{"id":2027,"date":"2026-10-13T19:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japan-stroll.com\/miyajima\/english\/guide\/%featured_category%\/miyajima-grand-hotel-arimoto\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:09:06","slug":"miyajima-grand-hotel-arimoto","status":"publish","type":"featured","link":"https:\/\/japan-stroll.com\/miyajima\/english\/guide\/things-to-do\/miyajima-grand-hotel-arimoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto: Rooms, Bath, Meals vs Kinsuikan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto is the large hotel-ryokan three minutes’ walk from Itsukushima Shrine, with 53 rooms<\/strong> ranging from tatami rooms to seaside suites with their own baths, and rates of about 24,200 to 187,000 yen per person per night<\/strong> with dinner and breakfast (booking-site range, October 2026). It is a good choice for travellers who want beds or a private open-air bath close to the shrine. Its shared bath is an artificial mineral-stone hot spring, not a natural one, and guests with tattoos cannot use it.<\/p>\n

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Everything below comes from the hotel’s English website, checked in October 2026, with the price range from a booking site; it is a summary, not an account of a stay. The hotel describes itself as having been in business for more than 400 years and as the oldest traditional inn on Miyajima; we repeat that as the hotel’s own claim.<\/p>\n

The essentials<\/h3>\n
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Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Address<\/td>\n364 Minamimachi, Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0588. Tel. +81-829-44-2411 (9:00\u201318:00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walking times<\/td>\nItsukushima Shrine about 3 min; Momijidani (ropeway entrance) about 15 min; aquarium about 15 min; pier by the hotel’s minibus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rooms<\/td>\n53, all with bath and toilet; Royal Suites, Junior Suites, a sukiya special room, Japanese, Japanese-Western and modern Japanese-Western rooms. All non-smoking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bath<\/td>\nLarge indoor and open-air baths with “activated stone” artificial hot-spring water. No tattoos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meals<\/td>\nKaiseki dinner with oysters, conger eel and Hiroshima beef; dinner from 18:00 (last start 19:00), breakfast from 7:00 (last start 8:30)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Times<\/td>\nCheck-in 15:00; check-out 10:00 (11:00 in rooms with an open-air bath)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/td>\nAbout 24,200\u2013187,000 yen per person per night with two meals (Selected Ryokan, October 2026), plus 200 yen accommodation tax per person per night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Choosing a room<\/h2>\n

The wide price range comes from how different the rooms are. From the top of the range down:<\/p>\n

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Room<\/th>\nWhat the hotel says<\/th>\nGood for<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Seaside Royal Suites “Senzan” and “Kagamiike”<\/td>\nWestern-style suites opened in winter 2024, lined with cypress and cedar; floor-to-ceiling windows on the Seto Inland Sea, the Great Torii and the shrine; semi-open-air bath, cold plunge and private sauna<\/td>\nA once-in-a-lifetime stay with the torii in view<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junior Suites<\/td>\nJapanese-Western, seaside windows and an open-air bath looking at the shrine buildings, with a partial view of the torii through the trees<\/td>\nCouples who want a private bath and beds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sukiya Special Room<\/td>\nTraditional sukiya style with sloped ceilings, facing the forest of Mount Misen; up to six guests<\/td>\nFamilies or small groups<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japanese, Japanese-Western and modern Japanese-Western rooms<\/td>\nFrom traditional tatami rooms to bright rooms with beds, some looking towards Mount Misen<\/td>\nThe lower end of the price range<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Selected Ryokan counts seven rooms with private open-air baths. If you want a private bath, book one of those room types by name; the standard rooms have an ordinary bath. Every room has a bath, a bidet toilet, a kettle, a fridge and internet, and yukata are provided.<\/p>\n

Rooms with an open-air bath come with extras: an 11:00 check-out instead of 10:00, the private dining room “Misen” and the lounge “Daikonya”, a quiet room overlooking the Japanese garden with a bar, snacks, books and music, open only to those guests.<\/p>\n

The bath, and the tattoo rule<\/h2>\n

Arimoto’s large indoor and open-air baths, on the first floor, use an artificial hot spring made with “activated stone” (a mineral approved by Japan’s health ministry), which the hotel describes as soft water good for tired muscles and dry skin. It is not a natural spring<\/strong>. If that matters to you, Miyajima’s two natural springs are at Kinsuikan<\/a> (seawater) and Iwaso<\/a> (radon). There are no age restrictions on the baths, but the hotel’s FAQ says guests with tattoos may not use them<\/strong>, and swimsuits are not allowed. For guests with tattoos, a room with its own open-air bath is the answer here. The island’s bathing options side by side are in our onsen guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where you eat<\/h2>\n

Dinner is a kaiseki course built on the Seto Inland Sea: sea bream, conger eel, cutlass fish, anchovies and oysters, delivered by local fishermen each morning, with Hiroshima beef grilled on a ceramic plate and white-grilled conger eel among the signature dishes. The breakfast rice is grown at the foot of Mount Omine in Hatsukaichi. Meals are served in one of three places:<\/p>\n