Hotel Perniagaan di Otofuke

　昨年１２月。コロナ渦も一息ついていて、北海道民割とおとふけ割がダブルで利用できることから、十勝川温泉にある観月苑に行くことにしました。 　割引があることから、改装済みで広さもある川側の部屋で、食事は和食の会席のコースにしました。 　十勝川温泉の泉質はモール温泉という世界的にも貴重な植物泉です。肌あたりがとてもやさしいお湯なので、私のお気に入りの温泉の一つです。基本的に和食のコースは、ちょっと洋風なアレンジがなされていて、おいしくいただきましたし、新しく改装されたお部屋の居心地が良かったです。部屋には広めのテラスが着いていて、そこからは目の前に十勝川が流れていて、奥には雪を頂いた日高山脈の山々がきれいでした。

Great service, nice view, good shop and super Japanese food. This hot spring resort is collocated with another large hotel (and perhaps some other smaller ones) about 5 miles outside Obihiro. The view of the river area and bridge from the rooms is very nice and relaxing. We were in a corner deluxe room that afforded plenty of space for 3 adults. It also provided a private in-room onsen style bath on our balcony, very useful for younger westerners who may have tattoos and are banned from using the hotel’s large public baths. Meanwhile we tattoo-free elders enjoyed the infinity public hot spring fed baths. We opted for a Japanese food plan where breakfast and dinner meals are prepared in front of us and served privately to our small party of 3 - excellent. On our last morning, we opted to use the breakfast buffet instead, which was okay, but a mistake on our part as the private meal was better. The onsen area is removed from the city. We walked along the river and back up the hill behind the hotel. There is a mini-mini-mall close by that has souvenirs and a few food options, we had lunch there.

彼女との初旅行で利用しました。 釧路から2時間もかからないぐらいで到着しました。 部屋は和室で広々としていて雰囲気も最高でした。 チェックインしてすぐ夜のビッフェに向かいました。 なんと刺身、天ぷら、ビーフステーキ、角煮などが食べれて 今までのビッフェで一番記憶に残りました。 食べ終わったら次は温泉へ向かいました。 モール温泉でサウナ、露天風呂付きで整いました。 ちょっとお酒を飲んで、夜は布団で眠る、至福の時間でした。 朝起きて朝のビッフェに行くと、とっびこが食べ放題！ 他にも美味しい料理がたくさんあり朝から幸せでした。 帯広市内からも近く大変おすすめです。

年末に大家族で利用しました。モール温泉は何につけても最高です！中のヒノキ風呂もとても気持ちがよかった。肌がつるつるになります。 ノスタルジーあふれる古い建物ですが、掃除が行き届いており気になりません。むしろ昭和なテイストを味わえて楽しいです。 バイキングの食事がバラエティに富んでいて、また地元の食材がたっぷり使われていて本当に美味しかった！子供達も、好きなものを存分に堪能し大満足です。 ローストビーフをその場で切ってくれたり、てんぷらはその場で揚げていました。 台湾からの団体のお客様が一杯いらしてましたが、皆さん本当にマナーがよくて、なおかつ、団体のお客様がいても全く気にならない広さが十分にありました！またいつか訪れたいです！

We chose to visit Otofuke Town because we were eager to experience the only area in Japan that features ”Moor Onsen.” Moor hot springs are different in that it gets its contents from reed and other native planets that are deep underground, and gets its high temperature from geothermal heat before making an appearance in the area around Tokachigawa Onsen. Also, once the hot spring makes contact with oxygen, it turns reddish brown in color. Moor hot springs also have a higher concentration of salt compared to the typical Onsen. While I'm not sure about the accuracy of the claims, supposedly the high content of organic matter and humic acid results in abundant natural moisturizing ingredients, which is why it's commonly referred to as ”Bijin-no-Yu” (the hot spring for beauty) by locals and in marketing materials. Did I feel 10 years younger after taking a few dips? I doubt it, but the silky smooth feeling of bathing in Moor Onsen leads me to believe that doing it daily would likely have a positive impact on my skin's smoothness, that's for sure. Sanyoan and Seijakubo are the luxury choices among the Moor onsen ryokans, and we flipped a coin and went with the former. Sanyoan features a ”Daiyokujo” (gender segregated open-air communal Onsen bath), although we didn't find anyone when we visited. That's because each of the ryokan's 11 rooms on site comes with its own en-suite Onsen. Only two, however, are of the open-air outdoor variety, including our ”Tokubetsu Shitsu” (Special) room named ”Haru No Umi” (which means Ocean in Spring.) It's a two-story maisonette-type unit that offers 97m² indoor living space. We knew going in that the room was not going to win any awards for design, and it feels more like a country home than anything (which is somewhat appropriate given its location in Hokkaido), but the first floor was more drab than we anticipated. It consists of a toilet, the main bedroom (with two beds) and a small living room that has a small yellow sofa, a fold-open wooden chair masquerading as a coffee table, and a large TV. The living room in particular felt constricting, mainly due to its small size... we really didn't spend much time downstairs, except when it was time for bed. We were relieved to find the second floor being far more inviting, consisting of a living room, a tatami room, the main washroom (with dual sinks), an indoor shower as well as a massive patio with the gensen kakenagashi (free-flowing and never recirculated) Moor Onsen bath. There was an abundance of natural light and a served as a place that we were able to relax in comfort. The dining experience takes place in the main restaurant, although there are 3 koshitsu (private rooms) that can be reserved upon request, which is what we did. Hokkaido is known for its wonderful produce, bountiful seafood (made particularly incredible thanks to the cold water and strong ocean currents) and its beef (and milk and cheese), and Sanyoan did a terrific job in representing the best t