How do you say "room only, no meals" in Japanese?

Name: Your Ryokan Looked Like a Bargain. One Word on the Booking Page Says Dinner Isn't Coming.
Uploaded: 2026-08-18T14:01:37Z
Duration: 21 s
Description: Learn to say 素泊まり (sudomari) — room only, no meals. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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Your Ryokan Looked Like a Bargain. One Word on the Booking Page Says Dinner Isn't Coming.

To say room only, no meals in Japanese, say 素泊まり (sudomari).

That ryokan was suspiciously cheap. One word on the page already told you why.

素泊まり sudomari room only, no meals

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In this video

このプランは素泊まりです。 kono puran wa su-do-ma-ri desu. This plan is room only, no meals.

Kanji in this phrase

素泊まり: すどまり

Why this phrase

Japanese inns quote the same room three ways, and the cheap one is 素泊まり, room only. In a rural town that can leave you with nothing open within walking distance at 7pm. MANDATORY: keep exactly one lang:ja TEACH segment that SPEAKS the full Japanese sentence このプランは素泊まりです。 and subtitles its full romaji, kono puran wa su-do-ma-ri desu, so a beginner can actually read and say the word instead of only seeing the kanji. Do NOT replace that Japanese beat with an English paraphrase, and do NOT drop the romaji. The other three beats stay spoken English (survival level, about 70% English). One takeaway: 素泊まり means no meals included. Keep the finished short under 60 seconds.