Published date: February 7, 2025
Directly Connected to the Station! A Casual Mother-Daughter Trip with Everything You Want!
Room Type Stayed
Hatago
1 ~ 2 guest(s)
520 ~
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Experience of the stay
I invited my mother on a weekend trip.
Our destination was Odawara!!
Many people might only visit Odawara as a stopover on their trips to Hakone or Atami, rather than as a main destination.
A few years ago, a commercial facility directly connected to the station, Minaka Odawara, opened up,
creating a very convenient and enjoyable spot♪
From Shinagawa, it only takes a little over an hour on the Tokaido Line, making it a casual trip.
Even though it's so close, it offers a atmosphere that makes you feel like you're in a castle town.
As this trip also served as a celebration for my mother's 77th birthday,
traveling with my parents in their late 70s means that it's important to keep movements easy,
so I thought a place like Odawara, which is all consolidated around the station, was the perfect choice for a destination!
Before check-in, we first dropped off our luggage to travel light
and enjoyed walking around for food.
This time, we stayed at
a hotel that achieved two awards in the hotel election,
Tenseien Annex.
While the western-style rooms are in the business hotel tower,
there's a Japanese-style ryokan area on the 4th floor of Minaka,
and we stayed there to enjoy the feeling of a hot spring trip,
with family baths available for private use.
The large public bath is in the tower building,
complete with an outdoor bath and sauna.
Our room was compact yet showcased a modern Japanese style.
When I opened the sliding doors,
I could see the third floor of Minaka where we had enjoyed the food stalls from outside the window.
There are also yukata (summer kimono) available for 100 yen if you want to take some nice pictures!
While tea is provided, coffee and water are not, so if you need those, you can get them from Lawson on the first floor of Minaka.
The bedding is by Airweave♡
Before dinner, I took a dip in the hot spring,
and also stopped by the foot bath on the 14th floor.
It was beautifully illuminated.
This foot bath is open to non-staying guests as well,
so even if you don't stay at this hotel,
it could be a nice memory to visit Minaka,
enjoy the foot bath with a great view.
There are many dining options around Minaka and in front of the station, making it easy to go out for food.
Returning to Minaka at night offers a different and wonderful atmosphere.
There's a bakery on the 3rd floor, so we bought some bread for breakfast the next morning.
The next day, we relaxed over breakfast in our room with bread and coffee after taking a morning bath.
I dozed off a bit on the Tokaido Line without getting tired,
and the mother-daughter train trip with my mom in her 70s ended joyfully.
Since we didn't want a rigid sightseeing experience,
Odawara, with its delightful food, hot springs, and souvenirs, was a great choice in retrospect.
This hotel seems enjoyable even for solo travelers as well.
I would definitely visit again!
I hope this information is helpful! (^ ^)
Experiences during the trip
First, we enjoyed some food stalls at Minaka.
When it comes to Odawara, you think of kamaboko!
Fried kamaboko and inari sushi from a rice ball shop.
A first-time taste.
The most popular was the fried horse mackerel.
You can eat it whole, crispy and all.
There are various flavors available.
It takes about 10 minutes to walk from the station to Odawara Castle.
We took a stroll to work off the food, and the plum blossoms had just started to bloom.
Along the way, there was an old man with an owl on a bench, and my mother chatted with him and got to touch the owl.
For dinner, we wanted seafood, so we went to Odawara Bar right in front of the station.
Since Saturday was quite lively, it would be better to make a reservation.
We enjoyed sashimi and fried horse mackerel.
The next day for lunch, we headed to a charming soba restaurant right in front of the station called Ju-an.
The special dish is the nine bowls of soba that look fantastic!
We were surprised by the astonishingly large dried red sea bream we had tried at Minaka, and it was an amazing bargain for a souvenir.
We also bought some salted cod that had been introduced on TV, and we returned home completely satisfied.Get Extra Bonus Coins! Sign up with this user's referral code now!