Okuine Onsen Aburaya

We booked this Onsen hotel partly because everywhere in Ine town was full and partly because of the reviews and photos. It exceeded our expectations in every way. A few weeks before our booking, the hotel emailed to check our arrival time at the train station so they would have a car service waiting for us when we arrived. The drive to the hotel is about 40 minutes from Amanohashidate station. Upon arriving we were check into the standard room we booked but elected to upgrade to the much larger and better appointed room next door. We didn’t realize that breakfast and dinner is included in the room price each day and the multi-course seafood meals were excellent. All locally sourced fresh ingredients, exquisitely prepared and presented. The front desk staff arranged a car to drop us off in Ine so we could wander around for the day and then picked us up when we were ready to go back to the hotel in the afternoon. The onsen baths were a great way to unwind and they even had a small sauna and a couple of massage chairs. The front desk staff even helped us plan out travel to our next destination. I can’t recommend this hotel highly enough. Incredible service and a memorable experience.