This is a review of our stay at Jozankei Daiichi Hotel Suizantei. On a snowy day in late January, we visited Jozankei Onsen in Sapporo to celebrate our wedding anniversary and enjoy onsens of Hokkaido. Since we were visiting Hokkaido all the way from Tokyo, we decided to stay at this particularly popular ryokan in…
This is a review of our stay at The Lake Suite Ko no Sumika. We visited Lake Toya Onsen with our small children in cold February, hoping to enjoy onsens with a view of the snowy landscape. To get straight to the point, it is not a luxury resort, but the spectacular views from our…
This is a review of our stay at Zaborin. In early June, after a long winter in Hokkaido, when the snow had melted and the spring sun was warming through the trees, we decided to stay at Zaborin, a place we had wanted to stay for a long time. To get straight to the point,…
This is a review of our stay at Takinoya. In late March, when the cherry blossoms were beginning to bloom in Tokyo, where we live, we decided to visit Hokkaido, which still had some snow on the ground here and there. This time we decided to stay at the most popular ryokan in Hokkaido, Takinoya….