Date: Nov/2025
Singapore (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Superb Hotel
Best hotel we stayed in during our trip. Service staff were diligent and friendly. Food was superb and facilities was really impressive. Will be back.
Date: Jun/2025
United States (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
NAGINOSHO | Japanese Modern (twin) Standard, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: May/2025
United States (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: May/2025
Japan (Female, age 70-79)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: May/2025
Japan (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Apr/2025
France (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
NAGINOSHO | Japanese Modern (twin) Standard-Universal, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Apr/2025
United States (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service -
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Beautiful location
This place is quite stunning and having a private ferry to get there makes you feel pretty special.
It's not their fault, but if you happen to be vegan or vegetarian... Or an animal lover... It can be a little rough. There are holding pens for dolphins to be used for various things just below the balconies. I could hear them stressed and see them trapped. It was pretty hard to witness. Google a documentary about the area and dolphins if you want more information.
Their facilities are top notch. It was just sad...the dolphin part, to witness for me.
The other guests staying there are kind of snobby.
It's beautiful for sure!
Date: Apr/2025
Hong Kong (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
Highest standard in everything
Good food, excellent accommodation, attentive service
Date: Mar/2025
United States (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Very very excellent hotel! Worth the splurge, breakfast and dinner were multiple course meals and delicious! The outdoor onsens were so good including one of them being in a cave. Indoor onsen also very large. Staff gave excellent service, my Japanese style room was huge, clean and had a great view overlooking the water of the island. There is a rooftop trail where you can have a foot bath also which was so relaxing. Great views all around and boat from the pier to the hotel was fast and also great service. Highly recommend choosing this hotel if you are staying in Katsuura. I would give over 5 stars if I could.
Date: Mar/2025
United States (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
Exceptional place
From the reception to the hotel tour to the room and the onsen, this location is superb! Starting with the private boat shuttle to this island location. We had a large room with a small balcony overlooking the islands and sea, with a sitting room and plenty of space for the 3 of us. The meals were delightful and the people were helpful, friendly and professional. The 2 different happy hours (one with beer and ice cream, one with plum wine and sake) were very welcome. A top notch destination!
Date: Feb/2025
Mexico (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Such an incredible place
This hotel needs to be recognised as one of the top places to stay in Japan. The location and installations are stunning, and the service must be considered state-of-the-art. The food and Japanese bath are outstanding; it is the type of hotel that you need to stay at for more nights. Congratulations.
Date: Nov/2024
Singapore (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
NAGINOSHO | Japanese Modern (twin) Standard-Universal, Supper & Breakfast
5 star resort
On a private island. Very exclusive. New block has larger rooms and closer to dining area and public onsen. Island walk lovely but has mosquitoes. Private onsens lovely but outdoor onsen quite exposed to public eyes!
Date: Nov/2024
Australia (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Best hotel in Kii-Katsuura
This is one of the best hotels I have ever visited. 20 minutely free ferries are available to the island from the Tourist jetty in town. From start to finish the staff were amazing. On check in they gave me a private tour of the whole facility. I stayed in a Japanese style room which was huge and had a beautiful view of the bay. Dinner and breakfast were a highlight with multiple authentic local-style dishes. There is a walk along the top of the island to see another view of the bay with a footbath along the way. The top highlight of the stay was ther outdoor onsens, they are absolutely spectacular with amazing views and baths of differing temperatures. The staff speak English and Japanese. I will definitely be back.
Date: Nov/2024
United States (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
NAGINOSHO | Japanese Modern (twin) Standard-Universal, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Oct/2024
Germany (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
NAGINOSHO | Japanese Modern (twin) Standard-Corner, Supper & Breakfast
Very nice but overpriced
The service staff got a bit impatient towards the end of the dinner: they started serving the next course when we had only half finished the previous one. Not very professional, and at that price!
Date: Oct/2024
Mexico (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Very luxurious, incredible place, food and service
The room was incredible, as well as the food. The onsen was the best that we went to in our pilgrimage. Staff was really nice, we enjoyed our stay here a lot!
