Overview

Kamenoi Hotel Toba is a hilltop hot spring hotel in Toba, Mie, with views over Toba Bay and easy access to the Ise-Shima area. You stay in a place shaped by sea air, local seafood, and natural hot spring bathing, with room types ranging from simple Japanese rooms to suites and rooms with private open-air hot spring baths. The hotel works well when you want a relaxed base for Toba Aquarium, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Ise Jingu, and coastal sightseeing.

The stay focuses on three main pleasures: Toba Bay views, Ise-Shima dining, and Shioka no Yu, a natural hot spring that combines the hotel’s own source with additional hot spring water. You can soak in the open-air bath, enjoy seafood and Matsusaka beef, then return to a non-smoking room with Wi-Fi and a quiet place to rest.

Accommodation

You can choose from rooms with open-air baths, ocean-view terrace rooms, Western-style rooms, Japanese-style rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, and a barrier-free twin room. All rooms are non-smoking, and free Wi-Fi is available in every room. A smoking booth is located on the second floor.

For the most private hot spring stay, choose the Premium Room Shiokaze Terrace or the Superior Twin Room Sea Breeze Terrace. Both include a private open-air hot spring bath and an open terrace where you can feel the sea breeze. The Premium Room has two semi-double beds, plus a daybed and sofa bed, making it a strong choice for family stays. The Superior Twin Room is better suited to couples who want a quieter room with private bathing.

Other private-bath rooms include the Deluxe Japanese-Western room with open-air bath and the Deluxe Room Sea Breeze Terrace. These rooms include open-air baths, but the water is heated water rather than hot spring water. The Deluxe Japanese-Western room combines twin beds, a 6-tatami Japanese room, and a private open-air bath, while the Deluxe Room adds a larger terrace space and a private bath without a view.

For more space and views, the Family Suite gives you a Japanese-style room with an ocean-view terrace and shower room, while the Junior Suite combines two beds, an 8-tatami Japanese room, a terrace facing Toba Bay, and a shower booth.

Western-style room choices include Superior Triple with shower booth, Superior Twin with bath, Standard Twin with bath, Standard Triple with bath, and Standard Twin. The Japanese-Western room with bath combines a 4.5-tatami Japanese space with beds, while Japanese-style rooms come in 15-tatami, 10-tatami, and 8-tatami layouts. The Japanese-style Twin Room has Ryukyu tatami mats and two beds, with space for one futon if needed.

The barrier-free twin room includes two electric beds, a ceiling lift, bed rail, shower chair, lift net, waterproof bed sheet, and bathroom support features. Loan items include wheelchair, shower chair, step stool, cane, baby walker, tableware for children, and an anti-slip bath mat.

Dining

Dining highlights Ise-Shima seafood, abalone, Ise lobster, Matsusaka beef, seasonal local vegetables, and local Japanese flavors. You can choose buffet-style dining or course-style meals depending on your plan.

The buffet plan gives you 90 minutes of Japanese and Western dishes, with items such as Matsusaka beef shabu-shabu, Ise healthy pork shabu-shabu from the live kitchen, sashimi, sushi, Ise-Shima akamoku seaweed, Yokkaichi tonteki, Matsusaka chicken with miso, Matsusaka beef minced cutlet, Ise udon, tekone sushi, salads, fruit, cakes, pudding, and other desserts.

For a more special dinner, you can choose kaiseki-style plans built around A5 Matsusaka beef, Ise lobster, abalone, and seasonal seafood. Seasonal examples include Matsusaka beef sukiyaki, Ise tuna, sea bream, steamed abalone, shrimp, grilled abalone with butter, Ise lobster tempura rice bowl, Shima sea lettuce soup, and Ise tea pudding. Menus change with the season and ingredient supply.

Restaurant Hana serves dinner in a Japanese-style dining space overlooking Toba Bay. Here, you can enjoy Ise lobster, abalone, Matsusaka beef, and Ise-Shima dishes in a calmer restaurant setting.

