KYUKAMURA OHKUNOSHIMA — Hotel in Takehara

We have now visited Ohkunoshima 4 times in the last 5 years. Not much has changed at the resort (check out my earlier review on the hotel). ||||Access options are worth evaluating as we tried various in the last few trips: Via Shin-Osaka (2.5 hours using JR Shinkansen and local trains); via Hiroshima (1 hour using JR Shinkansen and local trains); and via Hiroshima Airport (30 mins or about 18 km away using taxi). Since this was always part of a bigger trip to Western Japan or Kyushu, we found Hiroshima Airport access to be most comfortable as we had luggage - took a local taxi directly from Hiroshima Airport to Tadanoumi Pier 忠海港. For 6 persons, we were able to reserve a Jumbo Taxi (which can seat 8) from the Airport and the cost for the short journey was Y7500. The taxi also took us directly to Tadanoumi Pier, compared to other transport options which involved taking local trains to Tadanoumi station, and then a 10 min walk with luggage in tow. If you are travelling with children or elderly, definitely consider coming from Hiroshima Airport if Ohkunoshima is your first stop upon arrival to Japan. Probably good to reserve a taxi in advance, although we were able to find one at short notice at the airport (15 mins wait). At Tadanoumi Pier you can buy ferry tickets to Ohkunoshima - very straight forward. The souvenir shop also stocks other cute paraphernalia which are not found on Ohkunoshima itself. ||||As it turned out, the Kure line from Hiroshima or Mihara to Tadanoumi Station was affected by the Okayama floods and I am glad we took this option, as we didn't need to take the local train. ||||To return back to the main land, we took the ferry from Ohkunoshima to Mihara using the Rabbit Line(ラビットライン). Again, a much more comfortable and hassle free option, as it took us only 30 minutes to reach Mihara (with a small stop in Sumami) and we cut short the hassle of taking the local train from Tadanoumi station. The ferry operates 5 times a day and costs Y1500/adult and Y750/child.||But note: it operates on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays only. We were fortunate as it turned out as we checked out on Saturday. Mihara is a shinkansen stop, and the station is 10 mins walk from the ferry pier. We stayed overnight at Mihara so this gave us more time to enjoy Ohkunoshima - we left on the 1:50 pm ferry. ||||If you like rabbits and don't want to rush, I highly recommend a 2 night stay at the resort, which is not fancy, but very authentic and quintessential Japanese. The meals are wonderful in terms of Japanese and Western variety - buffet for breakfast and dinner is included. We tried grilled live abalone (Y3000 each), and local beef. We also love the onsen and the coin laundry services. And - they now had wifi in the room too! Marked improvement over our last trip 2 years ago. || It was a relaxing trip to...

01 July, 2018.||No, we did not stay at this hotel, but visited it, all the same.||We were looking at spending a day at the famous Okunoshima Island||in the Takehara district, Hiroshima Prefecture. This hotel is the||only one on this island, otherwise known as `Rabbit Island'. The||USP of the hotel is to spend a complete day with rabbits, while||dropping anchor at this hotel. Rabbits roam all around the island.||The hotel is centrally located, and relatively close to the||jetty: the only means of transportation to and from the island.||There is a regular bus service to and from this hotel, as well,||at regular intervals. The hotel itself is close to the sea shore||on the island, and has a large grassy knoll right in front of it.||Unfortunately for us, we were not able to get a reservation at||this place (we were quite late in planning for this trip!), and||Sunday isn't exactly the day to expect to find accommodation||on the island, which is a visitor's paradise.||We made it a point to visit the hotel however, to soak in the ambience.||The first poitn we visited on landing at the island was...to take||the bus straight to the hotel.||The sea-facing rooms are a hit with visitors, we were told.||We patronised the Usanchu Cafe, which is located on the first||floor of the hotel. The first floor has curio shops in the middle||close to the reception area, and a cafe (Usanchu cafe) on one side, and a||restaurant (Usanchu restaurant) on the other.||The large grounds in front of the hotel||have shady palm trees, and benches...

This is super adorable Island! Basically there is no resident on the island,but mainly this island consists of hotel, wreckage of historical military facilities and beach. This is a resort island. You can visit by ferry from 2 sides. One leaves Chukai “忠海” and the other leaves Omishima “大三島” for the island. Recently very crowded because it is getting super popular island thanks to the adorable rabbits. You can find adorable rabbits all around the island. They don't have fear against human. So looks very relaxing everywhere even the next to cars. You can visit on car and park on the limited lots. If you want to make a camp, there are nice camp area!! You can find a restaurant in the only hotel on the island. You can enjoy good lunch and dinner. You can get souvenir also. Rabbis are not taken care by any authority. Just they live wild. But they are very friendly. You can feed foods. You can buy foods in the ferry station before you take on ferry. You can’t buy any foods inside the island!! If you want to enjoy much more you can take carrots to the island!! Historically the island was used as a military laboratory for poison gas. So there are old wreckages around the island, you can study a little biz history too. And you can take god phones with the old building!!! I highly recommend to stay in!! Make a...