Hotel berhampiran Kinoura Castle Ruins, Imabari

もう何年前になるか、ふと旅行誌(ゆこゆこ、じゃらん等） で見かけてから絶景露天風呂に惹かれて行きたい行きたいと 計画しつつもダメになったりでやっとその日がやって来て 感激もひとしお、竹原港からのフェリーでしか行けない事も 旅を盛り上げてくれます。送迎バスで20分少しで到着。 チェックインで予約プランのレストラン食を別部屋での 個室食で用意します、との嬉しすぎる変更がありました！ コロナ禍でお客さんも少なそうでしたので空いている部屋を 使えるからなのでしょう。 部屋はシンプル、アメニティは最小限ですが清潔で広く何より ふすまを開けて目に飛び込んでくる窓からの景色。 お目当ての露天風呂はそれはそれは素晴らしい眺めで日常を 忘れる時間を過ごせますし、入浴中は誰も居ず独り占めでした。 驚いたのは食事です！スタンダードプランですが質も量も素晴らしく 蒸し鮑は絶品でお造里の美味しさは格別！さすが瀬戸内海です。 スタッフはお若い方が頑張っておられますがお部屋係の男性が 外国の方で礼儀正しく一生懸命接客してくれる姿が好感持てました 朝食は以前まではバイキング式だったのでしょうが今はコロナ感染 対応でしょう、和定食の提供になっておりバイキングは苦手なので 私達にはとても良かったです。食後にコーヒーがあるのも嬉しい。 初めてこのホテルを見かけた時よりお値段が高級になっていたのが 気になりましたが来てみたら納得します、良いホテルです。 ただ、ひとつだけ…帰路の新幹線で、お宿到着時に着ていた服を 忘れたことに気づき電話したら忘れ物は無いというお返事で…？？ 朝違うトップスに着替え前日着てた服をハンガーに掛けたまま忘れ 出て行ったのでホテル以外に忘れる所がないんですが…勿論忘れる こちらの方が悪いので気を付けなければ！と心しましたが他の宿で 忘れた髪留めやお茶ボトルまで置いていてくれたりするので無いと 言われたのはちょっとショックでした(涙) その分だけマイナスで満点にしたい所ですがマル４つです。

The hotel's reception area and bar are quite modern with some cute Japanese décor and homewares on shelves. There is also a complimentary 'amenity buffet' so you can pick up some extra soaps, shampoos, bath salts, etc. any time you need them. We had a wa****su (traditional Japanese tatami room) on the 3rd floor that was moderate in size but very clean and looks to have had a recent renovation as the bathroom was very new and modern. Imabari's main shopping street is just a 2 minute walk away with some nice coffee shops and homeware stores. There are also two Poeme stores very closeby where you can buy Imabari's local sweet treat which are perfect with coffee and also as a boxed gift idea too! The nearest convenience store (a Family Mart) is about a 5 minute walk away and Imabari Castle is about a 10 minute walk from the hotel's front entrance and makes for an interesting afternoon and has an excellent 360 degree view from the top. The hotel has bicycles that you can rent for free, however the seats were very uncomfortable and even a little painful (though it might just be me, as I haven't ridden a bicycle in quite a few years and am a big heavy Australian bloke!) Our futons were very comfortable and we had a great nights' sleep and felt very refreshed in the morning. Unfortunately we made the decision to go to the Imabari Kokusai Hotel for breakfast instead of having breakfast at Hotel Kikusui Imabari and we had quite possibly the worst buffet breakfast there. Really regret we didn't just stay and have breakfast in-house, as the food at Kikusui looked to have been far better and at a fraction of the price too! Couldn't fault this hotel and will absolutely stay again on my next visit to my old hometown of Imabari!

服務：對應和服務都很好

It was very clean and comfortable, the host was very kind! Totally worth it after the cycling route it’s 10min away from the station.

