The hotel is located on Lake Akan, the view is so pretty, you can view the beautiful from the bed room's window. There are two onsen in the hotel, one is indoor and one is on the roof with an open air view, the feel is so good when you stay in the hot water and snow is fallen down.... More

Good: Good onsen (both indoor and open air), nice lobby, big canteen with nice view, good variety of international buffet Drawback: No email response, front desk staff hardly speaks English, water heater in room is not working well. Note: Free bus from JR Kushiro station to hotel provided. Transport leaves bus terminal (besides JR station) at 2pm. As confirmed with... More

This hotel was actually very nice - not run down like many of the other similar hotels I have stayed in. Nice rooms, great onsen (especially the rooftop onsen and jacuzzi), and very good dinner and breakfast buffet ("viking style" as the Japanese like to say). To cap it all off, we were lucky to have a room overlooking Lake... More

I stayed in this hotel in Feb 2009 (sorry TA, can you help me backdate this?), had meant to post a review but didn't get around to doing it. During my trip then, I stayed in about 6 hotels, but this is the only one that left an impression till this date - that's how much I liked it. The... More