hotel, Utoro, Shiretoko
Kitakobushi Shiretoko
Kitakobushi Shiretoko is a resort hotel at Utoro, the gateway to the Shiretoko Peninsula in north-east Hokkaido, facing the Okhotsk Sea directly, with rooms that carry an open-air onsen on the terrace, and the Shiretoko nights of The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido.
Why stay at Kitakobushi Shiretoko
The sea from the onsen
The terrace rooms carry an open-air onsen looking straight out at the Okhotsk Sea.
Shiretoko at the door
The World Heritage peninsula, its cruises and the Five Lakes begin a few minutes away.
An onsen hall of glass
The shared onsen runs the length of a glass wall, the sea level with the water.
the setting
Nothing but the Okhotsk Sea, from the terrace onsen.
Shiretoko is the long volcanic peninsula at the north-east corner of Hokkaido, a World Heritage Site of forest, cliffs and waterfalls running into the sea, home to brown bears, deer and sea eagles. The hotel stands at the edge of Utoro harbour, where the cruises along the coast begin.
At the door: the harbour and its rock of Oronko; the Five Lakes, Furepe Falls and the coastal cruise a short drive.
the house
Kitakobushi Shiretoko in photographs
The onsen hall over the sea A room on the sea A room with a hearth
Photographs: Kitakobushi Shiretoko
the rooms
The rooms and suites
The rooms are turned to the sea, in warm stone, wood and soft fabrics, some with a hearth; the terrace rooms add a round open-air onsen in stone with nothing before it but the water.
to unwind
The onsen
The shared onsen is a long hall of glass over the sea, with a sauna in curved wood beside it, and the terrace rooms carry an onsen of their own in the open air.
the table
Dining
Dinner is the sea of Shiretoko, served at the hotel.
our tours here
The tours that stay at Kitakobushi Shiretoko
the place
Shiretoko
Shiretoko is a peninsula at the north-eastern tip of Hokkaido, reaching into the Sea of Okhotsk, inscribed as a World Natural Heritage Site in 2005 for the way its forest comes down unbroken to the sea.
nearby
Hotels near Kitakobushi Shiretoko
questions
Questions about Kitakobushi Shiretoko
Where is Kitakobushi Shiretoko?
At Utoro, on the Okhotsk coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in north-east Hokkaido, about two hours by car from Memanbetsu Airport.
Which of your tours stay at Kitakobushi Shiretoko?
The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido stays here. Each tour page sets out the nights, the price and what is included.
Do the rooms at Kitakobushi Shiretoko have their own onsen?
The terrace rooms carry an open-air onsen of their own facing the sea, and every guest has the hotel's onsen hall over the water.
Can Kitakobushi Shiretoko be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Kitakobushi Shiretoko can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Kitakobushi Shiretoko, on your dates.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, and Kitakobushi Shiretoko can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.