Date: Oct/2024
United States (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Sep/2024
Italy (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Jun/2024
United States (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
Fabulous end of our hike
Splurged at this wonderful hotel with fabulous food and onsite onsen. Clean well appointed rooms with beautiful views.
Date: Jun/2024
France (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Mixed Style Corner, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Excellent stay, beautiful setting, and enjoyed the foot spa, as well as food and surroundings. Only possible improvement is the state of the balcony which looked a bit worn out.
Date: May/2024
United States (Male, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
Incredible
This was one of the best hotels I've ever stayed at. The food was amazing. I will make an effort to return here just for this hotel experience.
Date: May/2024
United States (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
The best stay of our lives
We knew we were going to have a fabulous experience at Nakanoshima, but we didn't know it would be literal heaven on earth. I'd come back to Japan just to stay here. The staff and service is remarkable. The location is stunning. There are two lounges where they have different cocktail hours, all included. The onsen is huge and gorgeous. I loved the rooftop walk and the foot bath. My partner rented fishing equipment and fished off the front of the building. He caught one fish that was big enough, they offered to cook it for us for dinner that night! And the meals... wow. Just wow. Better than the michelin star places we've tried, by a long shot. Treat yourself! You will feel so pampered and in heaven.
Date: Apr/2024
United Kingdom (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese twin room, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
This was a perfect end to our trek. The hotel and facilities were amazing. The food was delicious and we enjoyed every aspect of our stay. A highlight of our trip.
Date: Apr/2024
Japan (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
NAGINOSHO | Japanese Modern (twin) Deluxe Corner, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2023
United Kingdom (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2023
Singapore (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Fantastic Ryokan
We had the best time at Nakanoshima Ryokan- the food, rooms, service and hotel were absolutely stunning. This is the highlight of our highlights itinerary. The cost is naturally much higher- but it was worth every dollar. Highly recommend trying the outdoor rotemburo facing the ocean. Check in earlier to enjoy the hilltop onsen foot bath experience and explore all the nooks and crannies of this hotel.
Date: Nov/2023
Germany (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Luxurious but expensive
The accomodation was easily the best one we had on our stay in the area, with pretty much everything perfect: meals, room, the onsen directly near the ocean... The service personal was great and the views from the Lookout spot on top of the island as well as from our rooms and the outdoor onsen were magnificent.
There are also a lot of free ammenities like drinks and snacks.
The food was delicious and presented beautifully. It still felt traditionally Japanese while also being a little bit more familiar for European visitors than at other Ryokan.
The hotel is kind of expensive, but quite worth it, if you can afford it.
Date: Nov/2023
Australia (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Lovely establishment, excellent service
Date: Jul/2023
Germany (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
Amazing Hotel
Amazing Hotel, extremely beautiful room. (Corner room Japanese style).fantastic onsen with ocean views. Only downside: There are terrible dolphin cages in the bay. Really depressing to see those creatures in such small cages.
Date: Apr/2023
United States (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Mixed Style Corner, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Jan/2021
Japan (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
中の島潮聞亭
全般的にサービスがとても良かったです。露天風呂はとても素晴らしいかったです。
Date: Feb/2020
United States (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Wish I had more time
I could stay in this beautiful onsen for a week! so many baths to try and so many beautiful rooms and food to sample! I will be back!
Date: Jan/2020
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Onsen island hotel
This was an amazing onsen hotel on an island with its own ferry service. The island overlooks the beautiful cove of Katsuura which has natural vegetation and bird life as well as being a fishing port for tuna. Our room and the dining room looked straight onto the water. There is a large onsen with an outdoor pool next to the ocean. Dinner and breakfast were superb. The dinner featured fresh local seafood prepared in Japanese style. Highly recommended.
Date: Dec/2019
United States (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese (twin), Supper & Breakfast
Wonderful place to end the Kumana Kudo
This place is exceptionally relaxing and well-appointed. The service is very personal and attentive. The rooms are comfortable and the private outdoor baths a luxury.
Date: Dec/2019
United States (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
NAGINOSHO | Japanese Modern (twin) Deluxe Corner, Supper & Breakfast
Amazing
We stayed here on the final day of our Kumano Kodo hiking adventure. Simply amazing. Everything and everyone was great. A wonderful way to end our trip. The food was excellent and our room had a wonderful view.
