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Hostel Ohmagari - Ohmagari YH

Ohmagari - Ohmagari YH

46-1 Kohmoto Fujiki
Fujiki, Daisen City
Akita-ken
014-1412
Japan

Tel. +81 187 65 3451
Fax. +81 187 65 3451

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Hostel Overview
Map & Directions
Attractions & Facilities

*Ohmagari and Omagari, we spell the place name in both ways.

Ohmagari YH was established on 1 March 2005 and is surrounded with typical Japanese great rice field. At the center of Yokote Basin, south part of Akita prefecture.

Akita prefecture is the area of heaviest snow in Japan. Yokote city holds Kamakura Snow Festival in mid February. Kamakura means an 'igloo-like snow house'. You will get to know how the local people live in one & half-meter-high snow.

YH Website (English) ---> jyh.or.jp/ohmagari/e-index.htm

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From left

Pic1: YH. There are no convenience stores nearby. Canned juice and beer are available at YH.

Pic2: YH in summer & winter

Pic3: A home shrine behind YH

Pic4: Corridor

Pic5: Dining room

Pic6: Bathroom with soaps, shampoos, the scales and a hair dryer inside. Bathing time is 5-9pm.

Pic7: Weatern style twin room

Pic8: Japanese style rooms

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Names, sexes, ages, nationalities of all guests of your group

Arrival date

Nights

Dinner and breakfast requirements

Access to YH (car, JR Line, motorbike, etc.)

Arrival time

Hostel bed capacity

Beds per room:				Total beds
Number of rooms:	1	3	1	15

Opening times

Opening times (daily/weekly):

Check-in 3-8pm, Dinner 6-8pm, Curfew 9pm, Lghts-out 10pm, Breakfast 7-8am, Check-out -10am. The guests who reserved dinner are required to check in until 7pm.

Street Map and Route Planning

Directions

Location:

【YH Website Access Page (English) 】---> http://www.jyh.or.jp/ohmagari/e-access.htm 【Kamakura Snow Festival, Yokote (English)】---> http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/a10_fes_Yokote.html

Rail:

【1.To Omagari】 *From Tokyo by Train : It takes 3 & half hours from Tokyo to Omagari by Akita Shinkan-sen named Komachi via Morioka. *From Tokyo by Bus : You can take highway bus named "Lake & Boat" torward Lake Tazawa travelled by Ugo-kotsu/Sagami Railway. The bus leaves Yokohama at 21:30, Hamamatsu-cho at 22:25, it arrives at Omagari bus termial at 6:50am. The return ticket costs 15,390yen. *From Sendai : It takes about 2 hours by Akita Shinkansen Komachi. The return ticket costs 16,000yen. By high-way bus, though it takes 3 & half hours, the return ticket costs only 7,000yen. The bus travelles by JR Tohoku/Ugo-kotsu named "Green Liner". *From Akita : By local train, it takes 1 hour and the fare is 950yen. By Komachi, it takes 30 minutes and the fare is 2610yen. 　【2.From Omagari Station to Our YH】 The Nearest station is Iizume. It is next to Omagari torward Yokote. Only local train stops at Iizume. From Iizume to our YH, it takes 20 minutes by walk. You will see the guidance board in Iizume station. By taxi, the fare is about 2,500yen from Omagari Station to YH.

Attractions

Main attractions nearby

Hostel with a difference

Facilities

	Family rooms available		Suitable for wheelchair users
	TV room		Sheets in price
	Laundry facilities		Cycle rental available at or near the hostel
	Meals available		Individual traveller welcome
	Garden		Green Hostel
	Playground		Rates include local tax
	Cycle store at Hostel