Hotel berhampiran Shimosanmiya Community Center, Kitakata

酒店的自助餐非常豐富

Living in Japan as a vegetarian for many years I am used to having to tough it out at hotels. Although there are exceptions, the majority of these facilities in Japan are still in the dark ages when it comes to vegetarian food options and unfortunately this hotel is no exception. This was our second time to stay here and we had hoped in vain that the food selection would be better. Shame on us, yes, but shame on the hotel even more, in my opinion. First, the positives. It is in a great location: you step out of the hotel and you are practically launched on the Goshiknuma trail. If you have a car it is easy to drive to nearby starting points for various excellent hiking options. If you don't have a car you are very limited in how many hiking spots you can access. The staff is friendly and helpful. The previous time we stayed, during the pandemic, there was a near-fluent in English tri-lingual front desk staff member who was great. We don't really need that, however, so I cannot say that this time we encountered any English speaking staff. The room was clean and comfortable. On our previous stay we had a gigantic room for less than what we paid this time but that was during the pandemic when hotels were practically begging for business and we were also able to avail ourselves of the government subsidy program for travel, which has long been discontinued. Anyway, we were happy enough with the room. The onsen is good: spacious and properly maintained. This facility is actually two joined hotels and if you stay on this side (pricier and with nicer rooms) the onsen is less crowded and nicer. The food was another story. Both the first time we stayed and this time, we opted for the buffet meal package: breakfast and dinner. Breakfast is passable if you are lacto-ovo as I am and not super strict, meaning you can drink miso soup that will doubtlessly have at least some fish stock as part of it. Dinner is, frankly, pathetic. There is nothing of substance for vegetarians unless you consider a salad, rice, pickles, and a couple of fried vegetables to be a meal. I do not. Virtually every dish had some meat or fish in it. Why does the pasta have to have bacon? Why does the stir fry vegetables have to have chicken? This hotel is far from the only one that does this, but in 2023 is it not possible to have one or two entree type offerings entirely meat or fish free? The buffet is gigantic and has huge variety but all of that variety is thoroughly saturated with meat and fish. Total fail. We will not stay here again, regretfully. Note: the buffet was equally poor during our first stay and it was entirely on us that we hoped there would be some improvement a few years later. Like I said, shame on us. That does not excuse the hotel from not providing better food options for vegetarians.

有車站接駁，一出火車站就能明確找到接駁巴士，非常方便，到了飯店後服務人員裡立馬上前接待，很周到，提出的相關需求也盡力協助處理，房內空間寬敞舒適，乾淨整潔，如果沒安排其他戶外行程，在飯店裡設施應有盡有也適合閒逛一整天喔！

We stayed for 2 nights with breakfast. Booked and paid via hotels.com. The hotel is not new but clean and good to stay and it didn't cost much compared with other hotels in this area. The breakfast was a buffet and had many choices. We enjoyed our stay a lot. Sorry for my late review. They might renovate the restaurant so my photo might be outdated.

What a wonderful family oriented hotel. Good for couples, families & extended families. Staff wonderful and atmosphere relaxed. We would recommend a visit to this town of samurai and sake. Easy to get around and different to the big cities. A great place for a few days. The hotel has large hot spa areas and we enjoyed every minute.

nice staff, wifi connection is good. got 2 floors of hot spring, they have sister hotel with another 2 near by, so you can use their hot spring too. the location to the city is around 8 mins drive. it's convient. the breakfast is good , each dish they tell you the ingredients, but just a little sad that If they can also write the English on top. overall, this was a great stay .

My two night stay at this hotel, with regular dips in their delightful hot spring bath, significantly diminished the knee pain I am experiencing from a torn meniscus. Equally important, the hotel was very comfortable, with airy, spacious rooms. In addition to the welcome sweet provided in the room, an onigiri rice ball was served in the evening upon my return to the hotel (due to other social commitments, I did not have dinner at the hotel). The Japanese-style breakfast was served in private dining suites off the hotel lobby, with separate coffee service available after breakfast. The only negative I could report was that getting on the wifi in the evenings was difficult. They need a bigger ”pipe”.

バイキングは豊富でとても美味しかったです。 温泉も綺麗であり、良かったです。仕方がないのかもしれませんが、塩素の臭いが強いように思いました。 スキー場は、初級者向けでしたが、初めての方や子どもでも楽しく滑れる緩やかな斜面であり、とても良かったです。また、伺いたいと思います。 プールには行けなかったのですが、今度は行きたいと思います。 部屋は経年劣化しているように思いました。部屋の壁紙が所々剥がれていて、剥がれているところだけでも、修復して欲しいと感じました。