2021年3月歩き遍路で利用しました。 15時30分ホテルに着く、第55番札所南光坊からも見える所に有って部屋はWベッドでちょっと小さめの室内、ビニネスホテルなのでそれなりに綺麗に清掃はされているが、経年劣化で老朽化は否めない。 歩き遍路の人は便利な場所に有ると思います。 夕食が無いので近くのスーパー（歩いて10分もかからないスーパーマルナカ）で食料を調達、 朝食は6時30分、バイキング形式で品数は沢山あって味もまあまあ良かった、このホテルの朝食は6時30分きっかりに食堂のドアが開いた。 この朝食で税込み6600円ちょっと高い気もするが、南光坊にも近く立地がいいのでまあしょうがないかなって感じ。 ここも悪くはないが、この近くにたくさんホテルが有るので今度来た時は別のホテルに泊まって見ようと思う。

Very disappointed to be writing this review... Firstly, their website is dreadfully dated and their booking system puzzling, even comically so. It almost feels like using the Wayback Machine... I tried booking five or six months in advance and so I wrote to the hotel to express my excitement for both coming back to Imabari where I once lived and worked teaching English in 1999, and also that I had always wanted to stay at the hotel, as I actually lived directly across the road from the hotel and always thought it so exclusive and luxurious-looking, and it was the talk-of-the-town back in '99 when they were still very new. I was willing to pay a substantial room rate for a Tatami Suite (approx. ¥30,000 per night for three nights) however was advised that they were sold-out for my desired dates-of-stay in March 2023. What irked me is that no alternative accommodation options were offered, despite there still being availability on third-party websites such as *********** and ******* for other room types, and there was no acknowledgment of my excitement and enthusiasm for wanting to be a guest of theirs' after so many years, or for any disappointment caused. This is terrible service, and not exactly what one would call 'growing the business' to reject a potential guest despite having other rooms and suites available to sell. We instead booked ourselves a washitsu (traditional Japanese tatami room) at Hotel Kikusui Imabari down by the port, which was cute, comfortable, clean, and looks to have had recently had a refurbishment of their guestrooms as the bathrooms while small were nice and new. The cost of this room was also about a third of what the Kokusai Imabari Hotel asks for their Tatami Suites as well. I still wanted to go to the Kokusai Imabri Hotel however and at least see their gardens and lobby, pick up some Imbari towels from the official store at the front entrance, and have breakfast in their restaurant. The lobby is very nice and it does have the grandeur of a Japanese hotel trying to be a European hotel without being tacky or dated, and it does appear that they have recently cleaned all the chandeliers (I'd read other reviews and this seems to have been a first impression for a lot of guests, so this was a nice surprise to see them dust-free). We had a look at the gardens outside and they were very nice and maintained as to be expected with Japanese gardens. So why the 1 star review? Well, we wanted to treat ourselves to what we thought would be a five-star breakfast. We were told to go upstairs to the mezzanine level and we met a nice lady staff member who advised that breakfast would be roughly ¥2,400 per person. No problem, that's fair for a good buffet breakfast. We were then however lead into a huge banquet hall with only a couple of dozen guests dining, which made it feel even emptier and more like a school cafeteria rather than a classy restaurant. We then went to the buffet and it seems that none of the bain mar

convenient for everything, just minute walk from Imabari railway station/bus stop and walking distance from seaport nothing gorgeous but everything is ready for business person's requirement clean and comfortable with Japanese style hot bath provided with free

喜助の湯チケット・朝食有プランで泊まりました。 JR今治駅の真横ですし近くにローソンもあります。今治名物の焼き鳥屋をはじめ今治の飲み屋街にも若干歩きますが行けます。 金曜日の夜9時ぐらいに到着しましたが無料駐車場がラスト1でぎりぎりセーフで停めれました。 ウェルカムアルコールは21時まで、無料ドリンクは０時までで部屋に持ち込み可能なのがいいですね。アメニティも自由に持っていけます。 下層はどうかわかりませんが上階に泊まると電車の音も全然聞こえませんでした。 喜助の湯は洗練された温泉施設といった感じでとても快適ですので温泉チケット付きプランをおすすめします。

This hotel is very new, and it's only around 3 minutes walking distant away from the JR station. The lobby is very big with big windows and has many chairs for guest to sit and rest, there are also bike rack for you to lock the bike at the lobby. We were surprised to find out that there's welcome drinks and beer is also included. Our room was on one of the higher floor, so the view was beautiful. Breakfast was buffet style and was amazing, selection was great and delicious. Would definitely stay there again if we visit the area. The only downside is the staff doesn't understand English too well, but not too big of an issue when there's google translate.

nice hotel, great amenities. There was a problem with my booking and it seemed that they said it was my fault. I don’t how it could be but they took the position it was me who had to fix it. Also there doesn’t seem to be a consistent hotel policy for travellers with bicycles. I stayed at there different Route Inn and tow it was no problem but this one it was. still a very nice stay.