Hakkoda Hotel

A great experience, the overall atmosphere is great, with a Western feel, the restaurant is very high-quality, the sour soup is very high-quality, a great experience

The room was clean and tidy!

Clean and tidy, beautiful environment

I was hungry at night and had nothing to eat, and there was no shop nearby

Hakkoda is crowded with tourists who come to see the frost-covered trees, but this place is a different world. There are less than 60 guest rooms, so even when it is fully booked, it doesn't feel crowded. You can see the beautiful forests of Erman's birch and beech from the rooms. I personally prefer the lofted maisonette, which has separate floors for the bathroom, living room, and bedroom, to the spacious one-floor special room I stayed in previously. There are lockers for storing skis, mountain gear, and other luggage near the large bath, and they are spacious enough. The bath is available at select times and can be used day and night except during the daytime cleaning time. You can choose between Japanese and French for dinner and breakfast. Originally, they only served French food, but it's hard to choose which is better. If you want to enjoy the snowy scenery, French is the place to go. At French restaurants, you can enjoy wine with scallops and crab hors d'oeuvres. Most of the ingredients, including the main dish of tilefish and beef, were from Aomori Prefecture. The wine pairing is also good. The Japanese restaurant has no windows and you can't enjoy the view, but it's not bad at all with the lovely interior, including prints by Munakata Shiko. You can enjoy high-quality local cuisine, including sashimi. I like Kansui (a type of sake), but there are other good options too. After dinner, we went to the bar with the piano. No music. It was surprisingly empty, with a nice atmosphere, and we spent the night listening to the bartender's stories. They also serve sweets. It has the simplicity of Aomori, but the staff are proud of their work, and I think it's a very good hotel. Although it's a season with little snowfall nationwide, there was well over 2 meters of snow around the hotel, so we enjoyed a quiet walk on snowshoes. The Hakkoda Ropeway was very crowded, so we gave up on skiing from the summit station. What a shame.

The log cabin building, especially the dining room, had a high ceiling and the lights from the chandelier reflected in the windows, giving it a very majestic look. The interior has been renovated and is comfortable, but the exterior has an undeniable aging feel, the walkways within the premises are paved with asphalt, and the distance from the room to the forest is far, so the sense of unity with nature was not as great as I had expected. Dinner was a full course French meal, but they didn't pay particular attention to ingredients produced in Aomori, and the taste was average, giving me the impression that it was just average. Overall, my impression was that it was a slightly expensive ``luxury resort hotel from a while back.''