Overview
otel Route-Inn Choshi Eki Nishi is a practical hot spring hotel in Choshi, Chiba, about 3 minutes on foot from JR Choshi Station. You stay in a convenient city base with a natural hot spring public bath, breakfast buffet, dinner restaurant, Wi-Fi, coin laundry, EV charging, and easy access to Choshi’s coast, fishing port, lighthouse area, and local rail line.
This property works well when you want a simple, clean stay with real onsen bathing after sightseeing or business. You can start the day with a buffet breakfast, explore Choshi by train or car, return for dinner at Nagomi, then soak in Inubosaki Onsen Kuroshio no Yu before resting in your room.
Accommodation
You can choose from single, comfort single, superior single, semi-double, comfort semi-double, double, comfort double, twin, comfort twin, deluxe twin, separate deluxe twin, and barrier-free rooms. Room sizes range from about 14㎡ in single and semi-double rooms to about 30㎡ in deluxe twin and barrier-free rooms.
Single rooms include a 130 cm bed, Wi-Fi, a 42-inch LCD Android TV with casting, humidifying air purifier, and VOD room theater. Comfort single rooms are on higher floors and add extra comfort-room items such as skincare set, body wash towel, mug, tea bags, and upgraded bath items.
The superior single sits on the top floor and gives you the same room width as a twin room, with a couch sofa for more space to sit back. Semi-double rooms use a 140 cm bed, while double rooms use a 160 cm bed. Twin and comfort twin rooms are about 20㎡, while deluxe twin and separate deluxe twin rooms are about 30㎡ and include 50-inch LCD Android TVs with casting.
The barrier-free room removes steps inside the room and includes a wider entrance, sliding bath and toilet door, handrails, and enough space to move within the unit bath area by wheelchair.
Dining
Breakfast is served at Restaurant Nagomi as a Japanese and Western buffet. You can enjoy warm dishes, rice, bread, and more than 30 breakfast items, including freshly baked croissants, Danish pastries, and European-style bread served on a rotating menu. Breakfast hours are from 6:30 to 9:00.
Dinner is also available on site at Shoku-Nomidokoro Nagomi. You can choose from rice bowls, noodles, Route-Inn’s original Ueda Curry, set meals, sashimi, small izakaya-style dishes, and Route-Inn original sake. Dinner hours are from 18:00 to 22:00, with last order at 21:30. The dinner restaurant closes on Sundays and public holidays.
Onsen and Wellness
The large public bath is Inubosaki Onsen Kuroshio no Yu. The water contains salt similar to seawater, has a slightly yellow-brown clear appearance, and is known for helping the body stay warm after bathing. The spring quality is iodine-containing sodium chloride strong salt spring water, classified as hypertonic, weakly alkaline, and low-temperature. Listed indications include neuralgia, muscle pain, chronic digestive concerns, sensitivity to cold, and fatigue recovery.
The bath is separated by gender and opens from 15:00 to 2:00, then again from 5:00 to 10:00. The water is heated, diluted with added water, and circulated through filtration. You can also check bath crowding, breakfast crowding, and coin laundry availability from the TV in your room.
Bath amenities include body soap, shampoo and conditioner, lotion, milky lotion, cotton swabs, tissue, scale, and hair dryer. The women’s bath also has cleansing oil, brush, and cotton. The men’s bath also has shaving foam, comb, and razor
Guests with Tattoos
If you have tattoos, you cannot use the public bath unless the tattoo is fully covered with a cover seal. Route-Inn sells cover seals at the front desk, and the listed size is 11.4 cm × 20 cm.
Facilities
Hotel Route-Inn Choshi Eki Nishi keeps your stay easy with free Wi-Fi, 24-hour front desk support, luggage storage, morning call, courier reception, vending machines, ice machine, AED, iron rental, trouser press rental, fax and copy service, VOD room theater, coin laundry with dryer, and a self-cafe. You can also watch WOWOW in your room.
You also have a large public bath, breakfast restaurant, dinner restaurant, paid on-site parking, and EV charging. Two 6kW standard EV chargers were added to the hotel parking area in 2025. A convenience store is about 4 minutes away on foot, which makes short stays and late arrivals easier.
Activities
You can use the hotel as a base for Choshi’s coast, port, rail line, and viewpoints. The official area guide highlights the Earth Round Hill Observatory, where you can enjoy a 360-degree panorama from Mt. Atago, and Choshi Port Tower, where you can look toward Choshi Fishing Port, Kashima-nada, Mt. Tsukuba, and Mt. Fuji when conditions are clear.
For seaside time, you can visit Choshi Marina and Choshi Marina Beach, with views toward Byobugaura. You can also head to Nagasaki Beach, walk around Iinuma Kannon and Enpuku-ji Temple, or ride the Choshi Electric Railway from Choshi Station toward the coast.
Byobugaura is another strong choice if you want dramatic coastal scenery. Its cliffs stretch for about 10 km and rise roughly 20 to 60 meters, making it one of the most striking natural sights around Choshi.
Additional Features
Hotel Route-Inn Choshi Eki Nishi gives you a 3-star city hotel stay with natural Inubosaki Onsen water, a gender-separated large public bath, buffet breakfast, on-site dinner restaurant, 200 rooms, Wi-Fi, WOWOW, coin laundry, self-cafe, paid parking, EV charging, and quick access to JR Choshi Station.
