Exploring Noto
Spot map
From the cottage to wherever you would like to go: a map for exploring Noto at your own pace.
- 10 min by car Hakui and Shika area
- 30 min by car Central Noto Peninsula, roadside stations
- 60 min by car Wajima and the tip of the Noto Peninsula
Model Itineraries: 1 Night, 2 Days
Check-in is at 15:00. From the stops along the way to the evening BBQ, here are two ways to spend a one-night stay.
Drive along Chirihama beach on the way, then lunch at a café. After check-in, it is hot spring baths and a BBQ.
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10:30
Chirihama Nagisa Driveway
A sandy beach about 8 km long where you can drive right along the water’s edge. Enter from Imahama IC on the Noto Satoyama Kaido.
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12:00
Lunch at Cafe Makan
A restaurant in Shika-no-Sato Resort, the same resort as Notoie, serving dal bhat (Nepali home cooking). They also have sweets made with Koro persimmons.
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13:30
Shopping at Dontaku Takahama
Please bring your own BBQ ingredients. Before check-in, pick them up at Dontaku Takahama, a supermarket a short drive away.
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15:00
Check-in
Check in at the management building and collect your key. Until 11:00 the next day, the whole cottage is just for your family.
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16:00
Enjoy the hot spring bath
Soak in hot spring water in your cottage’s bath. The cottage is all yours, so bathe whenever and as often as you like.
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18:00
BBQ
Grill what you bought in the roofed BBQ area. Our concierge can help light the fire.
Stop at a dog-run café on Notojima Island on the way. After check-in, play in the dog garden.
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10:00
Drive to Notojima Island
Cross the bridge for a drive to Notojima, an island in Nanao Bay. Your lunch spot is on the island too.
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11:30
Lunch at Dog Run Cafe MOMO
A café with seating where your dog can join you and a roofed dog run. Lunch includes curry, pasta and pizza.
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13:30
Shopping at Dontaku Takahama
Back from the island, stop at Dontaku Takahama, a supermarket a short drive away. Pick up your BBQ ingredients, then head to check-in.
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15:00
Check-in
Pets are welcome in every cottage. Once you have your key from the management building, head straight to your cottage with your dog.
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15:30
Play in the dog garden
Every cottage has its own fenced dog garden (12–36 m²). After the drive, let your dog off the leash for some exercise.
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17:00
Hot spring
After playing, enjoy the hot spring bath. Take a soak whenever you like before the BBQ.
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18:00
BBQ
Dinner is in the roofed BBQ area. You can ask our concierge to light the fire.
Enjoying food at Notoie
Enjoy Noto's produce however you like. Buy at a roadside station, morning market or local shop, then eat at the BBQ, in the kitchen or in your room.
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BBQ
An outdoor BBQ area is ready for you, with grill, table and everything else, so you can cook the seafood and Noto beef you bought locally out in the open air. Feel free to ask us for recommended shops.
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Cooking in the cottage
Each cottage has a kitchen, cookware and tableware, so you can take your time cooking what you bought at the local roadside station or morning market.
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Relax in your room
Takeaway, deli dishes and bento are all fine. Eat at your own pace in the living room or the tatami area.
