Shirahamakan

Shirahama is one of Japan's oldest resort towns, and ranks as a top 3 historic (and documented) onsen town. Just imagine that you are stepping foot in the same place as famous Japanese people have for thousands of years! And you can have this experience for a fair price at Shirahamakan. The half-board is completely worth it to have the full ryokan experience. The breakfast was amazing and different on the 2nd morning. We love Japanese breakfast and were very very happy with it. It was filling and started us off on a great footing for the day of sight-seeing. The dinner was overwhelming and delicious for our little party. We had a room of 4 with a private onsen. It was totally worth it. The entire group found our time at Shirahama-kan very relaxing. The taxi for JR station costs about 20 USD one way. So if possible, try to call Shirahama-kan and ask to book the shuttle in advance. You can not just ride on the shuttle; you need a reservation. You should definitely try the large public onsen that they have - the outside and indoor one are both nice and relaxing. The location is prime - within walking distance to 2 convenience stores and a grocery store. You can walk across the street to get to a beautiful beach and take your little kids to play on the playground. This ryokan has a very helpful poster in the hallway for first time onsen users. My entire party loved their stay here and we would certainly wish to stay again!

The property had definitely seen better days but the staff worked so hard to make sure we enjoyed our stay. The main person helping us with the breakfast and dinner was literally sprinting around trying to get everything out to us quickly and perfectly. We loved her so much.

The room was really clean staff was friendly Public bath (Onsen) was big and relaxing. Our bed (futon) were prepared by the staff when we were gone out for dinner. The view from room window was really nice (beach was visible)

Service was nice, very typical of a ryokan.

Dated interior designs. Needs some updating.