Shimane Pref
Family-Friendly Hotels in Shimane: Myth and Hot Springs for Families
A prefecture where myth and hot springs live on, from Izumo Taisha to Matsue Castle and Tamatsukuri Onsen
23 family-friendly hotels in Shimane, verified by Kids Stay: 22 with tatami rooms, 11 with private onsen baths, 14 with in-room baths, 4 with crib rental and 3 with indoor play rooms. Every listing is checked against the official hotel website or Rakuten Travel.
When choosing a family stay in Shimane, plenty of households are unsure what to narrow their search by: hot spring or coast, meals in the room or a private dining room. Traveling with a small child, the deciding factors become things you would never think about on an adults-only trip: whether there is a tatami room for the baby to crawl on, whether there is a private reservable bath so you can soak without worrying about anyone else. In Shimane Prefecture, roughly 23 properties have been confirmed to have these kinds of family-friendly features.
Shimane Prefecture offers places to stay for every kind of family trip, from celebrated hot springs such as Tamatsukuri Onsen and Mihonoseki Onsen to areas close to the town centers of Izumo, Matsue, Yasugi and Hamada. Within the prefecture there is the Tamatsukuri Onsen area, where properties that have given thought to guests with babies cluster amid the quiet mood of a hot spring town. The Izumo area pairs naturally with a visit to Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine, and the Matsue area puts you where you can enjoy the views of Matsue Castle and Lake Shinji during your stay.
For rooms, 22 properties have Japanese-style or Japanese-Western rooms, giving a baby the freedom to move around on the tatami. On the food side, 16 offer a toddler meal menu, 16 accommodate allergies, 9 serve meals in the room, and 11 have a private or semi-private dining room. For bathing, 11 have a private reservable bath, 14 have guest rooms with their own bath or open-air bath, and 5 can accommodate bathing with a baby bath. 7 are detached units, cottages or whole-building rentals, and crib rentals have been confirmed at 4.
To be specific, Ryokan Mihokan in Mihonoseki Onsen occupies a nationally designated cultural property building yet still shows clear consideration for guests with babies, with crib and bed guard rentals and detached, cottage and whole-building room types. In Tamatsukuri Onsen, Ryokan OQOQ pairs Japanese-style rooms with baby bath rentals, a formula-preparation kettle and the ability to bring in and warm up baby food, while Chorakuen, Matsunoyu and Hotel Gyokusen also have private reservable baths and private dining rooms. Saginoyuso in Yasugi, along with Hatago Oda Onsen and Yumoto Yunokawa, likewise offers in-room dining, allergy accommodations and other features that adapt easily to a family's circumstances.
Getting around the prefecture centers on access from Izumo Enmusubi Airport or Yonago Kitaro Airport and travel by car along the San'in Expressway; this is an area where your own car or a rental gives you far more freedom than public transportation. Many families come in summer for the scenery of Lake Shinji and the coast, and in winter for seasonal delicacies such as snow crab, so there is real pleasure in choosing where to stay according to the season.
Highlights
- checkMostly properties with tatami rooms where babies can settle in comfortably
- checkPrivate reservable baths and in-room open-air baths for hot springs without any awkwardness
- checkPrivate dining rooms and in-room meals let you eat at your child's pace
Family-friendly features in Shimane
Recommended hotels (23)
Saginoyu Onsen Saginoyuso
Mihokan - Mihozeki Onsen Ryokan (Registered Tangible Cultural Property)
Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan OQOQ
Kohan no Onsenyado Kunibiki / Glamping Base IZUMO
Naniwa Issui
Hatago Oda Onsen
Yumoto Yunokawa
Hotel Gyokusen
Shiraishiya
Matsunoyu
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- Saginoyu Onsen Saginoyuso
- Mihokan - Mihozeki Onsen Ryokan (Registered Tangible Cultural Property)
- Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan OQOQ
- Kohan no Onsenyado Kunibiki / Glamping Base IZUMO
- Naniwa Issui
- Hatago Oda Onsen
- Yumoto Yunokawa
- Hotel Gyokusen
- Shiraishiya
- Matsunoyu
- Chorakuen
- Tamatsukuri Grand Hotel Choseikaku
- En no Yado Kitahori
- Notsu Ryokan
- Kokuminsyuku Senjyouten
- Matsue Excel Hotel Tokyu
- Yujin Chiyonoyu
- Izumo Royal Hotel
- Suiten-kaku
- Twin Leaves Hotel Izumo
- Hotel Takeshi Sanso
- Tamatsukuri Onsen Izumo Kamigami Enmusubi no Yado Konya
- Tamatsukuri Kokusai Hotel
Kid-friendly facilities at family hotels in Shimane Prefecture
Kids Stay checked the official information of 23 family hotels in Shimane Prefecture and found 65 kid-friendly facilities on site. Here is a sample by category so you can compare facilities before choosing a room.
