“Fresh Looking Hotel, Plentiful Buffet Options, Convenient to Park, Comfy Clean Rooms”
A modern hotel near Shiretoko National Park, easy to get to and from the park. The room was great – large, comfortable, clean, well lit, and very contemporary. In the evenings, after the dinner rush, the lounge hosts a lecture about the different animals in the Shiretoko area, presented in Japanese; if you pay attention, the language barrier isn’t much of an issue thanks to the slideshow. The lounge offers cookies, beer, tea, and coffee. The indoor onsen is fairly large, and there’s a smaller outdoor onsen for females. A sauna wood igloo with a wood stove provides dry heat after soaking; it’s quite small, fitting maybe 3‑4 people, and 4 is a very tight squeeze. The buffet was great, with many options, covering a large area so traffic never felt too congested despite the crowd. It offered about 3/4 Japanese dishes and 1/4 Western food (pizza, beef, potatoes, etc.). The hotel is about a 10‑minute drive from the visitor center, which also has a store for last‑minute gear (North Face, Helly Hanson) and rental items (e.g., beer spray, tall rubber boots for marshy hikes). A 15‑minute drive takes you to the Shiretoko Goko Lakes Center.
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