Kamenoi Hotel Oarai
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Rakuten Travel rating 4.09 out of 5 (1,930 reviews). Guests traveling with children often praise the warm hospitality, and the fireworks given to elementary school children and the children's yukata to borrow are well received too. On the other hand, some guests report that children's dishes such as fried food and Hamburg steak are sometimes served cold, and say they would prefer them hot.
Kids Facilities
Kids' Kaiseki and Kids' Set Meal
Kids' Kaiseki and Kids' Set Meal
At dinner, elementary school children are served a Kids' Kaiseki and children who have not yet started elementary school a Kids' Set Meal. Meals are served in the restaurant, with no private rooms; dinner runs from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and breakfast is a Japanese and Western buffet from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
- •Meals are served in the restaurant, and there are no private rooms.
- •If you will arrive after 6 p.m., please contact the hotel; dinner cannot be served after 8 p.m.
Items to borrow for children and equipment for young children
Items to borrow for children and equipment for young children
A stroller is available to borrow free of charge, along with hot water for formula, children's tableware, children's yukata and children's slippers. Other items for children can also be borrowed; please contact the hotel for details.
- •The stroller is free to borrow.
- •The full list of other items to borrow is not listed in our information, so you will need to ask the hotel.
Bedding and yukata for children under school age
Bedding and yukata for children under school age
Children of elementary school age and older receive a yukata and bedding when staying on a plan with one night and two meals. For children under school age who need a yukata or bedding, these carry a fee: 1,100 yen per night for bedding and 220 yen for a yukata. They must be requested when booking.
- •For children under school age who need a yukata or bedding, a request must be made when booking.
- •Bedding for children under school age is 1,100 yen per night, and a yukata is 220 yen.
Bringing and warming baby food
Bringing and warming baby food
For babies and toddlers, you may bring your own baby food. If it needs warming or similar, you can ask at the front desk or in the restaurant. Hot water for formula is available as well.
- •Baby food can be warmed on request at the front desk or in the restaurant.
Private-hire bath
Private-hire bath
Alongside the communal bath there is a private-hire bath, available to staying guests only by reservation. The rate is 5,000 yen for one 60-minute session, with reception from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. It is an option when you want to bathe with your children without worrying about other guests.
- •Available to staying guests only, by reservation.
- •The rate is 5,000 yen for one 60-minute session.
- •Reception is from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Japanese-style tatami rooms, tatami rooms with low beds, and the accessible room
Japanese-style tatami rooms, tatami rooms with low beds, and the accessible room
The 8-tatami Japanese-style rooms sleep 1 to 4 guests and the 10-tatami rooms sleep 1 to 5, so you can choose a tatami room. There is also a 35 sq m Japanese-style room with low beds set up in the 8-tatami Japanese-style tatami area. An accessible room (with bath) has wide, flat corridors and doorways, though the entrance has a slightly raised ramp, so a stroller may need to be lifted over it.
- •The 8-tatami Japanese-style room (non-smoking, river view) sleeps 1 to 4 guests.
- •The 10-tatami Japanese-style room sleeps 1 to 5 guests.
Experience activities for parents and children
Experience activities for parents and children
The hotel offers a year-round lineup of experience activities for parents and children. The bring-nothing fishing experience is open to all ages, with rubber boots, gloves, a cooler box and the like lent by the hotel free of charge, and you can bring your catch back to the hotel to have it cooked for you. There are also a plum wine and plum syrup making experience (from age 4), electric rental bicycles borrowed at the front desk (from the middle grades of elementary school), and a photo-spot tour led by hotel staff around Oarai Isosaki Shrine and Oarai Sun Beach (1,100 yen per person).
- •The bring-nothing fishing experience starts at 7,260 yen per person including rod, bait and tackle, and meets at a fishing tackle shop about 8 minutes by car from the hotel.
- •To have your catch cooked at the hotel, you need to let them know at least 3 days in advance.
- •Electric rental bicycles are 2,200 yen for a half day (4 hours) and 3,300 yen for a full day (8 hours), and helmets can be borrowed free of charge.
