Published date: August 10, 2025
Accommodation Available While Cycling the Shimanami
Room Type Stayed
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Experience of the stay
You can spend your time leisurely in this calm town.
It feels more like an Airbnb than a hotel.
The toilet, shower, and kitchen are shared.
The house itself seems to have some age, but it looks like it was recently remodeled for lodging, with clean water facilities and bedding.
When you come from the main street, there’s an entrance to the accommodation next to a coffee shop,
and it feels like you move towards the lodging area at the back.
As others have noted,
there’s a Lawson (and some restaurants) behind, which is convenient.
On the first floor, there is a kitchen, shower room, and toilet,
outside (in a separate building?) there’s a washing machine and dryer.
On the second floor are the rooms, washbasins, and toilets,
and above the coffee shop (on the second floor) is an area where you could work.
The room is not spacious... it’s narrow.
With other shared areas available, it feels more like a place just to sleep.
I actually just slept. I spent most of my time in the kitchen.
There were comments about thin walls,
but when I stayed, it was during the week and there were fewer guests, so I didn’t find it noisy.
The person in the room next to the stairs might want to use earplugs.
Inside the shower room, there were shampoo and body soap.
After using them, I wasn’t sure what to do with the mat... was that okay? (← just now realizing w)
Water pressure was fine. The shower function was comfortable. There was no bathtub.
There was a hairdryer in the shower room, but I don’t remember there being a mirror.
There wasn’t one on the second floor either, and I wish there was at least one at the washbasin.
The bed was comfortable.
The bedside light was very bright, so I couldn’t use it,
but since the room isn’t large, I just used the room lighting.
There’s no furniture other than the bed (there is a place to hang clothes),
and I thought it would be nice to have a small table to place bags on.
For those visiting, having S-hooks or something to hang things with might be handy.
Experiences during the trip
Imabari → Oshima (stay) → Onomichi
I enjoyed cycling along the Shimanami Kaido.
From the Shimanami Cycling Route,
there’s a cycling route around the islands or a climb over the pass by turning left after crossing the Tatara Bridge.
I climbed the pass both ways.
I chose this route because it was shorter and the trees provided shade,
but if I had more time and energy, I might have taken the outer route one way.