Indoor playrooms and kids' spaces(2 hotels, 2 items)
- Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan OQOQ · Kids' space Oku no Mori: An indoor kids' space on the first floor of the Higashi-no-Sho wing. Designed to evoke a forest and built with timber from Shimane Prefecture, it holds 12 corners: a pretend-play c
- Matsunoyu · Kids' space: A relaxed, spacious kids' space with a trampoline, a slide, a ball pit and more opens for limited periods such as the summer holidays.
Baby gear you can borrow(5 hotels, 14 items)
- Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan OQOQ · Baby and kids' items available to borrow: A generous selection of children's items is available to borrow. Contacting the ryokan in advance is recommended. Only disposable diapers carry a charge; everything else is free.
- Yujin Chiyonoyu · Children's bath set: A children's bath set for use in the private-hire family baths.
- Mihokan - Mihozeki Onsen Ryokan (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) · Baby and Kids' Item Rentals: Strollers are available to borrow free of charge. Bed fences and bed guards are limited in number, so reserving in advance is safest. Humidifiers, cribs, CD players and other items
- Hatago Oda Onsen · Baby chairs and toddler chairs / humidifier (available to borrow): Baby chairs and toddler chairs are among the ryokan's facilities, and a humidifier is available to borrow among the in-room items. Guest-room amenities include yukata (children's y
- Shiraishiya · Co-sleeping and bedding for infants and young children: Co-sleeping is available for up to 5 children. For infants and children under school age, the rate depends on whether meals and futon bedding are included: 50% of the adult rate wi
Kids' meals and baby food(5 hotels, 20 items)
- Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan OQOQ · All-inclusive restaurant: Every seat in the dining area is in a semi-private room, serving children's dishes such as Hamburg steak and fried chicken, along with baby food matched to the child's age in month
- Yujin Chiyonoyu · In-room dining and children's meals: Dinner is served in the room in the South and East Wings of the main building, while guests in the West Wing and the Konoka twin rooms dine in the dining area. For the children's m
- Mihokan - Mihozeki Onsen Ryokan (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) · Children's Meals and Baby Food Support: Kids' kaiseki courses are available, and allergy accommodations can be discussed when you book. Baby food can be prepared on request, and children's tableware is provided, so there
- Hatago Oda Onsen · Kids' kaiseki, kids' bento and kids' meal: Upper-grade elementary school children receive a kids' kaiseki course, lower-grade elementary school children a kids' bento, and children aged 3 to 5 a kids' meal. Children of elem
- Shiraishiya · Children's meals (mini kaiseki, children's Japanese-style set meal, kids' meal set): Elementary school children are served a mini kaiseki course modeled on the adult menu, children under school age booked with futon bedding are served a children's Japanese-style se
Baby-friendly bathhouses(5 hotels, 19 items)
- Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan OQOQ · Beautifying-skin hot spring (communal bath, open-air bath, sauna): On the 2.5th floor of the Higashi-no-Sho wing. There are separate communal baths and open-air baths for men and women, along with a dry sauna, a mist sauna and a cold-water bath. T
- Yujin Chiyonoyu · Communal baths Senpuku no Yu and Yakushi no Yu: Two communal baths where you can enjoy Tamatsukuri Onsen water from the ryokan's own source, 100% free-flowing with no heating, no recirculation and no chemical disinfection. The m
- Mihokan - Mihozeki Onsen Ryokan (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) · 7th-Floor View Communal Bath, New Wing (Miho Bay and Mount Daisen views): An artificial-onsen communal bath on the 7th floor of the new wing, with sweeping views of Miho Bay and Mount Daisen. Handrails are fitted at every step, and high-seat chairs are k
- Hotel Takeshi Sanso · Private-hire bath (paid, first-come, first-served): There is no communal bath or onsen at the hotel. Each room has an en-suite bathroom, and one group at a time can also use the private-hire bath for a fee. It is handy when the fami
- Hatago Oda Onsen · Private-hire bath Toyotama-no-Yu: A private-hire bath that opened on January 18, 2021. It is available by reservation at 2,500 yen for a 50-minute slot, and being barrier-free it can be used by everyone from famili
Themed and family rooms(5 hotels, 6 items)
- Hotel Takeshi Sanso · Chikushintei detached 20-tatami Japanese-style tatami room: A 20-tatami Japanese-style tatami room in the Chikushintei annex, surrounded by trees. Set apart from the main building, this spacious, quiet room also suits families and groups.
