Albany inn Shirahama is a comfortable, renovated 60-year-old inn with modern rooms, conveniently located just a 3-minute walk from JR Shirahama Station. The adjacent cafe serves organic meals with carefully selected ingredients and is popular with locals as well as guests. Featured items are organic rice flour cookies and muffins, organic coffee, herbal tea. Gluten-free is also available. The inn is recommended for those sightseeing in Shirahama as well as walking the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi or Ohechi routes.

Location Information
While located in Shirahama, pick-up service available from Tore Tore Ichiba-mae bus stop.
Complimentary shuttle service to Tore Tore Ichiba Market after checkout! Buses to Takijiri and Hongu depart from the bus stop in front of Tore Tore Ichiba Market, making this ideal for an overnight stay before exploring the Kumano Kodo.

Hackberry Heim EⅡRA is a set of holiday-apartments on the outskirts of Shirahama next to the Ezura beach. Each cottage-apartment is two stories, with a living area on the 1st floor and the sleeping room on the second floor. The living area offers a sofa, table, mini-kitchen, toilet and bath; covering all the necessities of a self-contained stay. It is popular with families and couples looking for privacy and the freedom of a fully furnished lodging. The name is a combination of ideas: “Hackberry” is a character in the owner’s last name, Heim is the German-based word for “home”, and EⅡRA is the name of the nearby beach ‘Ezura’ (the two capital “I” are the roman numerals for the number two with is roughly pronounced as “zu”).