{
 "slug": "umioto-mari",
 "name": "Umioto Mari",
 "url": "https://ryokancatalog.com/inn/umioto-mari",
 "location": "Shodoshima",
 "prefecture": "Kagawa",
 "region": "Shikoku",
 "geo": {
  "lat": 34.4582,
  "lng": 134.303
 },
 "tier": "C",
 "score": 6.5,
 "score_scale": "1-10",
 "unscored": false,
 "confidence": "low",
 "evidence": {
  "units": 2,
  "op_stays": 1,
  "member_stays": 0
 },
 "kinrt_rank_claim": null,
 "rooms": 6,
 "property_type": "Oceanfront ryokan",
 "style": "Oceanfront ryokan",
 "features": {
  "in_room_onsen": "No",
  "meals_in_room": "No"
 },
 "summary": "A six-room seaside ryokan on Shodoshima, Japan's olive-growing island, opened in April 2019 as the modern sister property to the traditional Shimayado Mari (about 10 minutes away by car). The star attraction is a twelve-course Olive Kaiseki dinner that KI-NRT called wonderful, but there is no onsen anywhere on site, only a tub you fill yourself, cut with spring water carried over from Shimayado Mari, which is a real letdown if onsen is what you are after. Ikyu's guests love it regardless, with meals and satisfaction near the top of their marks.",
 "aspect_scale": "1-5",
 "aspects": {
  "cuisine": {
   "label": "Food",
   "score": 4.5,
   "text": "The star attraction is the twelve-course Olive Kaiseki, in which just about every dish carries olive oil: celery juice with yuzu olive oil, miso-marinated olive-fed hamachi, grilled olive-fed Sanuki wagyu shank, and a milk and rosemary sorbet with olive oil frozen over it into a hard shell. KI-NRT worried about being 'olived-out' halfway through, but the olive never overpowered the other ingredients. Ikyu guests give the meals their highest mark."
  },
  "onsen": {
   "label": "Bath",
   "score": 2,
   "text": "There is no onsen here, and no communal bath either. The owner drilled deep but never hit a spring, so the bath in your room is one you fill yourself, with onsen water carried over from Shimayado Mari and mixed with ground water, which makes it technically half onsen. KI-NRT called it nice but said that if onsen is what you are after, this isn't going to cut it."
  },
  "service": {
   "label": "Service",
   "score": 3.5,
   "text": "The waiters explain the olive oil in each dish the way a sommelier explains wine, down to how it was farmed, which KI-NRT found a tad overboard even for someone who loves the stories behind the food, though they had an answer to any question he asked. The one drawback is the meal times: dinner is at 17:30 or 19:30 and nothing else, and with half the rooms empty they still refused to shift his by 30 minutes. Ikyu guests mark the service lowest."
  },
  "room": {
   "label": "Room",
   "score": 3,
   "text": "There are six rooms in all, each with a view of the sea, and two of them are 'hanare' villas of 73 square metres. KI-NRT's villa To no Oto was adequate, but for a property that opened in 2019 he was surprised to find a single sink and vanity, and even the top category room has no separate bedroom and living room. Ikyu guests mark the rooms among the property's highest categories."
  },
  "setting": {
   "label": "Place",
   "score": 3.5,
   "text": "A small, charming property by the sea on Shodoshima, with no Japanese garden but a wonderful view of the ocean from the rooms. Shimayado Mari sits in the centre of town about 10 minutes away by car, a plus or a minus depending on what you are after, and with a car KI-NRT preferred the more tranquil setting here. The island itself is a peaceful place to laze away and do some light sightseeing, though he says nothing on it is bucket-list material."
  }
 },
 "transit": {
  "cities": [
   {
    "city": "Takamatsu",
    "hours": 1.6,
    "time": "~1h35",
    "transfers": 1,
    "estimated": true,
    "text": "~1 hr ferry from Takamatsu port to Shodoshima (Tonosho or Ikeda), plus a taxi/drive across the island to Horikoshi."
   },
   {
    "city": "Himeji",
    "hours": 2.3,
    "time": "~2h20",
    "transfers": 1,
    "estimated": true,
    "text": "~2 hr ferry from Himeji (KI-NRT's own route into Shodoshima) to Fukuda port, plus a short drive to Horikoshi."
   }
  ],
  "note": ""
 },
 "photos": [
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_umiotomari-0-6de0c50e.jpg",
   "tag": "setting",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 266
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_umiotomari-1-77b27615.jpg",
   "tag": "bath",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_umiotomari-2-3f463c0c.jpg",
   "tag": "room",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 266
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_umiotomari-3-f72c5680.jpg",
   "tag": "interior",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 266
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_umiotomari-4-8940dea5.jpg",
   "tag": "food",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 266
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "website": "https://uminoshijima.com/",
  "map": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8161087173830013723",
  "jp_site": {
   "source": "Ikyu",
   "score": 4.83,
   "reviews": 23,
   "url": "https://www.ikyu.com/00002609/review/",
   "as_of": "2026-07-24"
  },
  "flyertalk_reviews": [
   {
    "post": 91,
    "author": "KI-NRT",
    "url": "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35063408-post91.html"
   }
  ],
  "flyertalk_discussion": [
   {
    "post": 92,
    "author": "KI-NRT",
    "url": "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35063645-post92.html"
   }
  ],
  "tripadvisor": []
 },
 "as_of": "2026-09-07"
}