Poka Poka Onsen Hotel

When I travel, I like to find affordable accommodations, as long as they're clean and provide a comfortable night's sleep. This accommodation is affordable, but prices go up during peak season. I don't recommend it during Tohoku festivals, as prices are higher. The rooms are clean and quiet, so I had no trouble sleeping. The only downside is the hard pillows. The baths were apparently full of locals, and the women's bath in particular was quite noisy. The trash at the bottom of the tub was also unsanitary, so it wasn't a hot spring where you could relax. The breakfast was average; not bad, but not particularly great. It only cost 500 yen, so I think it was sufficient. I'd be happy with it during peak season (5,000 to 7,000 yen per night), but the peak season prices make it hard to stay.

It's difficult to rate. For a hotel, the room was very spacious. The toilet and sink were clean, but the water in the sink didn't drain well and kept piling up. The pillows were also too high and hard. Why not replace all rooms with buckwheat husk pillows? The TV has satellite channels. It was a tatami room, but it was comfortable. You have to walk barefoot in the hallways, so that might be a concern for some. But it was clean. My impression of the hot spring was average. I was concerned about the minerals from the spring hardening on the handrails and other areas, but I guess that can't be helped... There were a fair number of showers. The sauna can only accommodate 5-6 people. I think it was worth the price.

Three of us stayed here on the middle day of a three-day weekend in October. As it was a three-day weekend, it was difficult to find an inn with availability (we also had the requirement that three people share a room), but when we happened to find one available we decided on it straight away. The room was a 12-tatami Japanese-style room, smoking allowed, and cost about 6,000 yen per person per night including breakfast. The inn probably usually caters to people on long-term business trips, but there were several other families staying there besides ours so we felt at ease. As it is also a day-use hot spring facility, being able to use the large public bath is another plus.

The front desk staff were not trained and we had to take off our shoes at the entrance and move around the entire facility barefoot, making it a dirty facility. The hot spring had chairs and showers scattered around and the smell of turtles made it feel even more unclean. I would recommend not staying there unless you have a very good reason.

I went there for the first time on a business trip. |It's located along a relatively busy main road. |It's a hotel attached to a day-trip hot spring facility, so there are no private baths in the rooms. |Wi-Fi is available on every floor, …