Date: Dec/2019
United States (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2019
United Kingdom (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 5, Location 4, Reception & Service 1
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Hotel California
The food and rooms are great, but the hotel COMPLETELY fails on customer service and attitude.
There are two FATAL flaws:
1) Although the hotel now has fewer rooms since my previous stay, they drastically limit how many people can board their too small boat back to shore. You may miss one, two or even three crossings. There is no alternative and if you have an onward train to catch, that’s your problem, not theirs.
2) In addition to woefully limiting the capacity of the boat, the staff, when faced with many customers wanting to leave at check-out rush hour, completely ignore guests’ concerns and show total inflexibility to customer service, instead hiding behind, and pointing to, the absurdity of their rigid systems.
The solution was in their hands and they refused to countenance it.
It’s quite an expensive Ryokan and one really does expect a better system and faculties - and accommodating staff attitude for that level of charge.
It’s Like Hotel California - You can checkout, but not leave!
Date: Nov/2019
France (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
A unique spot for a hotel
For sure, this hotel is on the expensive side, but we have no regrets!
The were very welcoming, and discovering the hotel feels almost like visiting the secret base of the rich James Bond vilain!
Our room was a simple yet spacious traditional Japanese room, with a great view of the bay.
All the onsens we tried were amazing, especially the outdoor ones with the view of the bay.
The food was some of the best we had on our trip, the kaiseki dinner especially was delicious.
You can exit the hotel at it's top floor and walk a bit on the top of the island all the way to a great view of the ocean, with a small hot foot-bath, we did this under the rain and the atmosphere was really great.
After dinner they had three different types of plume wine you could taste for free in one of the lobbies, all three were very high quality.
There was one downside to our stay here, and the hotel is not really to blame for this. Even though I said the view from our room was great, it was a bit spoiled when we realized that what we initially though were floating fishing platforms, turned out to be holding pens for some dolphins. Katsuura has a shady reputation when it comes to dolphin hunting, it is our firm belief that all hunting should be halted, and that dolphins shouldn't be held in captivity even for zoos and other attractions.
Date: Nov/2019
United Kingdom (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location -, Reception & Service -
Plan:
CHOUMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Stunning
Absolutely perfect in every way. The views are amazing, the food was really good, the baths just superb. Loved the experience of being on an island.
Date: Oct/2019
United States (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
Amazing private island hotel... once in a lifetime
We won't ever stay at such a cool place in our lives! You take a 5 minute ferry to this private island with a gorgeous, renovated hotel. Big - like 100 rooms? You're greeted with tea and a financier by the well heeled staff, they take your bags in for you, check out your gorgeous sea view tatami room, and then you head to the stunning bath options - outdoor and indoor overlooking the sea with beautiful changing room spaces. The meals are stunning - like 10 courses each.. wow. Worth it. Our only concern was what looked like a dolphin enclosure outside the room. Not sure what that was for... swimming with the dolphins? We ask that Kumano-Bettei Nakanoshima close that operation down. Otherwise the hotel is beautiful.
Date: Oct/2019
Australia (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Oct/2019
United States (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese style (10 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
This hotel was where I stayed on my last night after four days of hiking the Kumano Kodo and it did not disappoint. I read some reviews comparing the Nakanoshima to a James Bond villain's lair, and it sort of had that vibe, but I loved it. I loved the long, weird tunnels and the massive starkness of it. The outdoor onsens were wonderful and the indoor pools were nice and hot. The meals were great and I loved the Yukata. I was very tempted to take it with me, but decided I didn't need the bad karma. On Sunday morning after my soak I went to the lobby and listened to John Coltrane on the turntable and enjoyed a cup of coffee. A really nice way to end my Kumano Kodo experience. I don't know if I would have opted to stay at a 50000 yen/night resort otherwise, but since I saved so much money booking my own adventure through Kumano Travel, it didn't seem all that extravagant.
