Park Yeri Olan Kamikawa Otelleri

"Warm reception from Hotel Taisetsu on arrival day. Rooms were a little old but quite spacious for 2 pax and onsen facilities were superb. Buffet spread was provided for dinner and breakfast, with free flow alcohol and a variety of food choices to cater to an international palate. Hotel also provided activities like stamp rallies, bingo nights and performances for guests to enjoy. All in all a very memorable stay:)"

"Location- Right by the stream, extremely walkable to 7-11 and the central plaza in the Sounkyo Gorge and a little downhill from the cable car station. Note- the plaza is super sleepy and not many restaurants open. 7-11 was acceptable for our party but not many options for food in area. A short drive to the Ryusei no Taki (falls) in the area Cleanliness- Hotel was clean but extremely dated. Hotel doesn't just need an overhaul (carpet mismatched colours, threadbare), holes in walls in our room, chair broken, rooms need keys to enter, safe needs key to access. If booking, please beware, some rooms are extremely small and cannot facilitate the number of people they project they can with futons on the floor and any luggage you may have (especially with the table and chairs in the rooms) Service- Counter staff are comfortable with English and check-in and out were easy. They were able to give information on the area. We were yelled at by the parking attendant in Japanese. Though we tried to understand what he was saying by trying Google Translate, he kept berating us in Japanese and refused to try to communicate with translator or hand signs. Facilities- The breakfast was sufficient- we ate at 7:30 a.m. (breakfast ends pretty early at 8:30 a.m.) and it wasn't crowded (tour groups eat earlier, we think). Fair amount of vegetable options and a few meat options include breakfast ham and sausage, grilled mackerel, scrambled and soft-boiled eggs. We visited the onsen once but have no other onsen to compare it to"

"Super quiet and clean traditional Japanese hotel. You dont need air-conditioning in this area as temperature is around 20C in summer. There is heat available in the room. Friendly staffs. Good value breakfast. Highly recommended."

"The hotel is a bit old but the frontdesk staff was very polite and helpful. Carparking is easy which is only outside the hotel. The room is sizeable and quite clean though the bathroom lighting is below the mark. The buffet style dinner is a real surprise even though I prefer to try Japanese style dinner. But the staff were unable to fully advise us the food choices in English that we had to find them out by ourselves."

"It's a bit downhill from the bus stop so it's a bit exhausting if you have to drag your suitcase in the snow. It's very close to the ice festival though. Service was exceptional. The staff was helpful and friendly, many staff knowing Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese and English were very helpful to international visitors. Breakfast and dinner buffets were excellent. The room was big and comfortable, the onsen bath was nice too."

"Couldn't open the room window because the insect screen wasn't working properly. Also, it took a long time for the shower to heat up."