Overview

Inubohsaki Hotel, also written as Inubosaki Hotel, is an ocean-view hot spring hotel on a hill above the Pacific in Choshi, Chiba. You stay close to Inubosaki Lighthouse, with sea views from every room and a setting known for early sunrise views over the water. The hotel brings together coastal scenery, fresh seafood, and natural hot spring bathing from deep below the cape.

The hot spring, Kuroshio-no-Yu, rises from 1,300 meters underground through Early Cretaceous strata. You can spend the day looking out to the horizon, then soak in open-air baths facing the Pacific or rest in the ocean-view lounge before dinner.

Accommodation

Every room faces the Pacific Ocean, so you can wake up to the sea and watch the light change through the day. You can choose from the Japanese-style special room Hinode-no-Ma, the top-floor Western-style Light House Room, general Japanese-style rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, and Western-style rooms.

Hinode-no-Ma is a second-floor corner room with views of the Pacific and Inubosaki Lighthouse. It has two Japanese-style rooms, a spacious living room, a flat barrier-free layout, and a private indoor observatory bath using hot spring water, so you can bathe while looking out toward the sea.

The Light House Room is a top-floor corner Western-style room with views of the sunrise and lighthouse. It has Simmons semi-double beds and a comfortable twin layout. Standard Japanese-style rooms offer two Japanese rooms with a gentle tatami atmosphere, while Japanese-Western rooms combine a tatami room with a twin bedroom and work well for families across generations. Western-style rooms have twin beds and can also be used as triple rooms.

The hotel has 47 rooms in total, including Western-style rooms, Japanese-style rooms, and Japanese-Western rooms.

Dining

Dining focuses on fresh Choshi seafood and local seasonal ingredients. At Restaurant Hamayu, you can enjoy Japanese dishes while looking out toward the sea. Lunch and dinner menus include sashimi set meals, seafood rice bowls, tempura, Japanese set meals, gold-eye snapper sashimi, tuna sashimi, abalone sashimi, abalone butter, and Japanese spiny lobster sashimi.

You can also add special seafood dishes such as sashimi boat platter, stewed sea bream, grilled abalone, Japanese spiny lobster, sashimi platter, and grilled turban shell. These dishes suit you when you want a more celebratory meal built around Choshi’s coastal food culture.

Restaurant Hamayu has table seating and raised seating areas, with children’s menus and child chairs available. Food allergies and dislike of sashimi can be discussed in advance, but same-day changes may not always be possible.

Onsen and Wellness

Kuroshio-no-Yu is a natural sodium-chloride strong saline hot spring, also called “skin-beautifying salt water.” The source rises from 1,300 meters underground, with a flow of 200 liters per minute. The water is associated with warmth, smooth-feeling skin, and relief for concerns such as neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, bruises, sprains, sensitivity to cold, fatigue recovery, cuts, burns, chronic skin disease, and chronic women’s health concerns.

You can use open-air baths facing the Pacific, including a large stone open-air bath, waterfall bath, reclining Jacuzzi, and rock bath. Indoors, you have a panoramic large bath, Jacuzzi, sauna, cold bath, and waterfall shower. Women’s indoor baths also include Mirable shower heads.

The baths are available from check-in until midnight, then again in the morning until check-out. The ocean-view footbath opens from April to November and can be used while dressed, making it easy to enjoy a lighter hot spring moment with sea views.

Guests with Tattoos

If you have tattoos, you cannot use the public bath area. There is no reservable private bath at the hotel. If you have tattoos, you can opt in for private hot spring bathing, Hinode-no-Ma includes an in-room observatory bath with hot spring water.

Facilities

Inubohsaki Hotel gives you several spaces for a relaxed seaside stay. You can have coffee in Kimigahama Lounge while looking toward the Pacific, browse the shop for Choshi souvenirs, or enjoy dinner and drinks at Seasonal Food Waso in the evening. The hotel also has Restaurant Hamayu, banquet spaces, a game corner, and rental table tennis, so you can stay indoors comfortably when the weather changes.

For leisure, you can use Karaoke Snack Viva by reservation, spend time in the mahjong room, or enjoy the outdoor hot spring pool during its seasonal opening period. The pool also has night-pool hours in summer. Near the entrance, the penguin house adds a memorable family-friendly touch, with four Humboldt penguins welcoming you as you arrive.

Practical features include free parking during your stay, wheelchair rental in limited numbers, wheelchair-accessible toilets on the lobby floor and B floor, and loan items such as humidifier, air purifier, playing cards, shogi, and go. Pets are not accepted.

Activities

You can walk to Inubosaki Lighthouse, one of Choshi’s most important landmarks. The lighthouse was built in 1874, stands about 32 meters high, and is designated as an Important Cultural Property. From the lighthouse area, you can enjoy wide Pacific views, rocky coastal scenery, and the atmosphere of one of Chiba’s most iconic capes.

The hotel’s location also works well for sunrise viewing, coastal walks, and slow time around the cape. You can spend the morning watching the sea, return for the footbath or hot spring, then enjoy fresh seafood at the restaurant in the evening.

Additional Features

Inubohsaki Hotel gives you ocean views from every room, natural Kuroshio-no-Yu hot spring water, open-air baths facing the Pacific, indoor baths, sauna, cold bath, ocean-view footbath, seasonal outdoor hot spring pool, Restaurant Hamayu, Kimigahama Lounge, shop, karaoke, mahjong, table tennis, game corner, banquet rooms, wedding chapel, free parking, and limited wheelchair support.