Kyukamura Iwate-Amiharionsen

Really nice outside onsen. Just be prepared that dining options are limited if you are not full board - the nearest options for evening eating are quite a drive away.

good and relax

Kyukamura Iwate Amihari Onsen Hotel & Ski resort - Despite being a dated site, the hotel was very well maintained and is extremely clean and bright. An example is, the hotel rooms are still opened with keys, but with a tag with QR code for check-in and check-out with digital recording. And while we thought the ski resort still used the old style hard copy lift ticket, the resort had proved we are wrong and they have already changed to IC card. - The rooms are quite spacious. - There are 5 onsens including one foot soak. 2 are inside the hotel, another 2 are away from the hotel but within walking distance and shuttle bus available (we have not gone to those two as we went skiing) - Buffet style breakfast and dinner, both were phenomenal. Quite a wide variety of food and all of very high quality. - 5mins walking distance from the ski resort. - Great hospitality provided. They even drove us to a nearby ski resort for skiing/snow boarding. - Only a few pistes in the ski resort, lifts are slow. But as mainly visited by locals, there was no crowd. Some foreigners come for snow shoeing and back/side country skiing - We concurred with a foreign website which made this place known to us that this is a nice little hidden gem.

This is the third hotel I stayed among Kyukamura Hotels after Ibusuki and Kesennuma Oshima. Those were all excellent i.e. cleanliness, nice breakfast and dinner, location. You can make use of free shuttle bus from Morioka Station(about one hour which goes through Koiwai Farm). Sennyo no YU was the best among five bath they offer . It takes about 7 minutes to walk up and down to reach the bath whihc I believe one of the best baths I have ever enjoyed.