Date: Jun/2019
Germany (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOUMONTEI | Japanese style (12 tatami mat room), Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
excellent hotel and in keeping with the website
Date: Apr/2019
Chile (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths -, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
CHOMONTEI | Japanese Corner, Supper & Breakfast
- No subject -
Date: Dec/2018
United States (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 3, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Choumontei building "Hana" room, Supper & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Pricey, but the onsen and rooms are gorgeous
The boat arrival is fun, the rooms are excellent, and the onsen was easily the best of our time in Japan. It was also the most expensive part of our Kumano Kodo trek, and possibly a bit overpriced. However, we stayed mere days before the entire hotel closed for a six-month renovation. I can't wait to see what they do with the place, as the island location really is stunning.
Date: Nov/2018
United States (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Choumontei building "Mai" room, Supper & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
I was very happy I booked this place. The food was amazing and it had the best views. The onsen outside had breathtaking view of the ocean and mountains.
Date: Aug/2018
Spain (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Choumontei building "Mai" room, Supper & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Wonderful location
Its location on an island where it is the only building is great. The bathrooms have good views and you can even do a little hiking. Room and food were up to what you would expect in a ryokan.
Date: Jul/2018
Denmark (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 2, Location 4, Reception & Service 1
Plan:
Choumontei building ""Mai"" room, Supper & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Disappointing not being able to be outside
We were a little disappointed that there are no possibility to be outdoors. Only in Onsen are you outside. The pool was closed, you couldnt swim in the ocean and you couldnt even sit outside in sun or shade to enjoy a beverage. All the things I would expect when booking and Island hotel.
Also The staff seemed a little confused.
The room and the Onsens were beautiful!!
Date: May/2018
Japan (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 3, Meals 3, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Choumontei building "Mai" room, Supper & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Dec/2017
United States (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 3, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2017
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Super outdoor baths,
We enjoyed our large and comfortable room. It had beautiful views back to the township, the wharves , and the mountains. Watching the edge of a typhoon pass by was an exhilarating experience.The staff were all friendly and very kind to us.The first dinner was not as interesting or as large as our second dinner - which was a lovely tasty mixture of Japanese and Western food.
As noted by others some of the corridor areas are very worn - but as due to close soon for refurbishment - was not as widespread as expected.
Highlight is the truly beautiful outdoor baths, the photos do not exaggerate how lovely these are.
Also lovely foot bath at the top of the hill above the hotel.
Highly recommend.
Date: Nov/2017
United States (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Hotel Nakanoshima
Hotel was a short boat ride across the bay. Excellent rooms facing the ocean-very nice view. Great room service. Dinner and breakfast were also excellent.
Date: Oct/2017
United Kingdom (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 2, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Good location
Date: Oct/2017
Switzerland (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Every thing very nice
I really enjoyed my time at this hotel. The view from the room and the Onsen is amazing. All the staff was really nice, helpful and friendly. I really liked the external onsen.
Date: Oct/2017
Australia (Female, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Jun/2017
United States (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Nakanoshima review
I was expecting more from this place considering the price. It was nice, but quite run down. The food was good, but I liked the food at Nakano better.
Date: May/2017
Australia (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Apr/2017
Switzerland (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
The hotel is big
But it still feels very nice to be on an island and the outside bath overlooking the sea and the small island in front is quite nice.
It was a nice way to relax after having walked to Nachi Taisha.
Date: Jan/2017
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2016
United Kingdom (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Choumontei building "Mai" room, Supper & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2016
United Kingdom (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 5, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
An excellent hotel with very friendly staff
An excellent hotel with very friendly staff who are always happy to help. The hotel was very clean and our room was very comfortable and had a lovely view onto Kii-Katsura. The meals were beautifully presented and staff explained very well what each dish contained. We liked the Onsen, but found the water inside a little too hot, so spent most of our time in the outdoors section. The ferry taking one to the Hotel was well organised and very regular. We had expected the hotel to face out to the ocean, and not to be so close to the mainland, which is why we only rated it 4.
Date: Nov/2016
Singapore (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom -, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Oct/2016
Australia (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Lovely room. Terrible smell.
