Hotel 3 Bintang di Shari

大浴場があるのでこのホテルを選びました。22時以降なら小さい子はいないだろうと思い浴室へ行ったのですが、２歳くらいの子が母親と居ました。入場時間に決まりはないので、少しがっかりしてながらも、まず洗身していると、子供が大きな声で騒いでいます。内容は長くなるので端折りますが、母親の対応次第で大きな声を出させずに済む内容でした。次に子供が「おしっこ」と言い出しました。浴室を出てすぐの場所にトイレがあるのに、母親はその場でさせました。排水溝や隅に向かうでもなく（勿論それでもアウトですが）、洗い場で子供（女の子）は立ったまま排尿します。母親はそれに向けてシャワーをかけています。距離はあったものの、方向は私向きに！唖然として、怒鳴りたい気持ちでしたが、子供がトラウマになったりしてはいけないと思い我慢しました。立った状態で排尿し、そこにシャワーをかけて、一体どの範囲まで飛び散っているのでしょう。楽しみにしていた露天風呂に行くには、その現場の横を通らねばならないので諦めました。ほかの客が居てもこんなことを平気でする大人がいるとは。ホテルの方がどれだけ綺麗に清掃をしても、こんな客で汚されるのだから、たまりませんね。 　もう一つは朝食ビュッフェでの出来事です。開店してすぐでしたが、結構並んでいました。ある男の方が、味噌汁の具（わかめ？）用の小さいトングを落としました。すぐに拾って、スタッフを探しているのか、きょろきょろしていましたが、スタッフの姿はなく、そのまま具の横にトングを置いていました。そして席に着くと、スタッフを探しに行くでもなく、食事を摂り始めました。何人かが見ていたと思いますが、誰も何も言いません。間に10人位は居たと思いますが、私の順番の時には、そのトングは具の中に入り、使われていました。コロナの拡大もあり、衛生面にはとても気をつかっている状況でこれです。この場合、すぐに声を掛けられるスタッフが、食堂内に居なかったのも問題かとは思います。 　せっかくキレイなホテルで、部屋も広く、接客も問題がなかったのに、わずか一泊二日の間にこれほどマナーの悪い人たちを見ると、ホテルの印象が悪くなってしまいます。

I wanted a place where I could get away from it all and this was certainly it. The rooms was cozy, the staff were amazingly friendly and accommodating, and the food was the best I've ever had at any hotel in the world. The view from my room was of the ocean and there are lots of day activities to do. I would recommend staying there with a car. Wonderful and warm.

This was the most amazing stay of our 2-week Hokkaido trip. The design of the hotel was very nice, it is hard for a large hotel to feel homely and comfortable, but it did - walking around the lobby and dining areas was such a pleasant feeling, there is also a TV section where everyone enjoyed the documentaries on Shiretoko comfortably. The staff at the hotel were incredible, they were all very friendly and helpful, and seemed genuinely happy with their jobs - from the man at the front of the hotel welcoming us into the hotel and directing the cars to the carpark, to the front desk, and the servers and chefs at the restaurant - everyone was so friendly and nice. The breakfast and dinner buffet was amazingly good - usually I do not enjoy buffets as much, as the food is usually just average, but here, the food variety was amazing, and quality was so good! I had the freshest sashimi, very good desserts, good grilled beef and pork, ramen was amazing, and the fried food counter was so good. The rooms and onsen were comfortable and luxurious as well. The price we paid for the hotel was very well worth it! Thank you very much - we really enjoyed ourselves! Every day when we got back to the hotel after a long day out, it felt like returning home.

お部屋はスーツケースが広げられるスペースがあり、きれいに清掃されていました。 温泉のお湯も良く、露天風呂で感じる海の風も気持ちのよいものでした。 食事は、一般的なビジネスタイプのホテルによくあるメニューに加え、海産系のものもありました。確かにホームページの紹介写真ほどの豪華さはありませんが、今できる精一杯でのおもてなしだと感じました。 フロントや食事のスタッフさんも、最小限の人数で行っているようでしたが、チェックインとアウトの手続き、またフロントに質問をしに行った時も丁寧かつ親切に対応してくださいました。 知床自体ホテルのお値段が高めですので、こちらで比較的リーズナブルに滞在できたと思います。 ホテルで楽しむというよりは観光拠点のひとつと考えると、道の駅も観光船の事務所も、コンビニ、コインランドリー、オロンコ岩、ゴジラ岩などが近く、非常に便利な立地です。 温泉、観光とも、知床はとてもよいところですので、また活気あふれるようになるまでぜひ頑張って欲しいと思います。

