The beautiful hotel had an excellent room with a view. We do not like buffets, but we made exception. Each main meal was made to order. Best high quality sushi and steak. We will definitely recommend to our friends.

Nothing… it rained all day.

I think it’s an amazing hotel

I loved everything

environment and service of the staff is great

The staff was very polite, sincere and well-trained. The outdoor onsen itself was gorgeous and lovely. In it's day, the facilities must have been fit for royalty but even now she is a proud old ryokan. The meals are all you can eat and drink during the hours of operation. The meals are not simply "buffet". Many chefs are individually making your nigiri sushi or slicing your sashimi, manually tearing lettuce leaves, frying your order of tempura, etc. There is a free shuttle to town or from Mastushima or Mtsushima-Kaigan station. The scenery is breathtaking! The town is cute and quaint, albeit a bit touristy, but clean and fun nonetheless. Shiogama and Ishinomaki are easily accessed by the local trains (Note: the tsunami museum in Ishinomaki is closed on Monday)

We stayed there two nights and the meals were nearly identical.

meals and room's view

Onsen in the room should come from natural source.