Ulasan Sen.Retreat Chikatsuyu

I was about to give bad reviews due to some poor check-in experience, but everything after check in is so good that compensates this journey. First, the check-in process that brings me with bad experience: it is self-served and there is no any staff. By rights you should receive an instruction email with check-in PIN in advance, which I heard from other guests. However, I didn’t receive anything but Trip’s confirmation letter and I was unable to check in. And my sim card in Japan is just an internet card unable to make phone calls, which means I have no way to contact the hotel directly. My partner and I were desperately locked out of the hotel in the evening, after 7h hiking, with no other available hotel in the mountain. After waiting for over 1 hour, other guests helped us to enter the admin room where there is an ipad to call the hotel (why not make it available to guests without checking in?), and with the help of Trip’s agency, we finally checked in successfully. Then here is the staying experience: so good that makes me almost forgive the poor check-in experience. Each room is a spacious individual house and ours has a garden for BBQ. The food is also self-served, with the cooking stuffs and ingredients in the fridge. It was unexpected that you need to cook yourself (I don’t think it was listed on room info when I booked it), but it’s not bad that Wagyu, chicken, and vegetables are served. The rooms are big and cozy, and you can do the laundry after hiking. Everything is good about the hotel itself, just be aware of the self-checkin process and make sure you get the instructions before that.

We booked with a Mountain View but they changed our room to next to the highway. It is literally next to the road. Every car driving by shook the bed and made big sound. We had almost no sleep the whole night. It is the worst experience I ever had. For price USD 173 per night it is a ripoff. Don’t book this place if you ever have other options

A great place if you’re open to cooking some food yourself. Yes, the dinner options are basically non-existent, but that really doesn’t matter if you’re open minded and willing to do something yourself. My partner and I walked for 8 hours and were exhausted when we arrived, but we still decided to get some food from the shop across the road (very nearby!!) and cook. It ended up being a lovely way to end the day which also surprised us. We sat atop our container-home and looked to the mountains as we ate our food. The room has everything you need other than knives and maybe more options for plates, but it’s doable. Everything is compact but that’s part of the charm, and it’s really quite incredible how they organise the entire room. The only issues we encountered were the lack of knives (only one chef’s knife, no normal knives for spreading butter etc), and the plates, but no other issues. The lack of staff to talk to face to face can be a bit of a shock to people, but it’s all about your own attitude to trying it out, as this isn’t a hotel where you can get anything you want just by asking. You can ask, but it’s all done via a couple of iPads. Just be prepared and keep an open mind. If you do that, this might be one of the most comfortable and personal stays you’ll have.

1.這個入住確實是很麻煩！要不是一個跑步的大哥路過幫忙，真的很難搞定。最後還是視頻給前台，遠程幫忙辦理的入住 2.離路邊太近了，半夜有幾個大車經過，直接驚醒 3.房間很乾凈，屬於麻雀雖小 五臟俱全 4.離美術館站大約步行5-8分鐘，對面有個超市，但是四點鐘去已經沒啥吃的了

很新鮮時髦的商業模式，checkin 需要跟客服 Skype。設施非常好，不少設施使用需要學習，食品和飲料物資豐富，都含在房費內。比如包晚餐，其實是冰箱裏放好了壽喜鍋原料。包早餐，其實是放好了若干麪包和飲料。有咖啡，是給了一包豆子需要自己磨了手沖。有烘乾機，有 toto 全套洗浴，比一般日式酒店好。很有意思的體驗。

這個酒店是無人值守的，要自己在門崗網上check in. 這個過程耗費了一些時間，餘下就都是驚喜了。房間非常乾淨整潔，冰箱裏準備了豐盛的晚餐和第二天的早餐，當然也是自助，需要自己動手烹飪，兩個娃分別烤了一個披薩，成就感滿滿。另外很棒的是，店主準備了一整套的手沖器具，可以自己沖出美味的咖啡。

很棒的體驗，集裝箱式的房間還有院子，還有浴缸可以泡澡。晚飯自己煮的壽喜鍋，對面就有超市還額外買了和牛一起煮，超開心！

非常驚喜，房間佈局相當好，還有洗衣機，並帶甩幹功能，樓頂休閑、視野很贊。特別是晚餐，相當給力，牛肉很好，菜量很大，三人吃不完，還有冰淇淋。值得再去。

因為行程遇上了颱風，沒能成行，酒店還給我們退款了一半的費用，非常人性化，很感激！

超級滿意，設施齊全，食物新鮮，環境舒適