The teachers house of the former traditional elementary school was renovated into a rental villa The kitchen is equipped with a set of cooking utensils and seasonings salt and pepper soy sauce miso etc are rented free of charge You can easily cook by bringing in Shiretoko ingredients Meals are not provided

This old traditional inn inside Shiretoko National Park received a split verdict from my wife and I. I enjoyed the remote location at the end of a backroad, part way up a hillside where a trailhead begins for a popular mountain walk. It’s also a good location for access to the park’s visitor center and the popular 5 lakes area. There are 3 small public outdoor onsen baths located very near by. We both enjoyed the hotel’s indoor public baths. The night we stayed there were only two other rooms occupied. Our room was a Japanese - Western Twin, meaning it had a traditional tatami mat room, but also a separate sleeping area with western beds plus a small wet room bathroom. My wife felt the food was not that good, perhaps it suffered by comparison to some really good food we had at other lodgings. Also, during the ensuing days she discovered when speaking to locals that the hotel owner is not highly regarded. It’s felt he does not invest enough in his properties. A year ago there was a tourist boat accident and some people died, the accident blamed the owner for failures in several areas. As it turns out, the same gent owns Chinohate and the locals fear he’s operating it on the cheap too. Between the average food, relatively high rates, and remote and under-occupied vibe, my wife was not keen. I found the staff welcoming, the food okay, and the remote surroundings attractive. It appears to be a place where hikers might stay before/after their climb, but it would seem they need to be hikers with a healthy budget.

All private areas reserved for youThe exterior has a wooden style but once you go inside it changes to a straw bale style with clay wallsThe roof is made of soil and plants and the walls are made of straw and clay making it a highly insulating structure It is also equipped with an air conditioner and a stove so you can always stay comfortableThe bedroom has thick mattresses and there are 2 semidouble mattresses and from 3 people you can add a single mattress for up to 6 people

Shiretoko Villa Hotel Freeze is situated in a stunning natural location near Mount Shari, one of Japan's 100 famous mountains. All guest rooms are detached and come with attached private open air baths. The interior of the hotel makes heavy use of natural materials in fitting with its natural setting. The hotel is proud of its cuisine which includes fresh seafood and locally grown meat and vegetables. Guests may enjoy the charcoal grill BBQ options.

This resort has an outdoor foot spa which is amazing in the winter! Loved the sunset view indoor onsen too. Food is fantastic and they make the most delectable croissants and other pastries. Must have. Beds and rooms and comfortable, clean and luxurious. The only complaint I have is that we accidentally went to a wrong floor of the hotel and it opened up to a nearly completely dark long walkway along an unused area of the hotel. This could be dangerous. Other than that, everything is good. The staff could be friendlier to non-Japanese speaking guests.

This is a typical ’boom & bust’ hotel, like the thousands of similar hotels you see all over Japan. It’s enormous, with lobbies, restaurands an common areas the size of airport hangars, huge rooms with separate tatami areas and massive onsens. All of which is in various stage of decay. This particular hotel is set back from the harbour, up on the hillside, presumably for tsunami reasons, which means you have to drive everywhere, to the boat tours in the harbour and the really nice little seafood shacks on the waterfront. The hotel offers, like all Japanese hotels, a myriad of ’settu’ options, all very confusing: breakfast, dinner and onsen package. Ditto with unlimited sake. Lunch and onsen and a spa treatment; don’t take any of these. The food is terrible by Japanese standards, and the gigantic restaurant is more like a East German Communist Party Headquarters canteen circa 1953 than a restaurant. You know whst I mean. Our room was huge, but with peeing wallpaper, slightly smelly damp wall-to-wall carpeting and (my pet hate) one of those pre-fab plastic bathrooms which has all the solidity of a bouncy castle. Our friends stayed at the Kitanokobushi Shiretoko Hotel, and I wish we had too. This is actually built this millennium and is right on the water. I highly recommend you stay there instead. As for me, I am thoroughly fed up with these depressing, smelly 1980’s concrete monsters.