- •The plum wine and plum syrup making experience is open from age 4, and children in the lower grades of elementary school work in pairs with a guardian.
- •All of these cost extra on top of the room rate, and some have days when they are not held.
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Overview
Kamenoi Hotel Oarai is a 62-room hot-spring hotel on a rise with sweeping views of the Pacific and the Naka River. The range of rooms is wide - 8-tatami and 10-tatami Japanese-style tatami rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, and rooms with a natural onsen open-air bath - so you can pick one to suit the size of your family. At dinner, elementary school children are served a Kids' Kaiseki and children under school age a Kids' Set Meal, and you may bring your own baby food, which the staff will warm for you. A stroller is available to borrow free of charge, along with hot water for formula and children's tableware, and alongside the communal bath there is a private-hire bath available by reservation.
Rooms
There are 62 guest rooms, ranging from tatami rooms - 8-tatami Japanese-style rooms sleeping 1 to 4 guests and 10-tatami Japanese-style rooms sleeping 1 to 5 guests - to Western-style rooms with beds. The 10-tatami rooms sleep up to 5, which suits larger families. There is also a 35 sq m Japanese-style room where low beds are set up in the 8-tatami Japanese-style tatami area; the low beds are reassuring if you are traveling with a small child and worry about falls from a bed. Among the rooms with beds, the Compact Twin (with bath) River View is 16 sq m with two beds measuring 100 cm wide by 200 cm long; the Superior Room has two beds plus one day bed for up to 3 guests; and the Family Room has two beds, one day bed and one junior bed for up to 4 guests. The Premium Room with a natural onsen open-air bath is 42 sq m with two beds, one day bed and one junior bed for up to 4 guests, the Japanese-Western room with an open-air bath is 44 sq m for up to 4 guests, and the Room with an open-air bath is 38 sq m with two beds and one junior bed for up to 3 guests. There is also an accessible room (with bath) whose corridors and doorways are wide and flat for easy movement in a wheelchair, though the entrance has a slightly raised ramp, so a stroller may need to be lifted over it. The number of children who may co-sleep varies by room type: up to 4 on the 8-tatami Japanese-style room plans, and up to 1 on the Compact Twin (with bath) plans.
Dining
Both dinner and breakfast are served in the restaurant, and there are no private rooms. In-room dining is not offered, so meals are taken in the restaurant. Dinner is served from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and breakfast is a Japanese and Western buffet from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Elementary school children are served a Kids' Kaiseki and children who have not yet started elementary school a Kids' Set Meal. You may bring your own baby food for babies and toddlers, and if it needs warming you can ask at the front desk or in the restaurant. If you let the hotel know of a food allergy when booking, it can accommodate you on some of the menu, but removing component ingredients contained in seasonings is difficult and trace contamination in the kitchen cannot be avoided, so complete removal is not guaranteed. Buffet dishes are indicated on menu cards or an allergen listing sheet, and individual allergen removal is not available. If you will arrive after 6 p.m., please contact the hotel; dinner cannot be served after 8 p.m.
Baths and Onsen
The communal bath has one indoor bath and one open-air bath, open from 3 p.m. to midnight and from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. The indoor bath in the communal bath is a semi-natural Komeiseki hot spring, and the open-air bath is a sodium chloride cold mineral spring (Oarai Onsen, water transported from the source). The men's and women's baths are not swapped, and there is no sauna. Bath towels are not provided in the communal bath, so take the bath towel from your room. If you would rather bathe with your children without worrying about other guests, there is a private-hire bath, available to staying guests only by reservation, at 5,000 yen for one 60-minute session, with reception from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Some rooms have a natural onsen open-air bath or a view bath, and these are limited to certain room types. Guests with tattoos may not use the communal bath as a rule, but they may bathe if the tattoos are covered with a seal or similar so that other guests cannot see them. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers may enter the tubs in the communal bath is not stated, so please confirm with the hotel if you need to know.