This is a rather unique hotel, placed around a peninsula on an island. We had a room in Building 1, which is the one closest to reception. The room itself was lovely with lots of space. However there was an awful smell of food in the room, which neither opening the windows nor putting the aircon on could get rid of. We deduced that it was in the bedding or tatami mats. It made for a smelly night.
There were also mosquitos about but no screens in the windows. This meant that the doors had to be closed during the night. The aircon fan was angled to blow down, right on our heads, which we were not happy with for a night. Thus it was not a particularly good experience. We were also above the ferry jetty, which started its engine at an early hour.
There was no instruction in English for both the aircon ( which had a different modus operandi to the norm) and for the hot water flask. We spent ages pushing buttons trying to get both to work satisfactorily but did not really do well enough. We also discovered that the drinks in the room fridge automatically charged to our account if we took one out to check what brand it was. We were given no warning of this, or maybe it was there for those that speak japanese. We therefore had no option but to purchase a very expensive beer from the room, rather than utilising the machine at the end of the corridor.
Date: Oct/2016
United Kingdom (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Large Ryokan!
It's a great location on an island with a regular shuttle boat. It's friendly and well run and everything is of good quality. I would stay there again, but be aware it is a very large establishment and the restaurant has more the feel of a canteen.
Date: Jul/2016
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 3, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
The hotel is in a lovely location but is in need of an update to modernise. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The food was inconsistent but overall good. Great location but biggest disappointment was that the swimming pool was not open. We booked the hotel for the large swimming pool. The weather was hot and humid -- perfect for swimming!
Date: Jun/2016
France (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Apr/2016
Singapore (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Large hotel in an island - very touristy
Guestroom: smelled like cigarettes. Asked for a non-smoking room but the hotel apparently doesn't separate smoking from non-smoking rooms. We were placed in the oldest wing of the hotel. The room was large but lots of wear and tear.
Facilities: there is a gift store selling souvenirs and local produce. In the morning, this turns into a pop-up wet market. Loved it.
Baths: large and extensive onsen. The outdoor onsen was good.
Meals: Good quality Kaiseki meal but not as elaborate as the other ryokans/minshukus we stayed at.
Location: on a secluded island. Must take ferry (free but scheduled) to get in and out. As we could not come and go as we please, we had to alter our timings according to the ferry schedule on top of the bus/train schedule. The ferry terminal is 10 minutes walk from the train/bus station. This should be taken into consideration if you are carrying heavy luggage.
Reception and service: Receptionists spoke English well - as expected from a hotel. No hiccups in the service - smooth check-in, check-out and all requests attended to appropriately.
Date: Mar/2016
Singapore (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Feb/2016
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 3, Location 4, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Dec/2015
Australia (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Really excellent
An excellent place.great rooms. Great location with regular shuttle boats to and from the island. The food was really good but it gets silver medal for the Kii-Katsura hotels.
Date: Dec/2015
Australia (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Wonderful place to stay
A little bit expensive but worth it. Wonderful location and fabulous onsen.
Date: Nov/2015
Spain (Female, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Oct/2015
United States (Male, age 70-79)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
We enjoyed our stay at Hotel Nakanohima. It was an unique experience to be picked up by boat to the hotel. Our view of Katsuura from our room was wonderful. The hotel needs to do some clean up. The hall carpets were very dirty and stained.
Date: Oct/2015
Switzerland (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Jun/2015
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 3, Location 4, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
朝食がビュッフェスタイルで落ち着かなかったです。
地の食材が多く楽しめましたが、パンはあまりおいしくなかった。
部屋は海に囲まれたようで快適でしたが、船の便が朝などもう少しあるとよいのにと
思いました。
Date: Apr/2015
Australia (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper (in private room) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Spectacular island retreat and treat for the end of our pilgrimage
After a day of rain and steps, 14ks from Koguchi, we arrived at the grand shrine Nachi. A 20 min bus ride to town, a short walk to the ferry and a 2 minute ferry ride has you at Nakanoshima. A large hotel, with spacious rooms. Ours had views towards Kii Katsuura and the mountains. We were treated to kansei banquet in a private room where the food just kept coming! We utilised the private onsen with indoor and outdoor baths, as well as normal onsen with beautiful hot water from a local spring. We walked to the lookout and watched the boats coming in and out of the harbour. Most enjoyable.
