Heiseikan Shiosaitei Hanatsuki

This is the second time for the consecutive years of our stay. This hotel is the only reason for us to come back to Hokkaido again from last year’s trip. The ocean view in the room accompanied with the sound of tides / wind is peaceful and lovely; and the in-room but semi-outdoor/facing the sea onsen makes everything perfect. Also the lobby sitting area is another fascinating place for stay for a while! The downstairs souvenir shop, nearby walking distance Lawson/ 7–11 makes the location more convenient.  But maybe the expectation was too high after waiting for a year, I was disappointed for this stay  several reasons: 1) too strong third hand cigarettes smell in the room, although we opened the window for 24 hours, the smell still lingered  2) check out time is WAY TOO EARLY(10 am) for a leisure purpose of stay  3) the room is clean but not the window, it hinder the view of seeing through the ocean ; and can tell the hotel is old from every corners.  I’ll reconsider to stay again if the price is worth the downside we need to compromise.

Will visit again

Should be one of the best hotels across Japan with private onsen. For those who feel it’s expensive, I strongly recommend you still to spend at least one night in this hotel, it’s a once in your lifetime experience which you can’t buy from anywhere else.