Family-Friendly Features
The hotel provides a stroller to borrow free of charge, hot water for formula, children's tableware, children's yukata and children's slippers. Children of elementary school age and older receive a yukata and bedding when staying on a plan with one night and two meals; for children under school age who need a yukata or bedding, these are available for a fee - 1,100 yen for bedding and 220 yen for a yukata - and are prepared if you request them when booking. Children's rates are 70% of the adult rate for elementary school children, 50% of the adult rate for children aged 3 to 6 who have not yet started elementary school, and a facility usage fee of 1,650 yen for ages 0 to 2. A bathing tax of 150 yen per night applies to guests aged 12 and over. Neither the hotel's own information nor the booking sites list any childcare or babysitting service. For play indoors, there is one table-tennis table, available from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 1,000 yen for 60 minutes. The hotel also offers experience activities year-round: a bring-nothing fishing experience that parents and children can join together (open to all ages; a rod and bait are included in the rental, and the hotel lends rubber boots, gloves, a cooler box and the like free of charge), a plum wine and plum syrup making experience (from age 4), electric rental bicycles borrowed at the front desk (from the middle grades of elementary school), and a photo-spot tour led by staff around Oarai Isosaki Shrine and Oarai Sun Beach (1,100 yen per person). All of these cost extra on top of the room rate, and some have days when they are not held.
Access
By car it is 15 minutes from the Mito-Oarai IC via Route 51, and by train it is a 10-minute taxi ride after getting off at Oarai Station. The free shuttle bus to and from Oarai Station runs by reservation, departing Oarai Station at 3:15 p.m. for pickup and departing the hotel at 9:50 a.m. for drop-off, taking about 15 minutes. Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium is about 1.2 km away, roughly a 15-minute walk. Parking is free with 100 spaces and needs no reservation. Check-in is at 3 p.m. and checkout is at 10 a.m.; the latest check-in time is 6 p.m., apart from some plans such as room-only stays.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | 7986-2 Isohamacho, Oarai-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki 311-1301 |
|---|---|
| directions_carAccess | About 10 minutes by taxi from Oarai Station on the Oarai Kashima Line, or about 15 minutes on the free shuttle bus from Oarai Station, which runs by reservation. About 15 minutes by car from the Mito-Oarai IC on the Kita-Kanto Expressway. Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium is about a 15-minute walk away. |
| trainNearest station | Oarai Station |
| local_parkingParking | Parking for 100 vehicles, free of charge, with no reservation needed. |
| callPhone | +81-29-267-3191 |
| paymentsCards | VISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Mastercard |
| languageOfficial site | https://kamenoi-hotels.com/oarai/open_in_new |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Kamenoi Hotel Oarai best suited to?
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It has facilities that work especially well for babies and toddlers (ages 0 to 2) and children aged 3 and over. There is no age limit, and families with children of any age can stay.
Is there parking at Kamenoi Hotel Oarai?
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Parking: Parking for 100 vehicles, free of charge, with no reservation needed.
How do you get to Kamenoi Hotel Oarai?
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About 10 minutes by taxi from Oarai Station on the Oarai Kashima Line, or about 15 minutes on the free shuttle bus from Oarai Station, which runs by reservation. About 15 minutes by car from the Mito-Oarai IC on the Kita-Kanto Expressway. Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium is about a 15-minute walk away.
Can we borrow a yukata and bedding for our child?
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Children of elementary school age and older receive a yukata and bedding when staying on a plan with one night and two meals. For children under school age these carry a fee: 1,100 yen per night for bedding and 220 yen for a yukata. They must be requested when booking.
Can we bring our own baby food?
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Yes. You may bring baby food for babies and toddlers, and if it needs warming you can ask at the front desk or in the restaurant.
Are there meals for children?
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Yes. At dinner, elementary school children are served a Kids' Kaiseki and children who have not yet started elementary school a Kids' Set Meal.
Are there items for children we can borrow?
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Yes, there are items for children available to borrow. The full list is not listed in our information, so the surest approach is to check with the hotel when booking about anything you need.
How much do children pay to stay?
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Elementary school children pay 70% of the adult rate and children aged 3 to 6 who have not yet started elementary school pay 50%, while children aged 0 to 2 pay a facility usage fee of 1,650 yen. A bathing tax of 150 yen per night applies to guests aged 12 and over.
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