Kushiro Homestays

The room is quite satisfactory, but very clean, and the service is excellent. This is just a preliminary evaluation. What's better is: first, the transportation is convenient, the hotel is right next to the Biwu Bridge, and the bronze statues of the four beauties in spring, summer, autumn and winter on the Biwu Bridge are known as the third in the world. One of the great sunset viewing spots is the Kushiro Geimai Bridge, which adds a sense of age. Of course, if you stay in a hotel with a view room facing the sea, then watching the sunset in the room is the best choice. Across the river from the hotel is the MOO market and bus station. It is the starting point for traveling to surrounding cities and Kushiro Airport, so travel is absolutely convenient. MOO Market is very large. There are stalls of various seafood products on the ground floor. There are izakayas, bars and various restaurants on the first and second floors. The hotel is only about 10 minutes away from the JR train station and the largest seafood market and shopping mall. To travel to Lake Akan, Lake Kushari, Lake Mashu, the Red-crowned Crane International Center to see red-crowned cranes, and Mount Sulfur, you can buy tickets at the bus terminal counter next to JR station. There is a bus stop about 100 meters to the right of the hotel, where you can take the bus to Shiyuan Observation Deck. The second is the hotel's service. The front desk service is very friendly. The hotel has 13 floors. The 13th floor is the hotel's hot spring. You can soak in the hot spring at any time from 3pm to 10am the next morning. Various cold drinks are provided for free in the evening, lactic acid bacteria are provided for free in the morning, and free coffee is provided 24 hours a day on the first floor. In particular, when you soak in the hot spring on the 13th floor, you can enjoy the panoramic view of Kushiro's beautiful sunset. You can sit on the massage chair with ice cream in your mouth and enjoy the view while having a massage.

This is a Kyoritsu Resort hotel along the Akan River. From the beautiful lobby lounge, you can see the fresh green mountain stream of the Akan River, and you have already gotten excited while drinking coffee in the lounge. There were chairs where you could see the greenery from each corridor, and when I sat and looked at it, there was a deer. The room was on the mountain (forest) side, but this side is in front of the bicycle parking lot. It was a modern and nice room in twin bed room, living area. All rooms have a bath (view bath) with a view of the outside, but I didn't use it because the parking lot was in front of me. I used the relationship. In front of the large communal bath is a mountain stream of the Akan River, and deer have been eating grass all the time near the open-air bath. It was the first time I encountered a deer in the open-air bath. There are bear-avoiding bells down from the top in two open-air baths, which may also be a deer shelter. There are ３ private baths, and you can use them at any time if they are available (only enter, no shampoo, etc.). Supper was served at a large counter seat along the mountain stream. On YouTube, it was introduced as a seat where you can see deer, but deer did not appear. As for the content of the dinner, there were many items to choose from, it was unique, and the breakfast was good. The hotel had a concept, and the hot springs, meals, rooms and hospitality were satisfactory. It is a hotel that I want to visit again in different seasons.

We loved the entrance to our room. Modern yet traditional wooden framing. Felt like entering a high end Japanese restaurant. The check in was very welcoming. Everything was explained well an the front desk could speak good English. There were many shops in the hotel and the sister hotel beside it. We could use both onsens. The onsen was like a water park, so many different pools to check out. One night was definitely not enough here. Dinner was a great show! So much great quality food. You would never be able to try everything. The seafood was so fresh. Breakfast was super good as well. Highly recommended!

I booked a room at this hotel through Bookings.com, where rooms at their so-called 'Crystal Wing' were the only ones offered. The room cost me 28,000 yen a night but I decided to fork out the exorbitant price for a nice resort by the lake. However, as it turned out, the 'Crystal Wing' is actually an annex. It is originally a different hotel called the Crystal Hotel, which was acquired by the Hotel New Akan next door. The lobby and restaurant of this 'annex' were closed, so we assumed that only the rooms were used to accommodate guests. I don't have problems with annex rooms in other hotels, but for this one, I do. The Crystal Wing is so shabby and run down. The hallways are musty and smelly. It has its own small elevator with buttons so dirty that you don't want to put your finger on. The room looks like it does in the website picture. It looks clean. What is unseen though is the stale musty air! It was so awful to be breathing in the room. The windows cannot be opened, so you are forced to inhale the stale air from the old central AC. It’s really ironic because the fresh mountain air is just outside. What's worse is that the room smells of cigarettes even when it is supposed to be a non-smoking room. Also, the door does not close properly and has to be slammed to shut. The bed is reasonably comfortable, but the sheets do not have the scent of freshly laundered linen, and neither were the yukatas. This gives the impression that the room has not been used in a long time. The yukatas are so worn out, I did not feel like putting them on. The toilet, though very clean, faintly smelt of the sewer. We never saw any other guests on the same floor as us in the annex building. When we looked at the building from the outside during an evening stroll, our room was the only one lighted up. Coupled with the dark, uninhabited lower floors and the sealed-off lobby of this 'Crystal Wing', we felt like we booked a room at a ghost hotel! I complained to the hotel, but all they offered was a different room in the SAME annex building. I wrote a negative review on Bookings thinking it would help other unknowing guests. However, only positive reviews are being featured on the site. Bookings is still selling these Crystal Wing rooms on their website! (No rooms in the main building are available, so this misleads guests to think that the Crystal rooms are NOT the shabbier, older rooms in a different building) Selling these old run-down rooms in the dilapidated building next door for exorbitant prices is simply unscrupulous. Avoid these Crystal rooms at all costs if you want a good night sleep and no creepy, eerie feelings as a holiday memory!

Rooms facing the sea have the best views. You can stare outside for hours. If you can specify it, I think it's better to specify it. The twin room is clean and spacious enough. Trusted Prince Hotel! Within walking distance to the market. The city's major tourist attractions, including Kushiro Station, are within walking distance.

This is our 2nd stay at this hotel. Stayed for a night on our drive while visiting north eastern Hokkaido between Rausu n Tsurui. Had a twin room with views of the ocean. Nice comfortable room with modern amenities. There is a charge for the carpark and did not have any meals at the hotel. Most stay around here if you want to visit Lake Akan district (still an hour drive as speed limit n single lane road most of it). Good hotel base if you want to visit Tsurui as it’s about 30mins drive and there are not much accommodation choices in Tsurui.