Date: Apr/2015
United States (Female, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 2, Location 3, Reception & Service 2
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
My least favorite place along theKumano Kodo
The room was quite pretty and so were the baths but the service was quite impersonal and the food didn't have the freshness of the other meals I ate at the other places I stayed along the Kumano Kodo. In retrospect, I should have chosen a smaller, family owned place. But that was my fault as I got carried away by the scenery of this hotel. The hotel is a bit dated.
Date: Apr/2015
Singapore (Female, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Warm service in a big hotel
Wonderful island location with excellent outdoor baths. Despite the large size of the hotel, the staff were warm and friendly, and even gave personal instructions on wearing the yukata properly. Only downside is the difficult access to the area from major cities. When it rained during the second day of our trip, there was little indoor options, so we had to brave a climb up the 400+ steps of Nachi Taisha in the rain.
Date: Apr/2015
Singapore (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 3, Meals 3, Location 4, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Modern type hotel
Big hotel, interestingly located on an offshore island, so the view was unique and panoramic. Room was sizeable and comfortable, though the food and baths seemed more commercial and pedestrian. Reception was friendly, but had difficulty explaining some aspects due to English barrier. For such a big hotel, I was disappointed there was no wifi in the rooms.
Date: Jan/2015
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
お風呂が広く露天風呂からの海が絶景でした。夕景も朝風呂もゆったりでき温泉につかって日頃の疲れも癒やされたと思います。お宿も快適でくつろげました。サービスもよかったです。
Date: Jan/2015
Japan (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2014
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 3, Meals 3, Location 3, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
お部屋は海が見えて気持ち良かった。食事はもっと少なくていいから地域の特産物があったら良いと思った。
Date: Nov/2014
Australia (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
Enjoyed the ferry trip across to Hotel Nakanoshima. We arrived earlier than scheduled check-in but they quickly organised our room. Great choice of baths - particularly loved the outside women's onsen. Beautifully presented and delicious dinner served in our room. The buffet breakfast offered an incredible choice ( Japanese and European). Particularly liked the walk accessed from the annexe and the footpath. A perfect place for relaxing after a several days of walking I'm Kumano Kodo.
Date: Nov/2014
Australia (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Luxury experience!
Fabulous easy to access location, the ferry wharf for the hotel across the bay is a short walk from train station/bus stop. This is a luxury experience with beautiful tatami-style rooms, bay views, a choice of indoor or outdoor onsen, an amazing evening meal of many small courses, including sashimi, nabe, seafoods, a range of pickles and vegetables, dessert. Breakfast buffet is varied and includes Japanese and western choices. Staff are very polite and helpful. You can get the bus for Nachi Taisha at the railway station.
Date: Aug/2014
Hong Kong (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 3, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Hotel on an island close to the shore
The upgrade from ordinary meal and room to the deluxe accomodation is a big surprise to me and my big family. The sunset view from our room is once in a lifetime memory. The open sea onsen is stunning and relaxing. However, the indoor onsen and its washing tap is rusty and frafile, may be it is because of the sea erosion. Besides, the dinner in the banquet room for my family of 7 persons is private and filled with laughters during the meal. Thanks for the Kumano Travel for the best arrangement. Definitely I will recommend to my friends to approach Kumano Travel for their travel plans in Wakayama area.
Date: May/2014
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 3, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper (in private room) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
夕方からの雨で早めにチェックインのひとが多かったせいか、食事処は満員。宿の方も忙しそうでしたが気持ちのよい対応で食事も美味しくお腹いっぱいになりました。
Date: May/2014
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals 3, Location 3, Reception & Service 2
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: May/2014
Japan (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
部屋からの海の眺望と新鮮な魚介類の夕食はすばらしかったです。朝食の混雑はやや閉口しましたが、人気のお宿なので仕方ないと思いました。
Date: May/2014
Japan (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Apr/2014
Australia (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
An amazing place to stay at, just a little bit busy but very friendly staff.
