Journal | 2026.08.25
This is a note on the Japanese breakfast at Mori no Auberge Mitsu, a small inn in Atsuma, Hokkaido. Breakfast often hides behind dinner, so here we give the morning table its own page.
Mori no Auberge Mitsu takes three groups a night, in three rooms named Ki, Mi and Tsuki. Breakfast is served with every plan, except the room-only ones.
Below we go in order: what is on the tray, the dashi-broth rice the mornings are known for, the Atsuma rice behind it, and the times. We do not go into the dinner course.
The word guests use most is the pot rice
At Mori no Auberge Mitsu, the word that comes up most often when guests write about the food is the rice cooked in an earthenware pot.
That pot rice is not only a dinner thing. At breakfast too, you are served Nanatsuboshi rice, cooked in an earthenware pot. You can read the reviews on Reviews.
What is on the breakfast tray
Breakfast here is a Japanese tray. On it are Nanatsuboshi rice from an earthenware pot, a rolled omelette made with free-range eggs, grilled fish, seasonal side dishes, and miso soup.
Rice in dashi broth, with bonito flakes you shave yourself, is part of the tray too. You can see the food on the Dining page.
Breakfast comes with every plan except the room-only ones. A stay with both dinner and breakfast is the usual way to book.
What the mornings are known for: dashi-broth rice
What the mornings here are known for is the rice in dashi broth, where you shave the bonito flakes yourself at the table.
You shave as much as you like, on the spot, and pour the broth over the rice. Many guests keep it for the end of breakfast.
The rice comes from Atsuma, rice country
Atsuma, where the inn stands, is rice country. It grows Nanatsuboshi under the Sakura-mai brand, and in autumn the paddies turn gold.
The rice on the breakfast tray is this Nanatsuboshi, cooked in an earthenware pot. You taste the local rice on its own ground.
New rice and other local produce are sold at Kobushi-no-yu Atsuma, among other places. For the ingredients, see Ingredients of Atsuma.
Breakfast from 8:30, check-out at 10:00
Breakfast is served from 8:30, and check-out is at 10:00, so the morning is unhurried.
This is a small inn of three groups a night, in three rooms, where the morning table stays quiet. For how to spend the time, see Stay.
| Morning | Time |
|---|---|
| Breakfast | from 8:30 |
| Check-out | 10:00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is breakfast like at this Hokkaido inn?
Breakfast is a Japanese tray: Nanatsuboshi rice cooked in an earthenware pot, a rolled omelette made with free-range eggs, rice in dashi broth with bonito you shave yourself, grilled fish, seasonal side dishes and miso soup.
What time is breakfast served?
Breakfast is served from 8:30. Check-out is at 10:00, so you have the morning at your ease.
What is the pot rice?
It is Nanatsuboshi rice, grown in Atsuma under the Sakura-mai brand and cooked in an earthenware pot. It is the word that comes up most often when guests write about the food.
Is breakfast included if I book room-only?
No, room-only plans do not include breakfast. Every other plan comes with both dinner and breakfast.
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