiresome, but doable. They also offered a bonus meal at 9pm of noodles and such. There is a modest happy hour from about 3pm to 8:30 pm which provides a variety of booze and snacks. Staff speaks no English, so be prepared for that, but they are very friendly. My Japanese is passable so I was able to get assistance from the staff to get a rental car and reserve taxis, etc. There is no laundry service and if you have a tattoo you mus cover it while in the onsen. I checked at other hotels with onsens and most don't allow tattoos at all. The location is up on a little hill away from anything walking distance. There is no safe walking path of significant length around the hotel that is not on a narrow road, so don't count on any walks. There is a tennis court but other than that not any place to get cardio. But if you are coming here you are not coming for that. I am including in the description so the reader knows what is there. I would come again for sure. "

"Great place for a relaxing stay in Choshi. Free breakfast, nice public bath, and free bike rental plus very kind staff "

"部屋が広め、朝食美味く、リピートしてます"

"Very convenient, big room and staff very helpful."

"You can’t beat the location, just next door to the train station and a 10-minute walk to the historic merchant town. Room was more spacious than most. Dinner was excellent. Lots of choices for breakfast. Small but lovely onsen. Helpful and welcoming staff. Highly recommend."

"Staff was great! We needed to arrange an early morning taxi, and they were very helpful"

"Very old and dirty rooms. Bed bugs in the bed. Whole night it felt that something is biting your back."

"First 日本語 hotel I have ever been to and it was a great two nights booked!"

"Worst Check In Experience Ever! After arriving from Okinawa my family took an Uber to Tabino Hotel as no shuttle service was available. Was approximately 1145pm. Upon arrival we received a very unwelcoming greeting by the front desk gentleman. He said pay now for the 2 rooms I had booked which I did. He then handed me my check in receipt. He then advised me that I booked the first room as NON SMOKING and the 2nd as SMOKING. I advised him there must be a mistake both rooms should be NON SMOKING. I requested him to please change the second room to NON SMOKING. At this point he became extremely aggressive stating there is nothing he could do it was not his mistake - the hotel was fully booked no Non Smoking rooms were available. I agreed it must have been a mistake and it was not his hotel's fault. Again I insisted he find another Non Smoking room for us. This is where the most bizarre thing happened. He started telling us to leave the hotel. He was cancelling our rooms. I told him we have paid for the rooms I want 2 Non Smoking Rooms. We began a very heated verbal exchange. Then the craziest thing happened! He then came out from behind the counter and physically started grabbing me to take away the check in paper. I told him to take his hands off me or I would call the police. My daughter in law stepped in and he backed off. It was late I had enough so I reluctantly said just give us the keys. I told him we have been travelling Japan for 3 weeks and have never encountered such "