Sounkyo Kankou Hotel

Staff are nice, good location, food is delicious, free parking, 7-11 nearby

Pros: very friendly staff, next to running river. The outdoor mixed clothed bath is nice but it's a pity that it is next to the river but you can see the river from the bath. walkable distance to the cable car point. Corns: very old, carpet faded, mattress is very soft and can feel the bed springs, bottom of bed is all disintegrated (see photos), air con vents are dirty, breakfast system isn't good as such long queues everyday and food isn't fresh. The indoor public baths are not clean, slimy floors, the pools have things at the bottom. Overall the town seems to be dying, Many vacant buildings and abandoned shops. It's seen better days. We will not come back again. Horrible mattresses gave us backaches. We do NOT recommend this hotel.

The hotel is tired looking. It is badly in need of a refurbishment.The buffet dinner and breakfast is only average. The room is old and we were only given 1 room key which was most inconvenient when we go to the onsen separately. The onsen is quite good though old and dim. The best thing about this hotel is the mixed outdoor onsen which is big and has a beautiful view.

Location- Right by the stream, extremely walkable to 7-11 and the central plaza in the Sounkyo Gorge and a little downhill from the cable car station. Note- the plaza is super sleepy and not many restaurants open. 7-11 was acceptable for our party but not many options for food in area. A short drive to the Ryusei no Taki (falls) in the area Cleanliness- Hotel was clean but extremely dated. Hotel doesn't just need an overhaul (carpet mismatched colours, threadbare), holes in walls in our room, chair broken, rooms need keys to enter, safe needs key to access. If booking, please beware, some rooms are extremely small and cannot facilitate the number of people they project they can with futons on the floor and any luggage you may have (especially with the table and chairs in the rooms) Service- Counter staff are comfortable with English and check-in and out were easy. They were able to give information on the area. We were yelled at by the parking attendant in Japanese. Though we tried to understand what he was saying by trying Google Translate, he kept berating us in Japanese and refused to try to communicate with translator or hand signs. Facilities- The breakfast was sufficient- we ate at 7:30 a.m. (breakfast ends pretty early at 8:30 a.m.) and it wasn't crowded (tour groups eat earlier, we think). Fair amount of vegetable options and a few meat options include breakfast ham and sausage, grilled mackerel, scrambled and soft-boiled eggs. We visited the onsen once but have no other onsen to compare it to

Right beside the snow festival, very convenient. Beds are comfortable

Very clean hotel and food very delicious nice view Room is spacious