Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Budget inn lists in Ine

Compared with the past, these days, Ine has more accommodation for tourists to stay over night.
Although, still limited number of inns are available, so please make sure you book in advance, most of places open booking from 3 months before. All of the accommodation listed here are located by the sea.

*Ameya(あめや)
The inn accept only one group of guests per night.
Price: from 5400JPY/person
No meals offered.
Tel:0772-32-0017(from Japanese phone)
Address: 305 Kameshima, Ine, Yosa-gun, Kyoto
Access: From Amanohashidate station or Miyazu station, take a bus bound for Ine or Kamanyu or Kyogamisaki and get off at Takanashi then walk about 1 minute. Bus fare:400JPY/person, about 1hour ride.
I recommend you to contact to Ine Tourist Office to book this accommodation(Email: info@ine-kankou-jp or Tel:0772-32-0277(from Japanese phone))

*Ine-Kobo(伊根工房)
This place is actually pottery gallery owned by a Japanese women. From this spring she offering a space for tourists to stay over night.
Price: 5400JPY/person, the place can accommodate up to 4 people
The price include small breakfast.
Tel:0772-32-0071
Address: 848 Kameshima, Ine, Yosa-gun, Kyoto
Access: From Amanohashidate station or Miyazu station, take a bus bound for Ine or Kamanyu or Kyogamisaki and get off at Ine-yubinkyoku-mae then walk about 5 minutes. Bus fare:400JPY/person, about 1hour ride.
I recommend you to contact to Ine Tourist Office to book this accommodation(Email: info@ine-kankou-jp or Tel:0772-32-0277(from Japanese phone))
Website is kind of available in English....http://inekoubou.jimdo.com/english-new-1/

*Maruichi(まるいち)
Booking is accepted from 2 people up to 6 people.
Price: 11880JPY/person, include breakfast
Tel:0772-32-0608(from Japanese phone)
Address: 940 Kameshima, Ine, Yosa-gun, Kyoto
Access: From Amanohashidate station or Miyazu station, take a bus bound for Ine or Kamanyu or Kyogamisaki and get off at Ine-yubinkyoku-mae then walk about 10 minutes. Bus fare:400JPY/person, about 1hour ride.
Website is only available in Japanese.
http://www.funaya-maruichi.com/index.html
You can make a reservation through e-mail, funayamaruichi@gmail.com

Friday, 1 April 2016

Budget inn along the canal of Amanohashidate

The inn is called Amanohashidate-so. 
The best thing about this inn is, it is located by the sea and reasonable price. There are Japanese style room and Western style room available.

Access: about 10mins walk from Amanohashidate station

You can book through booking.com


Japanese style inn in Miyazu


The inn is called Takashimaya, Ryokan. The inn has Onsen. Some of the rooms are renovated in 2010.
I can recommend their meals and better to book dinner and breakfast.

Access: 
about 10mins walk from Miyazu station
If you take an express bus from Osaka or Kyoto, you can get off at Kisenba-Minato-kan(one stop after Miyazu station) and walk about 1 min.

Booking is only possible in Japanese website, such as Rakuten Travel....

Japanese traditional inn in Miyazu


The inn is called Charoku Honkan. 
It is a Ryokan with Onsen(hot spring). 
The inn founded around 1716-1735 and the building is registered as a tangible cultural property of Japan. 
Better to book with dinner and breakfast because there are not many places for dinner(the owner told me that they also can serve western style breakfast, if the guests wish and when they are not busy).

Access: 
10mins walk from Miyazu station. 
If you are taking the express bus from Kyoto or Osaka, you can get off at Kisenba-minato-kan bus stop(one stop after the Miyazu station) and walk about 3mins.

You can book from booking.com or Rakuten Travel and so on.



Tuesday, 16 February 2016

From 26th March 2016

Timetables of local buses will be change.

Local bus is NOT running between Kamanyu to Ukawa-Onsen Yoshino-no-sato

This part of the bus route is closed since 14th Feb.2016.
None of vehicles can pass this area.
The opening date is not announced yet.

Friday, 13 November 2015

New designed train from 13th Nov. 2015





This train is designed by Eiji Mitooka, who also designed another scenic trains running in Tango region. One of interesting thing about this train is, have a communal area(see the picture below). I wonder if there is any Japanese person who has brave enough to use this space? I hope someone is using this area :D Western style toilet available on the train. The train runs multiple times a day within Kyoto and Tango region.



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