The best available Japanese Pensions to stay near Tohoku

May 9, 2023 Velvet Mowry

Discover the best Japanese Pensions in Tohoku including Hotel Route-Inn Tagajo Eki Higashi, Hotel Select Inn Honhachinohe Ekimae, Forest Inn Sangoro, Hotel Kagetsutei, Donaludo Pension, Okano Hotel, Pension Felice, Der Barte, Resort Hotel New Sky, Pension Buddy.
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1. Hotel Route-Inn Tagajo Eki Higashi

4-4-77 Yawata, Tagajo 985-0874 Miyagi Prefecture
Excellent
28%
Good
39%
Satisfactory
28%
Poor
0%
Terrible
6%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 18 reviews

Hotel Route-Inn Tagajo Eki Higashi

2. Hotel Select Inn Honhachinohe Ekimae

1-8-9 Shiroshita, Hachinohe 031-0072 Aomori Prefecture
Excellent
5%
Good
41%
Satisfactory
43%
Poor
8%
Terrible
3%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 37 reviews

Hotel Select Inn Honhachinohe Ekimae

Consistently good

Reviewed By Simone R

We stayed here for just one night in winter of 2016, and came back to stay for 3 nights this August for the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Matsuri. The room again was of a very good size: we could store both of our large suitcases with plenty of room to move around, and we could lay one open on the floor when needed too. The bed is a double bed, nothing large like a queen but we knew this from the last time. Unlike the previous commenter, we had no issues with smells or dirty rooms, and our aircon worked well (though it was an old system with a dial build into the bedside table!). Breakfast was good, but it is the same selection of food every day which may bore some people. All in all, still good value for money, and a great location: opposite the station and a few convenient bus stops, and a 5-10 minute walk into the city centre. We were also only a 10 minute walk away from a number of restaurants on the main road in the opposite direction.

3. Forest Inn Sangoro

28 Kamihozawa Zao Onsen Ski Area, Yamagata 990-0017 Yamagata Prefecture
Excellent
56%
Good
44%
Satisfactory
0%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 9 reviews

Forest Inn Sangoro

Mid-mountain hideaway

Reviewed By CallieB604

Friends booked us in at Sangoro so we could ski in / out... and it truly is ski in/out... not like places at the bottom of the hill where u can only ski in/out if there’s a decent amount of snow. Sangoro is at mid-mountain, so if the resort is open for the winter season, you can ski in / out of this hotel. The disadvantage of being at mid-mountain is that there is only Sangoro there and you can’t leave / get back there from The main village after 5pm. So all your evenings are spent at the hotel. It wasn’t a problem for us, but I think you’d get cabin fever if u stayed there too long. They have a reasonable dinner menu that is mostly Japanese but has a few western and vegetarian options (spaghetti with soy meat and margarita pizza). They have a soft drink machine and soup machine which are free for people staying there (all u can drink). There’s also a pool table, table tennis table, a few games and a massage chair u can use (the massage chair is quite good after a day on the slopes). The bathrooms are Japanese (shared) but you can only use them between 7-9am and 5-10pm... only showers can be used in the morning but they fill up the big hot baths in the evenings. The women’s bathroom is down on the lowest level, so you have to go down 2 or 3 flights of stairs to get there. Men’s bathroom is on the main floor, with the hotel rooms 1 and 2 floors above. There are no elevators, so you need to be ok with climbing the fairly steep stairs and carrying luggage up/down. They have a drying room on the lowest level for ski gear, but someone kept opening the window in the room so it was always very cold in there (no point putting your stuff in there to dry). One thing everyone in our group complained about was the beds and/or pillows... not comfortable at all! I had poor sleep as I had to keep rotating all night or my arm or leg would go numb. The people working at the hotel are really nice. Some of them speak better English than others... we didn’t have any language issues but we did have a couple of people in our group who speak good Japanese, which was helpful for anything complicated. To get to the hotel you have to catch the Chuo Ropeway up to mid-mountain and get the hotel to pick you up in their special car (on tracks to drive on the snow). If you need lift tickets it’s a little cheaper to purchase them from the hotel but you. I enjoyed my time at Sangoro (except the beds), but it’s not somewhere I’d stay for a really long time due to its remoteness (there are really good and not so good things about being isolated on the mountain).

