Hotel Jogakura

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• Asterix135

  29 junio 2018
  Great food

  This is not exactly the easiest hotel to get to - lots of winding mountain roads. But the food pretty much makes it worth it. Dinner was kaiseki, good mix of dishes and nothing disappointed. Breakfast is a buffet - mainly Japanese but some Western as well. All very good. The bath is nice, although the outdoor bath especially seemed a bit shallow. Rooms are decent (we had a 2-level Maisonette style room. The sitting room area could have been nicer. And there was a real lack of electrical outlets, which could have been problematic if I hadnt brought an extension cord, plus unplugging a lamp and the coffee maker. WiFi was strong and fast. Overall very enjoyable and worth staying at.

  

• oliverAustralia

  19 octubre 2018
  Adequate but not good value for us

  It is hard for me to write this review. On the one hand, there were some very nice features of the hotel, and there was nothing wrong with it, but on the other hand, the hotel was very expensive for what it offered. The positives were that the room was comfortable with an upstairs bedroom and a small living room and bathroom downstairs. We had quite a few stink beetles in the room although it was gauzed and probably only a seasonal problem. The building where we stayed was probably built in the 1970s and the furniture was newer than this but certainly a bit dated. The food was adequate and the staff were very nice. The location was beautiful as we were in the middle of koyo and the trees were at peak autumn colour. The inside and outside onsens were top notch with clean, hot mineralized water and a nice view. The downsides of the hotel were that the meals although adequate, were not as fine or as sophisticated as they have been for some hotels where we paid half the amount. For example at Jozenkei, we stayed in a beautiful hotel for about half the rate and the menu contained 11 courses for dinner with each one looking like a painting. At Jogakura, we always had sufficient, but the tableware was not as beautiful and the offerings neither as attractive nor as sophisticated as at Jozenkei. I also drew the line at sashimi horse meat! The breakfast was buffet and there were many Japanese offerings including scallops, salmon roe, natto, curry sauce and fish as well as several kinds of vegetables and pickles, rice and miso soup. In the Western section there was one cereal probably puffed rice with some other ingredients, as well as fruit, and salad vegetables, croissants and a couple of other things. As commented above, the staff were very friendly, but no-one spoke much English and it was hard to communicate. There seemed to be a number of tour groups visiting at the same time as us. Would I stay there again? Yes I would if the price was good but for $A2,200 for four nights, it was not the luxury experience I expected.

  

• girishpde

  28 diciembre 2018
  Relaxing place near ski lift to Hakkoda

  Accessible by public transport and near hakkoda ropeway. Good choice of food and very friendly staff. Outdoor onsen was good but we could have enjoyed more if only they have removed pile of snow blocking most of the view.

  

• IvanC272

  29 octubre 2019
  Expensive, average amenities

  The good; 1) Dinner and breakfast were good. As we stayed 2 nights, the dinner menu were different. On the 2nd night, we had horse meat, it was a pleasant surprise. 2) Clean room 3) Quiet room, you couldn't hear your neighbors 4) Very good service The bad; 1) Expensive. I stayed in another hotel around Oirase Stream, and it was definitely top notch that cost less 2) Onsen was dull, and simple 3) No toiletries in the room, that's a great disappointment 4) WiFi was spotty, and it doesn't always work 5) Extremely dated furnishing 6) No lift

  

• Peter C

  29 diciembre 2019
  Decent Scandinavian style accommodation in Mount Hakkoda area

  Coming down from Mount Hakkoda, we drove for a short while to arrive at the hotel for the night. Hotel Jogakura (), surrounded by virgin beech forest, is a Scandinavian-style resort hotel blessed with majestic natural scenery. With good access to Lake Towada and Oirase Gorge, it is the perfect base for enjoying the seasonal activities in the area. The hotel has 30 rooms designed with a luxurious, warm and welcoming ambiance, using plenty of wood, reminiscent of European villas. We are staying at the Grand Comfort () Room, all located on the mountain side, and the beech forest can be seen from the spacious living room and bedroom. The scenery changes colours in each of the four seasons, making you forget the passage of time. This western-style room is of 42 sq. metres in size, and got its own open-air hot spring bath. It is pure pleasure to open the windows to look out at the forest, surrounded by cool air and the scent of nature from the mountains, and immersing in the clear spring water. The Simmons beds also promises the best sleep to guests during the stay. Every morning, the chef will select the fresh fish caught in the waters of Aomori, and seasonal local vegetables and beef grown in the area. Dinner is served at the Dining Room with fireplace, where guests can enjoy kaiseki cuisine that changes from season to season. Breakfast is of buffet style and served in the banquet room. Guests can enjoy seasonal ingredients such as local farmers' vegetables and Sakamoto () poultry eggs. Below was our dinner menu: Sakizuke () - Mushroom with Spicy Konbu (), Crab with vinaigrette vegetable (), Grilled Eggplant Tofu () Sashimi () - Blue Fin Tuna (), Strait Salmon (), Conch (), Greater Amberjack () Yakimono () - Grilled Scallop with Cheese () Konro () - Aomori Beef on Stove () Futamono () - Crab Tofu () Konno mono () - Pickled dry squid and konbu () Tome-wan () - Fermented fish broth () Shokuji () - Glutinous Rice on Snow Crab Shell () Dessert () - Strawberry Cream Mochi () The public bath of the hotel offers an open-air bath which can be used all season. Guests can enjoy the blissful moments while watching the fresh greens, vibrant red leaves, and the strict white silver beech forest in each season, and at the same time listening to the mountain stream of Tori Takizawa (). There is also an inner bath with a big bath, mist sauna, rain shower and jacuzzi. The onsen is a chloride spring () with temperature of 50.2 degree Celsius, suitable for healing neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, coldness and fatigue (). The bath is also open for day-trip guests from 11:30 to 16:00, but is exclusive for guests from 16:00 to 23:00, as well as 5:00 to 10:00. On the next morning a buffet breakfast was served which was nice and delicious. The overall experience at the hotel was good, as we can enjoy a Scandinavian accommodation for a change. Ground Comfort with two meals for two (44,455 yen)