Reviews of Iwanai Kogen Hotel 3 stars
045-0024 Hokkaido, Iwanai, Nozuka 505, Japan
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Reviewed: 16 July 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewNice view of Shakotan Peninsula. Great ryokan style food. Large spacious Japanese style room.
Room and private onsen are dated. Actually the entire facility is dated. One of our window popped open while we were enjoying our tea in the room. Had to let the hotel rep know. He came to fix it but this is the first time that we have defective windows in the hotel room. Kind of surprising!! Tea isn’t loose tea leaves. We were given tea bags along with all the tea serving ware. Kind of odd for ryokan style facility.
Reviewed: 27 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewBeautiful views!
A little outdated and tired.
Reviewed: 15 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 5 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewGreat Japanese style breakfast (or you can opt a Western breakfast) and kaiseki style dinner, but you have to make sure and reserve both beforehand with the front desk. The location can't be beat if you are skiing or cat skiing at Iwanai Resort. Just a short walk up the hill. Amazing views out into the Sea of Japan. Plenty of space in our room to spread out with ski gear.
The bathrooms are very small, but the onsen are fully stocked with toiletries so you can soak and bathe with more space. Food can be hard if you are not booked to eat on site or at the brewery next door, which you need a reservation in advance for. Otherwise, taxi into the town of Iwanai.
Reviewed: 22 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 16 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewBeautiful view of Iwanai. Great meals provided and beautiful onsen, and the outdoor bath was beautiful too.
Toilet was a tad small.
Reviewed: 16 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewCozy spot, great onsen, great food.
The toilet in the room is really a problem, it's too small and the lighting inside is horrid. And it doesn't look clean with the exposed rusty drainage. And something happened mid shower and the wet went extremely cold and the flush wouldn't work, but the it came back after 10-15mins or less.
Reviewed: 8 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 30 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 18 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewThe hotel is very Japanese. Family owned. The breakfast is quite the experience. The family owns the brewery next door.
The rooms were very Japanese. The beds were low to ground. The bathroom was exceptionally small. The shower was connected to the sink fauct and controlled by the sink. It took at least 10 minutes running the hot water fauct to get hot water.
Reviewed: 31 May 2024 · Stayed in May 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 27 March 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 24 February 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewA fantastic traditional Japanese/western style bkfast. Fantastic view from the large room over the city, mountains and the Japanese sea. Nice onsen. Beer brewery with restaurant next door. Ski area just around the corner.
Reviewed: 24 February 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
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Verified reviewOnsen and ski out
Reviewed: 3 February 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 30 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 10 July 2023 · Stayed in July 2023
Verified reviewnice location on a mountain side, room quite large, staff friendly
Reviewed: 20 June 2023 · Stayed in June 2023
Verified reviewLocation and big bath.
Table in the room was shaky but the staff immediately replaced it