Name: Inn By The Sea Kamakura
Address: 2-22-32 Hase, Kamakura, Kamakura, Kamakura, 248-0016, Japan
Rating: 10

Air conditioning

Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

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Free Wi-Fi

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English

French

Japanese

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Hiking

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No parking

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Next to the beach

Pool and beach

Cycling

Sports

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

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Zaimokuza Beach

Haneda Airport

Tokyo Tower

Meiji Jingu Shrine

Tsukiji Fish Market

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

Tokyo Imperial Palace

Tokyo Disneyland

Ueno Zoo

Tokyo National Museum

Sensoji Temple

Tokyo Sky Tree

Inn By The Sea Kamakura

Kamakura

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lounge

treatment

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bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

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garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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mountain-view

ocean-front

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oceanside

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park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

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pool-view

river-view

sea-front

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water-view

with-view

annex

basement

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

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pets-allowed

wi-fi

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First thing...your JR train will take you to Kamakura station...you still have a mile to go.  Take the local train...it is easy and you will then only have a short walk to the Inn... towards the beach(which is fairly charmless but seems popular with surfers).

The Inn is tucked down an alley and is a modern building.

What it lacks in traditional building style it makes up for in many other ways.

It is reasonable value (note cash only, not credit cards).

Helen is a great host, full of insights(she is Canadian so language really is no problem), keen to help and clearly is a very nice person.

You have easy access to some of the key sites  in Kamakura including the Great Buddha and just beyond this there is also a great walk in the hills along a ridge which accesses another welcome attraction...the cafe in the clouds(closed after 5.00) 

Breakfast is good.

Room is spacious and Japanese themed so you will be living at ground level.

There are many local cafes around but they do close early so don't expect European style late evening meals to be available locally.

Kamakura is an expensive town, the Inn makes it reasonable to visit and if you think B&B rather than traditional Inn or Hotel you will not be disappointed.

Good value B&B in a pricey town

It's certainly 'by the sea' and from some windows you can see the sea.  We were there in April and while surfers, windsurfers etc were about it wasn't beach weather - and it isn't an especially attractive beach, forget waving palms and coconuts.
Getting to the Inn is a simple process of getting a train to Kamakura, then switching to a local train service (not JR so your RailPass won't work) for the 5 minute ride to Hase from there less than 5 minutes to the Inn.
The Inn is very convenient for some of the major temples and for the Giant Buddah and its a very pleasant stroll to some of the more distant temples which are delightfully uncrowded.  To get to the western temples it is the train back to Kamakura then a bus or walk from there.
In Hase itself we struggled to get evening meals - most places were closed.
The Inn itself is run by a Canadian lady and her Japanese husband who live on the premises with their 5 year old daughter (and by now with an infant who was about to be born). You are sharing their world and certain restrictions are imposed - like no access to the kitchen/breakfast area until 8:30 (or was it 8:00?).
The rooms are Japanese style - tatami mats and bed rolls. It isn't cheap (by Japanese standards it wasn't stunningly expensive - but still not cheap) and at that price it felt a bit odd to be making one's own bed, like unrolling the bed and putting the sheet on etc.  Otherwise there was only a low table in the room - and the bathroom was down the corridor.
Everyone was very friendly and helpful, lots of advice on which temples to visit etc and the breakfast was certainly good.

Could be brilliant, falls a little short in some areas.

My boyfriend and I were going to stay here in March but had to cancel when his mom got unexpectedly sick. However, I was so impressed with the communication leading up to our reservation that I felt compelled to review this very recently opened accommodation. 

My boyfriend is vegetarian and I have celiac, so I asked whether it might be possible to accommodate us for breakfast (not an easy feat in Japan, and far from a given). Not only did Helen say yes, but I felt reassured about her ability to accommodate my celiac since she told me her aunt has celiac, and she also spontaneously sent me an article about keeping gluten free as a celiac while traveling in Japan some time later. I really appreciated her seeing that and thinking of me.

I hope we will be able to travel to Kamakura in the not-too-distant future, and if so, we will definitely try to book at Inn by the Sea again.

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