Hakonenomori Okada

This hotel does not have a hot spring! You have to walk to a nearby hot spring or the large public bath at the hotel below. HOTEL OKADA app: It doesn't work because it's a completely different hotel. Since they're part of the same chain, maybe they share a bath? Front desk: If there's no hot spring on site, they should provide a map and explain the location to people who don't know. When I asked, they provided a simple map and explained how to get there. From then on, when entering and leaving the hotel, there were no typical hotel greetings like "Welcome back," and the staff just chatted with each other... Hotel entrance: Standing at the front desk, there were yukatas on the right, amenities to the left, and a souvenir corner in the back. There were about five rooms at the back of the first floor, and a manga corner halfway through, but it was dimly lit and difficult to see. 💦 I felt like I'd seen 70% of the hotel's public areas just from this one. Room I stayed in: - A Japanese-Western style room with two beds. Guests from the third person onwards had to lay their own futons on the floor. - Sofa & table for two, floor chairs & table for four - Humidifier/air purifier, electric kettle, and hair dryer are provided. The 19-inch TV is too small for the room, lol. - No welcome drink, so you bring one from the amenities. Water is available from a separate faucet that seems to branch off in the bathroom. I don't know if it's tap water, so I didn't use it... - No snacks to go with tea, so you must bring your own. - The indoor bath and toilet appear to have been renovated. - The building itself is old, so it feels dated in places. - The scary thing is the mysterious pillow on the first level of the double ceiling in the closet (꒪꒫꒪⌯) - Since it's on the first floor, the view is spectacular, with a view of the rooftops and about halfway into the distance. It's not beautiful at night, either, so you get bored after five minutes. When I was laying out my futon, I pushed back the Japanese table and someone's fingernails came out, which was really gross (;º言º) Grrr. Bath: You can choose to take a bath like the ones you'd find at a business hotel or at home, or go to the hot spring about 30 meters away, or go down a steep slope for about five minutes to the hotel's large public bath below. The path to the lower public bath is quite steep, so if you have bad legs, it's best to avoid it. The hardest part is that there's no escalator down after entering the hotel, so if you're in a wheelchair, you have to lift it up a long flight of stairs. 💦 Meals: We ate at a mountain hut-like place on B1. It looked nice, but...there were black caps everywhere? Is that a sign of a massive G-spot infestation? Dinner course meal??? The time is decided at check-in, so it's already prepared when you arrive. So, for those who were an hour late, the initial meal, including raw meat, was left untouched. Maybe that's why the meat was dry and a little tough, like ham? - One chair was missing from a three-seater table. Even though I saw a customer trying to move their chair, why didn't the three standing there notice there was no chair? - We were served the initial meal, salad, fried food, and dessert, but it was quite unpleasant when unnecessary plates piled up without being cleared away. It wasn't busy, and everyone was basically just standing, so I wish they'd be more considerate of their surroundings. I think it would be nice if someone standing there who looked bored could at least make an announcement when everyone stopped eating and offer dessert. Be a considerate server! - The breakfast buffet generally has a lot of cold food, so the kept-warm yakisoba might be the best. The lid on the thermos pot was far away, making it difficult to put back. 💦 Overall Review: The slope was steep, and there was a long staircase from the 8th floor of the hotel below to the large public bath, so it's not a good place to bring someone with bad legs. It's inconvenient when staying with a man and woman because you need two keys to turn on the lights, but we were able to use our toothbrushes instead. The food wasn't bad, but the night staff just stood by without clearing the dishes was annoying. Leaving food out for an hour also left a bad impression.

This is a group hotel of Hotel Okada. It is more affordable than Hotel Okada and is located on higher ground. You can access the hotel from the 8th floor through Hotel Okada. The building itself feels old, but it seems to be kept clean. For meals, we had dinner at the adjacent Yunosato Okada and breakfast on the hotel's basement floor, which was a buffet. The hotel does not have its own hot spring, so you will have to use the hot springs at Yunosato Okada or Hotel Okada. Getting to and from Hotel Okada is a steep slope, so it may be difficult for those with walking problems or the elderly. Overall, I was satisfied with the hotel.

The service was terrible and they were unfriendly to foreigners.