Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel (Review)
The Inn Serving the Best Food in Kakunodate
Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel is a 3-stars hotel accommodation located in Kakunodate, a beautiful and preserved historical city of Akita prefecture in the north of Japan. In this human-sized traditional inn, the spirit of feudal times’ samurais and merchants lives on, complemented by a delicious and creative local gastronomy.
Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel 🏨 is ideally located to walk around the ancient feudal city of Kakunodate, in the historical merchant district (tomachi), south to the samurais’ residences. The small sized hotel includes a main building of 12 rooms and an annex sheltering its restaurant Mominoki-tei to cater for half-board customers.
Of a 15 to 22sqm superficies, with a traditional Japanese decor, the rooms provide enough space for 2 to 3 guests, and are furnished with Western-style bedding. They all have a standard private bathroom 🛁 that is clean and equipped with washlet WC, and are comfortable enough for an overnight stay.
The hotel doesn’t own onsen ♨️ hot springs but provides its customers admission tickets and discounts for Kakunodate Onsen (かくのだて温泉), a bath facility located a 5 minutes’ walk away. It makes for a pleasant walk while donning the samue, a comfortable traditional clothing that every customer can borrow.
We recommend Tamachi Bukeyashiki for its rather unique atmosphere reminiscent of feudal Japan, but also of the Meiji Era (1868 – 1912) when the country opened up to Western culture. The welcoming inn, with an air of nostalgia, perfectly blends in the history of Kakunodate and offers a pleasant stay.
Delectable and creative cuisine
Beyond comfort and convenience, Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel provides its guests an excellent gastronomic experience at Mominoki-tei. The restaurant’s chef indeed cooks a Japanese cuisine that is both traditional, regional and creative.
Akita’s specialty are served in delicious dishes, such as:
- A nabe hot pot topped with kiritanpo grilled rice sticks;
- A shabu-shabu fondue using Akita tender beef;
- The Inaniwa udon noodles;
- The iburigakko daikon radish, a tsukemono prepared with rice bran oil; and,
- Hinai Jidori, one of Japan’s best chicken.
Mominoki-tei’s chef also has mouthwatering and original signature dishes, like:
- Marinated seafood paired with koshiabura wild plants;
- Miso-marinated egg yolk and kelp caviar; and,
- The "Domanin" pizza topped with miso, cheese, iburigakko and sprinkled with negi chives.
A half-board stay is highly recommended to enjoy a high quality dinner and breakfast. The hotel’s restaurant room is also decorated of about 10 oil paintings of Mount Fuji 🗻, and has a view on a small inner Japanese garden.