Top 10 Dolphin Resort Hotels

Après avoir aimé et arpenté de nombreuses contrées en Asie comme dans plus de 100 pays de ce vaste monde en soixante ans, j’ai vécu en cet endroit la cinquième étape de mon second voyage au Japon trop longtemps reporté cause Covid et bien trop marquant pour ne pas avoir envie d’y retourner… Professionnel du voyage, auteur de guides touristiques basé au Maroc, j’ai découvert ce superbe «Ryokan», ses bains d’eau sulfureuse et chaude à souhait, ses prestations et service, comme son exceptionnel rapport qualité/prix dans un pays dont la réputation est d’être excessivement cher ne font qu’agrémenter ce séjour. Exceptionnel n’est donc pas un vain mot pour décrire cet établissement où l’on va de surprises en surprises en découvrant sa «chambre », ainsi qu’une cuisine délicieuse et finement présentée… Un régal pour les yeux… Un ravissement pour les papilles… Et un nouvel art de vivre en revêtant la tenue de samouraï que l’ensemble des convives portent pour aller dîner… Paix de l’âme et tranquillité de l’esprit sont les maîtres mots de cette demeure dont le passé se conjugue avec le monde d’aujourd’hui dans un environnement d’une exceptionnelle beauté.

The room in the Japanese style room is not new, but the view was large and relaxed. The dishes were more delicious than I expected for evening breakfast. The volume was also full. I was glad that it was not a yukata but a room dress or a disposable slipper, not a vinyl slipper. The card attached to the slipper in the public bath is unkind. Why is it broken?

A thousand and thousand-hiro location where there is an inn when you pass through a small tunnel. The receptionist is envious of feeling premium. The location with ocean view is also quite good, but since it is in the harbor, the waves are calm, but it is different from overlooking the sea. The room I stayed in was a Japanese-style room type. It was made with a feeling before the renovation, but it is enough to spend the night and consider that the main body is a hot spring. Meals are standard buffet style at Yukai Resort. Among them, there are many local dishes and local gourmet food. In addition to seafood, there are dishes using mandarin oranges and Kumano beef. Breakfast is also buffet style, and you can enjoy self-service bowls, local udon noodles, and handmade French toast. The hot springs are small in terms of the size of the hotel, but I am very satisfied because there is a bedrock bath. The bedrock bath is a reservation system and is a change system every hour. It is a system that writes the name at the time when you want to use it. It was the end of the year, but it was a weekday, so it was vacant. In addition, there are manga corners, massage machines, and kids corners, which are perfect for spending time like a super public bath.

This was one of the weirdest hotel experiences I ever had. Due to some traffic delays we arrived at the hotel an hour later than ecpected at exactly 5 mintes past seven PM. The hotel restaurant was open with several tables vacant. However, when we asked to be seated we were asked in turn if we had a reservation? When we said no they declined to seat us as we had missed the reservation deadline (which was seven PM). Us pointing to the empty seats was to no avail. The next morning was even weirder. For Breakfast they only offer a buffet and again we were asked if we had a reservation? When we asked why that was necessary given that it was buffet style with many empty seats we were told ” no Breakfast without reservation”! So we left this hotel hungry.... The room? Was spacious but with a strange Layout. As is customary in Japan you take off your shoes at the entrance (genkan) but the wardrobe is at the other end of the room right next to the window. There was little to store your clothes so despite the large size of the room you basically have to keep everything in your suitcase. A second night stand (there was only one) would have been nice. Worst was the tiny size of the toilet exerbaceted by the positioning of the lamp right above the toilet seat (nothing to worry though if you are shorter than 180cm/6”). Opposite the hotel is a stadium where dolphin and (small) whale are held in captivity- shows are being performed.

Plan Kumano Sanzan, rent a car from Nanki Shirahama Airport, and stay at this inn after Nachi Falls. There was only a cooking inn, and the dinner and breakfast were very delicious. There are many dishes, especially the dried cherry blossoms that I had for breakfast were bought at a nearby store where I was taught that they were so delicious, and I am still immersed in the afterglow. The bath is small, but it is reserved at night and in the morning, probably because there are many people crossing Urashima. I was able to be there slowly. The best thing about that was the customer service attitude of the working person 々. It was an inn that I felt that I was being treated from my heart and wanted to stay if I had a chance to go again. The difficulty is １ The smell of the drain from the toilet.

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Only cash is accepted, which is not convenient. The location is okay, the public transportation from Kii Katsuura to Daimonzaka and Nachi Beach is fairly convenient. There is a FamilyMart convenience store diagonally across the street. There is not much food and the environment is very comfortable. We ordered dinner included, which was quite rich and used to eating. Breakfast was more difficult to eat. The eggs were raw. And there are also time limits for breakfast and dinner. Bathing time is limited. Bathrobes and towels are charged separately, about 200 yen each. The service attitude of the hotel staff is very good, although the language is not good, only a little English. Hot water is provided in the hotel lobby. The room door is not soundproof. The overall external environment is suitable for leisure and vacation, but internally, considering various restrictions, it will not be chosen in the future.