Tama Hotel

Super friendly owners. Cute cats. 100% worth staying here if you're visiting Ishinomaki/Tashirojima.

Everything was great, the owner is the nicest man I've ever met

Everything is great but unfortunately not much to do in Ishinomaki outside of a couple things

We loved everything about our stay at Tama Hotel. We came there in order to visit Tashirojima, Cat island. The hotel itself has a cat patio with many very cute and well-taken care of cats. Tama, Millefeuille, Maron, Noritama, Ansu, Cinnamon, Caramel, Suri, Noir, Tail, Kiwi, Marble, 2nd, Konosuke. Paradise for serious cat lovers and cat freaks. The place has cat themed decorations everywhere which we loved. The owners are incredibly kind and made everything to make our stay the best possible. We used translator apps for communication and it worked great. They gave us a lot of good advice for food and for the visits we could do in the Miyagi area. They kindly drove us to the ferry, helped us with the tickets and picked us up, drove us back to the train station when we left. Plus they cooked absolutely delicious breakfast and dinner for us. We felt very well taken care of. Unforgettable hospitality experience we can only highly recommend. Thank you Tama Hotel!

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The hotel owner was very friendly and helpful. He got us flowers for the hotel room and he is taking care of 16 cats which is amazing. We decided to have breakfast and the food was extremely tasty and presentation was awesome. He drove us to the ferry to the cat Island and stopped by a bread shop to get us lunch! He waited for us to leave and was on time when we came back to drive us to the train station. We would highly HIGHLY recommend Tama Hotel!

We were blown away by our stay at Tama Hotel. Everything was incredible. The owner, Mino was an amazing host and we felt like family rather than hotel guests. Mino bought as breakfast before our trip to cat island and cooked us an amazing, traditional dinner each night - which he refused to let us pay him for. During our stay Mino gave us multiple gifts & he even organised for us to join him for an interview on the local radio station. The hotel is connected to a cat hotel which is free entry during the stay and the cats were very cute. He also offers free wine, and to our surprise, free whiskey in the family room. We were honestly sad to be leaving Mino and Tama Hotel and we hope one day we'll be able to stay again. We have been travelling for 5 months (and so far one month in Japan) for our Honeymoon - Tama hotel as been our accommodation highlight, it is like nothing else and staying there is an experience in itself.

The host is amazing. So helpful. Goes above and beyond in every way. Drove us to the ferry, bought us breakfast, picked us up on return and took us to the train with our bags already loaded, and gave a treat for our travel. Introduced us by name to all 12 of his cats, as well. Really an awesome experience.

Everything was amazing! Thank you so much! This was the best part of our trip!

Good place to stay for visiting the cat island Tashirojima. Owner will drop you off to ferry in the morning and pick you up afterwards. He also can drop you to the train station if needed.

Host was extremely nice and his cats are really cute! He gave us a free ride to the ferry station for Cat Island and bought us all breakfast buns on the way there. He also helped us with our luggage when moving out at the end, dropping us off at the station and giving us cute cat paw shaped cookies. I would highly recommend this stay to anyone who plans on visiting Cat Island (Tashirojima)