Inn for railway fans / Room C (Kagayaki)

(Updated 30 Aug 2024)
Welcome to Kogota, the railway town.

If you listen carefully at night, you can sometimes hear the
whistle of the train changing trains at JR Kogota Station.
It is at a close distance from the station's switching line.
(The photograph shows an event train from the Kogota Station railway bridge.)

The inn is a meeting place for friends, family and fellow
railway enthusiasts travelling slowly on local trains.
However, smoking is not allowed inside or outside.
This is important!

Currently three rooms (A Western-style room Hayabusa,
C Western-style room Kagayaki and D Japanese-style room
Komachi) are in operation.
Each room has a capacity for 2 people (maximum capacity 9
people).

(Japanese-style room B) is a spare room with a capacity of 2
persons (maximum capacity of 3 persons).

Please note that there are no children's rates. Adult rates
apply to children from primary schools age and above.
Please note that children only are not allowed to stay at the
hotel.

The room rates are extremely low due to the opening
campaign.

★Kogota Station is the terminal station of the Kesennuma
Line, branching off from the JR Tohoku Main Line, Rikuu Higashi Line, Ishinomaki Line and Ishinomaki Line, with various
event trains arriving and departing in each of the four seasons.
It is also the first station for local trains and a local train
transfer station.
Kogota has long been a railway fans' station.

From the Kesennuma Line, the railway tracks continue along
the Minami Sanriku coast, including the Sanriku Railway.
(On the way, the lines that lost their tracks in the Great East
Japan Earthquake are connected by the (BRT) Bus Rapid
Transit system.)

The countryside here is so relaxing that you can hear
birdsong in your room, such as the Japanese nightingale.

This is a homestay-type inn with the atmosphere of returning
to your parents' home in the Showa-era retro countryside.

It is not a sophisticated inn, but the owner is also staying
there on the same day, so if you have any questions,
please ask anything.

Toilets and baths are shared as there is one toilet and one
bath each. Please finish the bath by 22:00.

There are also other places nearby, such as Kago-bo Natural
Hot Spring Sakura-no-yu (11 minutes by car) and Natural Hot Spring Wakuya Tenpei-no-yu (17 minutes by car).
If you wish to be picked up and dropped off, please contact us in advance.

The kitchen, dining room and living room are open to guests.
Student exchange camps and families staying for consecutive nights are free to cook for themselves and bring their own
food and drink.
There are supermarkets and convenience stores nearby.
There are also numerous cafeterias and restaurants in the
vicinity of Kouyoda Station.
At the family restaurant JoyulI there are morning sets from
about 300 yen from 5am!

We hope that you will deepen your friendship with your friends and family.

★Depending on the season, we can organise harvesting and
cooking experiences of butterbur, potatoes, pumpkins, quince and peaches in the fields.
Please consult with us in advance as the harvesting season is
irregular.

■■Tourist information (check individual websites for details)
Misato Town (formerly Kowata Town)
Kogyoda no Yama Shrine, the god of easy childbirth and
childbirth. 8 min. by car

Since the Edo period, Yama Shrine has been worshipped as
the god of safe childbirth and childbirth, with shrines and stone monuments in and outside the Sendai domain, in Miyagi
Prefecture, the whole of Tohoku and Hokkaido.
The deity is also mentioned in folk songs in Miyagi, candy-selling songs in Akita and lyrics of railway songs from the Meiji
era, as ‘the mountain god of Kogashida’ and ‘the god of safe
childbirth’, and is revered with great devotion by many.

★Wakuya Town ‘Tenpyo Roman Museum’.
(8 minutes from Kogota Station on the Ishinomaki Line and 6 minutes by car from Wakuya Station)

The museum offers a gold mining experience at the site where gold was first extracted in Japan. It is said to have coloured
the Great Buddha of Todai-ji in Nara and Chuson-ji Konjikido in Hiraizumi. (Note that the restaurant is only open on weekends and public holidays.)
Pick-up service (13 mins by car) is available from Minpaku
Hibari House, so please contact us in advance.

Ishinomori Manga-kan, Ishinomaki City.
(17-minute walk from Ishinomaki Station - (33 minutes) Kogashida Station on the Ishinomaki Line)

A facility conceived by Shotaro Ishinomori, a manga artist of
Cyborg 009 and Masked Rider, who was born in Miyagi Prefecture. Children will be delighted. When you get off at Ishinomaki Station, you will see Cyborg 009's friends standing everywhere in the town.
It is also fun to take a walk from the station to the Manga
Museum.

*Onagawa Town ‘Sea Palpia Shopping Street’
(0 min walk from Kowada Station on the Ishinomaki Line - (70 min) terminal station Onagawa Station)

A rare hot spring facility is located inside Onagawa Station to
relieve travel fatigue. From the rooftop, you can see the Sea
Palpia shopping street, which has been reconstructed from the earthquake, leading from the station, and beyond the
shopping street you can see the sea.
You can experience the streets and the Memorial Zone, which have been reconstructed from the Great East Japan
Earthquake.

Matsushima Town ‘Matsushima, one of the three most scenic
spots in Japan’.
　From Kogota Station on the Tohoku Main Line (37 mins),
take a taxi from Matsushima Station (5 mins).
Alternatively, take the Tohoku Main Line: Kogota Station -
Shiogama Station - Senseki Line: Kojo-cho Station -
Matsushima-kaigan Station. Using the Senseki Tohoku Line

Matsushima is one of the three most scenic spots in Japan,
with a simultaneous view of the 260 islands in Matsushima
Bay and the Pacific Ocean. A trip around the islands on a sightseeing boat is also a memorable experience.

■■Tourist events (check the respective websites for details)

28 July (Sun) Onagawa Port Festival
Famous for its fireworks display.
There will be traffic restrictions for cars on the day.
Train from Kogota Station to Onagawa Station, the last stop, is recommended.

Friday 2 - Sunday 4 August Ishinomaki Kawabiraki Festival
Many events, including a fireworks display. Last year, a spectacular drone show was held in the night sky at the same time.
Last year, a spectacular drone show was held at the same time in the night sky.
There will be traffic restrictions for cars on the day.
The train from Kogota Station to Ishinomaki Station is recommended.

Sunday, 4 August Eki Fest
Rail Star, mini SL, vehicle exhibition and entertainment show
will be held at the east exit rotary of Kogashida Station.

Thursday 15 - Friday 16 August Matsushima Lantern Floating
Fireworks Display
The Zuiganji temple's Great Ceremony for Enshrined Deities
and the tradition of the Lantern Floating Ceremony are cherished.
This is a summer festival in the hometown. Traffic restrictions apply on the day.
Traffic restrictions will be enforced on the day of the festival,
so train travel is recommended.

25 Aug (Sun) Yamoto Air Festival
The Blue Impulse air show can be observed.

7 Sep (Sat) Railway Festival
Railway-related events will be held around JR Kogota Station.
The festival will be held in the vicinity of JR Kogota Station. (Organised by the Misato Town Community Development Cooperation Organisation).

(Reference JR Free Ticket)
★‘JR East Weekend Pass’ (see website for details)
Period of sale: Until 28 March 2025
Period of use: 2 consecutive days on Saturdays and holidays
until 30 March 2025.
Kogota Station is the northernmost station on the JR East free section.

JR Seishun 18 Ticket
Period of sale and period of use [Summer season].
Sales period: 10 Jul (Wed) - 31 Aug (Sat), 2024
Use period: Saturday, 20 July - Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Bookings for accommodation are welcome.
From the owner, a former JR man.

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