Date: Apr/2014
New Caledonia (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 3, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2013
France (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
Date: Oct/2013
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
格安料金だったので対価としては申し分ありません。フェリーも楽しかった。
友人が大門坂で転倒して手首骨折（ギプス固定）となりました。入浴するのにカバーするビニール袋とガムテープを拝借希望をしたら、受付の若い女性の方が親身に対応して下さいました。おかげさまで問題なく入浴できました。
また、紀伊勝浦の駅内の観光センターのスタッフに電話をして頂き、町立?病院受診して整形外科診療を受けられました。
どなたも人情豊かな方に恵まれて助かりました。是非また訪れたいと思います。
Date: Oct/2013
Australia (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 4, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
- No subject -
We thought we would be the only guests in this rambling homage to James Bond's Dr No -- until the boatloads of Japanese guests arrived late in the afternoon, and the place came alive. Great room and view; very good hotel shops; highly recommended walk to the top of the island for the view and hot footbath!; larger baths not so attractive but a private bath (booked at reasonable cost) was brilliant -- watched the sunset from our private outside soak.
Date: Sep/2013
United States (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 5, Meals 2, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
Institutional but Good
A large institutional building without much local character but nice clean room and OK food. The onsen at the seashore was incredible!!!
Date: Apr/2013
United States (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 3, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
The highlight of my 3 weeks vacation.
My friend and I were so in love with this place. It was located at the beautiful location, so serene and calm your soul. The staff of all level made us felt like we were the most important guest. They were willing to help and always showed the hospitality. We were touched with the service here that we want to stay there again in the future. We stayed for 3 nights and it made us connected more to Japanese cultures.
The Japanese dinner came with the beautiful setting and were so delicious, each day we were served the different menu. The outdoor onsen was so charming with a great view of the sea. I felt so blessing to choose this place.
Date: Apr/2013
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 1, Supper (in private room) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
中之島
ロケーション最高。島なので緊急避難時不安。遊歩道も整備されていて散歩できてうれしいです。露天風呂男子は離れすぎて大変なのとちょっとぬるかった。女子風呂はとてもよかったそうです。料理は食べきれなかった。
Date: Apr/2013
Canada (Male, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals 5, Location 2, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper (in private room) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Nice staff, nice meal but old hotel
At first we were shocked by the look of the hotel. First you have a view of the port not the sea and the pool was dirty and closed. Then the carpet in the hotel was pink and mint with old paintings on the wall. But we must say that the hotel staff and the greetings we had made it up for this. Furthermore the dinner at night was astonishing. So we enjoyed the night but the price is a little too high for the hotel value.
Date: Nov/2012
France (Female, age 70-79)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals 4, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
Building 1, Supper & Breakfast (both in restaurant)
A night at Nakoshima Hotel
Really nice, quiet and beautiful.
Date: Apr/2012
Denmark (Female, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
- No subject -
Stunning view to the Pacific Ocean. Excellent food and hotsprings. Beautiful Japanese-style room (not the Western style though). Plus I never before experienced such excellent service as I did on Hotel Nakanoshima and The Kumano area in generel.
Date: Apr/2012
United States (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals 5, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
Building 2, Supper (in guestroom) & Breakfast (in restaurant)
Kumano Kodo
a truly amazing place
the onsen top notch
huge with lots of air and views of the pacific and the mountains
an outdoor multilayered unique onsen as well
and the water is 41 degrees C so be ready for hot!
you board a shuttle boat to get to the hotel
large well run excellent staff excellent meals worth take a trek up the hill for a special view of the Pacific
if you like fish then this is the place to be
saw a wonderful sunset followed five hours later by a moonset over the mountains
the best rooms are 201 - 205
the town is charming with lots of neat little neighborhoods and wonderful French! patisserie near the train station
after seven days of white rice and fish to find a freshly made baguette as well as exquisite pasteries and gateaus
well I almost fell down
charming and as with all great trips an unexpected treasure
No Meat
No Fish
No Seafood (other than fish)
No Dashi fish stock
No Dairy
No Eggs
Kii-Katsuura Station Area
Katsuura
Free parking available for up to 70 vehicles.