- Hatago Oda Onsen · Ran no Ma hideaway room (a room with an attic space): An 8-tatami Japanese-style tatami room with a 4-tatami attic room attached. A small skylight cut into the attic lets you look out at the stars, and guests love that 4-tatami space,
- Tamatsukuri Grand Hotel Choseikaku · Kids Room 【Japanese-Style】: A 23 sq m Japanese-style tatami theme room recommended for families with children who have not yet started elementary school. It comes with a projector and a 100-inch screen, so ch
- Notsu Ryokan · Co-sleeping in the special room Sen: A 46.8 sq m Japanese-Western room with a semi-open-air bath and sauna, made up of a dining area, a Japanese-style tatami room and a bedroom with twin beds. Up to 2 co-sleeping chil
- Tamatsukuri Kokusai Hotel · Dobutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) room: A guest room with the feel of being out in a forest, complete with a ride-on stuffed zebra and birdhouses. It has a safety gate to keep children from leaving the room, and all the
Nursing rooms and changing tables(2 hotels, 2 items)
- Naniwa Issui · Multipurpose restrooms with diaper-changing tables: The multipurpose restrooms in front of the first-floor communal bath and in the center of the second floor have diaper-changing tables, making diaper changes and similar tasks easy
- Kohan no Onsenyado Kunibiki / Glamping Base IZUMO · Nursing room and diaper-changing table: There is a nursing room and a diaper-changing table on the first floor of the annex. Baby food you bring yourself can be warmed freely in the microwave in the first-floor lobby of
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Travel tips
When choosing a hotel, checking in advance whether there are Japanese-style rooms, in-room dining or a private dining room makes it much easier to relax without worrying about the people around you. Confirming at the time of booking whether there is a private reservable bath, whether a baby bath is available, and what the crib rental situation is will save you trouble on the day. Distances between areas tend to be long, so it is also easier to build a plan that includes rest stops along the way.
Best season
Shimane Prefecture can be enjoyed in all four seasons, but summer lets you take in the views of Lake Shinji and the Sea of Japan in cool comfort, and winter is when more families visit for seasonal delicacies such as snow crab. Spring and autumn have relatively comfortable weather and pair well with outdoor sightseeing such as a stroll around Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine or Matsue Castle.
Getting there
Travel to Shimane Prefecture is based on flights into Izumo Enmusubi Airport or Yonago Kitaro Airport, and on driving the San'in Expressway. Because the areas within the prefecture are some distance apart, your own car or a rental is more convenient than public transportation when traveling with children. Tamatsukuri Onsen and the Matsue area are close to central Matsue, and the Izumo area is easy to visit together with a trip to Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine.
Frequently Asked Questions
From what age can families enjoy a trip to Shimane?
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Most properties in Shimane Prefecture have Japanese-style rooms and in-room dining, giving you a setting that works for children of a wide range of ages, from infants to preschoolers. Reviews on booking sites include several comments about being able to use futons or a crib even when traveling with a baby.
Are there hotels you recommend for families with a baby?
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Several properties in the prefecture offer cribs, formula-preparation kettles and baby food. Tamatsukuri Onsen Ryokan OQOQ has baby bath rentals and lets you bring in and warm up baby food, and Mihokan in Mihonoseki Onsen has confirmed crib and bed guard rentals. Both are properties families with babies tend to choose.
Is it inconvenient without a car?
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The areas of Shimane Prefecture, such as Izumo, Matsue, Yasugi and Hamada, are spread apart, and getting around by public transportation alone tends to involve transfers and waiting time. Counting access from Izumo Enmusubi Airport and Yonago Kitaro Airport as well, this is an area where many families use their own car or a rental.
Is it enjoyable even on a rainy day?
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At a property with a private reservable bath or a guest room bath or open-air bath, you can enjoy the hot spring regardless of the weather. Choosing a property with a private dining room or in-room meals makes it easier to relax indoors and keep mealtimes at your child's pace. Being able to spend a day comfortably inside the hotel when getting out is difficult is genuinely reassuring.
When is the best season?
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Summer makes it easy to enjoy the views of Lake Shinji and the Sea of Japan coast in cool comfort, and winter is when more families visit for seasonal delicacies such as snow crab. Spring and autumn have settled weather and suit a trip that also takes in outdoor sightseeing such as a stroll around Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine or Matsue Castle.