4. Hotel Kagetsutei

3-4 Toyokawa Miyakawa Inagakicho, Tsugaru 037-0104 Aomori Prefecture
Excellent
10%
Good
30%
Satisfactory
30%
Poor
10%
Terrible
20%
Overall Ratings

3 based on 10 reviews

Hotel Kagetsutei

Hotel

建物は年期がたっていますが、清掃は行き届いていめ温泉は最高です。

Reviewed By nikuya1981

妻の実家に行くときに母を連れていくのでホテルを利用させていただきました。 受付そして中居さんたちの対応も優しくゆっくり休むことができました。 温泉は大浴場と露天風呂、そして家族風呂があり大浴場は少し熱めになっていて体を芯から温められ露天風呂は景色を眺めながらゆっくり入れる温度です。 ご飯は量もあり満足できる味でした。 何よりもゆっくり休むのには最高でした。 難点はシャワーのでが弱いのと、回りの部屋の音が聞こえることぐらいですかね。 小さいお子さまがいるときは子供用のカラトリを持っていった方がいいと思います。 金額的にもオススメです。

5. Donaludo Pension

1093 Hibara Kengamine, Kitashiobara-mura, Yama-gun 969-2701 Fukushima Prefecture
Excellent
50%
Good
0%
Satisfactory
0%
Poor
50%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 2 reviews

Donaludo Pension

You can enjoy not only various nature tourism resources,such as Fishing, Hiking but also our delicious cuisine as a gourmet pension!stay with dog

再訪はなし

Reviewed By 31425

行く人を選ぶペンションです。 犬連れで行けたには大変ありがたかったです。他のお客さんも犬好きばかりでした。 ただ、素泊まりで予約したのにいざ行くと「せっかく夕食用意していたんですが」と小言を言われたには驚きました。朝食も半ば強制的に食べさせたれました。 客室の壁は薄く、隣の部屋の話し声でなかなか寝れず。内容がはっきりわかるレベルです。部屋は埃っぽい。 部屋には他のお客さんが使ったと思われる干したタオルがそのまま。お風呂は入りたくなかったのでやめました。 Bookingの口コミはいいですが、旅先で人や犬と交流したい、多少の古さや汚さは大丈夫、安く済ませたいという人向きです。

6. Okano Hotel

21 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai 983-0851 Miyagi Prefecture
Excellent
35%
Good
53%
Satisfactory
12%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 17 reviews

Okano Hotel

7. Pension Felice

519 Takatsuehara, Minamiaizu-machi, Minamiaizu-gun 967-0315 Fukushima Prefecture
Excellent
100%
Good
0%
Satisfactory
0%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

5 based on 9 reviews

Pension Felice

High hospitality and good food

Reviewed By akikoy667

I really enjoyed stays this small comfortable hotel, with nice wine, pizza, pasta etc., it exceed my expectation. If you will have a chance to go Takatue Ski area, you should try there. とっても素敵なお宿でした。まず食事が美味しい!新宿育ちのご主人が繰り出すイタリアン、ほんと美味しいです。ワインもまたリーズナブルに選択肢あるので楽しめます。お風呂も二ヶ所ありお部屋も快適で、わたくしとしてはほんとリピートしたいお宿です!

8. Der Barte

808-5 Zao Onsen, Yamagata 990-2301 Yamagata Prefecture
Excellent
9%
Good
45%
Satisfactory
36%
Poor
9%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 11 reviews

Der Barte

lovely people, ski in, ski out, way overpriced

Reviewed By TheBeare

This hotel has an excellent location as it's a ski in ski out. The breakfasts were very nice with piped classical music and lovely older couple running the place. There are Swiss, Austrian decorations everywhere and you can imagine the decor hasn't changed much in 40 years. The property description said that breakfast was included which is true and evening meals are provided too, at a cost though and there are much cheaper and better options in Zao town. The bed was as hard as a rock, seriously, for the price just wrong. The hot water system took awhile to crank up in the morning but was ok. Internet wifi was free but had no password and didn't work very well in the rooms. The rooms were warm and the drying room was nice and warm too, not every ski lodge does that. For the price charged I would not recommend this lodge unless it was a short stay and you were desperate for an on mountain ski in ski out stay. Look further.

9. Resort Hotel New Sky

73-3 Shimotakano Tazawako Obonai, Semboku 014-1201 Akita Prefecture
Excellent
11%
Good
61%
Satisfactory
22%
Poor
6%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 18 reviews

Resort Hotel New Sky

far far away

Reviewed By joiner_13

Stayed with friends for 4 days, facilities were fine but no bar, drinks are available from a vending machine, no seating area available. Clean and comfy rooms, food was good, great inner hot spring bath house and hot stone external bathing area, towels not available, no laundry. WiFi available Great views of the surrounding area, locals warned us of black bears in the woods but none found, no shops locally as you are out on a limb. Cheap local bus service, taxis expensive.

10. Pension Buddy

1095-59 Hibara Soharayama, Kitashiobara-mura, Yama-gun 969-2701 Fukushima Prefecture
Excellent
33%
Good
33%
Satisfactory
33%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 3 reviews

Pension Buddy

裏磐梯の撮影ガイドがオーナー

Reviewed By chutaro

写真撮影仲間6人で裏磐梯の撮影旅行に行くことになりこのペンションを選びました。オーナーが撮影ガイドであり、とても親切。猪苗代駅まで迎えに来てくれ2泊3日の撮影プランをすべて彼がアテンドしてくれました。食事も洋食と和食をだしてくれ、アルコールも色々あり大満足。撮影に必須の長靴も無料でレンタル、しかもサイズも豊富で助かった。

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