This is a one of a kind Hotel in japan, it is cycling themed and no expense was spared!

The staff was courteous and greeted us promptly, Their English was very good! The room was cozy, and clean!

This is easily one of the best hotels I’ve ever stayed at!

The hotel features a very impressive harbor front view, of an active shipping port with a lot of traffic up and down the river! The seating is plentiful, and with drinks from the bar you could easily hang out and be entertained most of the night. The only thing that I felt was lacking is quality draft beer! They only had one style on tap and while it was ok, I would have preferred to see a better variety! (U2 if you’re reading this, try to obtain the Gora IPA, from the GORA Brewery in Hakone)

The restaurant is fantastic, the breakfast included in the room rate was continental in style with fresh eggs and choice of protein, fresh breads from the bakery on site and coffee.

The lunch and dinner menu is perfect, a few quality entres a selection of appetizers and drinks from the bar. Though be prepared to spend a little extra, the meals are not cheap.

The Hotel also provides bicycles for rent if you are in town for the Shimanami- Kaido Bike ride. This is the only part of the hotel that I felt was a rip-off. While the bikes are quality a one day rental will set you back 5,400 yen. I would have gladly paid 2,500 yen or even 3,000 yen. But 5,400 yen is definitely more than I felt this service was worth. I don’t fault the hotel the bikes they rent are quality and if you’re an avid cyclist who plans to complete the whole course in one day this may be the route for you. But for us it just wasn’t worth it.

We wanted to make the ride but opted to go down the street to rent “island” Bikes from the local rental agency down the street. There are several options for bike rentals in Onomichi, Red Bicycles (3,500 Yen for Merida Road Bikes, Giant Bicycle Store (located in the hotel ~5,000 yen for a road bike, the hotel 5,400 Yen for Colnago Road Bike, and the Shimanami Bike rental Agency 1,000 yen for a bike ) these are the daily rates as of September 2018 YMMV

CONS: The price per night is a little bit steep, and the reservation system on their website was difficult to navigate and slightly misleading.

The advertised daily rate was 8,470y per person but changed when I selected the room and the rate jumped to 13,400y. I don’t think it was a hotel fault, so much as a glitch in the English website in translation.