Breakfast is served as a Japanese, Western, and Chinese buffet at Restaurant Miyabi. Local ingredients appear across the menu, with highlights such as Me-detai-meshi made with red sea bream marinated in white soy sauce and served with grated yam, Ise Funakoshi miso chikuzenni, konjac with aosa seaweed, and Toshijima shirasu from Toba.

At night, you can enjoy Kamenoi Hotel’s late-night dandan noodles service. The rotating flavors include red, black sesame, and white sesame dandanmen.

Onsen and Wellness

The main bath area uses Toba Shioka no Yu, a natural hot spring made with the hotel’s own source and blended with additional hot spring water. The spring quality is a hypotonic alkaline cold mineral spring, with listed indications including neuralgia, muscle pain, frozen shoulder, chronic digestive issues, joint stiffness, sensitivity to cold, and fatigue recovery. The water is colorless, tasteless, and odorless, with a soft feel on the skin.

You can use the large indoor bath and open-air bath on the first floor. The open-air bath lets you feel the breeze from Toba Bay, and on clear nights you can relax beneath the stars. Bathing is available in the morning and from late morning until midnight, with different hours on Wednesdays due to inspection.

There is no sauna and no reservable private bath. The men’s and women’s public baths do not switch. If you want a private hot spring soak, choose one of the rooms with a private open-air hot spring bath, such as the Premium Room Shiokaze Terrace or Superior Twin Room Sea Breeze Terrace.

Guests with Tattoos

If you have tattoos, you cannot use the public bath unless the tattoo is fully hidden with a sticker so it cannot be seen by others. IF you have tattoos, choose a room with its own private open-air hot spring bath.

Facilities

Kamenoi Hotel Toba gives you a relaxed setup with a large public bath, open-air bath, shop, karaoke rooms, laundry corner, restaurant spaces, and Wi-Fi throughout the building. The shop sells local items such as seafood products, sweets, local beer, Ise udon, and Ise lobster roasted senbei, so you can pick up regional souvenirs before leaving.

You can use two karaoke rooms, borrow games such as Othello and playing cards from the front desk, and use soft drink vending machines on the first, third, and fourth floors. Alcohol vending machines are on the third floor. A coin laundry is available on the third floor, and detergent can be purchased from the shop.

The building is fully non-smoking, with a smoking corner on the second floor. You also have wheelchair-accessible room options, wheelchair rental in limited numbers, handrails in some areas, and support items such as shower chairs, shower wheelchairs, baby cots, baby chairs, and baby bottle sterilization cases.

A free scheduled shuttle connects Kintetsu Toba Station and the hotel by advance reservation. Parking is available, and the hotel can also arrange taxi support through the front desk.

Activities

You can use Kamenoi Hotel Toba as a base for Ise-Shima sightseeing. Toba Aquarium is about 5 minutes away by car and keeps around 1,200 species, including dugong and African manatee. Mikimoto Pearl Island is about 10 minutes away by car and introduces the history of cultured pearls, Kokichi Mikimoto, and ama diver demonstrations.

Ise Jingu is about 30 minutes away by car, and you can also reach Ise-shi Station from Toba Station in about 20 minutes by train. After visiting the Outer Shrine and Inner Shrine, you can walk around Oharai-machi for food, sweets, and local shopping.

For a food-focused local experience, you can join the “Walking around Toba’s Kitchen” tour, a short guided walk around the area where fresh seafood gathers. Another activity takes you by boat to Toshijima, a fishing island about 20 minutes from Toba, with a guided island walk and seasonal seafood lunch.

Additional Features

Kamenoi Hotel Toba gives you Toba Bay views, rooms with private open-air hot spring baths, ocean-view terrace rooms, Japanese rooms, Western rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, a barrier-free twin room, natural Shioka no Yu hot spring water, open-air bathing, buffet dining, kaiseki dining, Restaurant Hana, late-night dandan noodles, shop, karaoke, coin laundry, Wi-Fi, smoking corner, accessibility support, and a free reservation-based shuttle from Kintetsu Toba Station.