The location is brilliant. Convenient to beach, Shirahama Energy Land, Shirahama Bus Station, various restaurants, tourist information center, convenience store and 24-hour supermarket. While I understand the need for automated check-in, the machine was frustrating. It asked if we were Japanese, and when I indicated we weren't, we were told to input our passport numbers and images of our passports. My husband and I are permanent residents of Japan so we do not need to carry our passports when we travel in Japan. There was no staff on to help so I lied to the machine and said we were Japanese. The room was clean and comfortable with a spacious closet. However, at 2:00am the bar in the closet fell off the wall and made a loud noise even though we had not hung anything heavy from it.

Shirahama beach area is wonderful and the hotel location is walkable to the beach and restaurants and super market. Nice ocean view and onsen made feel home. Staffs are more than wonderful. Stayed 3 days.