Just like the country, this hotel had great service but extremely over priced. 2000 yen to go into the pool (1000 to swim, 1000 for a chair) that you're a guest of? I don't think so. It wasn't even that big and nice. Food was decent, nothing to wow about. The service was good- It took the hotel staff no...

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We had been spending our nights at ryokans and decided to splurge for a good night's rest before leaving for Hakone the next morning. The design of the hotel is modern, being a business hotel. The room is large by Japan standards and the bathroom is nice. In the morning, the lake is a beautiful sight. The japanese restaurant upstairs...

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I would recommend this hotel to any mid-range traveler. It's clean, comfortable, and the rooms are definitely bigger than average for Japan, with pleasant views across Japan's biggest lake. I stayed here in early April, not necessarily by choice, but I decided to head to Japan pretty late in the day, and as this was peak blossom-spotting time, it was...

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We stayed at this hotel 3nights during the Golden Week holiday period in Japan, when hotels and flights are most busy and ultra expensive. We traveled around Hyogo, Shiga, Kyoto prefectures by train and rented car. We are very satisfied by this hotel and the entre trip. To book this hotel, we obtained an interesting rate from hotels.com through tripadvisor...

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Used this hotel as 'base' for daytrips to Kyoto, Nara, Koya-san and Himeji. Good quality rooms, excellent room-service, nice view over the lake (take a high floor if possible).

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