Hotel Omodaka

可以在天台溫泉池享受開揚山景，陣陣飄雪，令人心礦神怡。晚餐和式餐膳，食材新鮮，份量豐富。早餐為自助式，可以品嚐當地醃菜及各式美食。

酒店員工非常友善，可惜不太懂英語。但3/F的浴埸很方便，也很舒服。酒店旁邊有一個给居民用的公園，裡面有十幾棵樱花正在盛開，给我們带來驚喜！房間內沒有冲涼液和洗髮水，所以只好跑到浴場去冲凉。

飯店有安排車輛在湯田中車站接送。雖然建物老舊，但服務人員都很親切。美中不足的是大眾池溫泉的水，太燙，燙到無法下去泡。還有飯店有載我們到地獄谷野猴公苑的入口，但回程需要自行搭公車到飯店附近的站牌，當天的環境，開始颳風、下大雪的當下，要回到飯店真的歷經千辛萬苦。

I stayed as part of a group ski tour of the area. Travelling solo, so had a large and well appointed Japanese style room to myself. Comfortable futon, private toilet and small bathroom. Very good heater, and views to the back of the hotel. In house banquet meals were outstanding. Great selection of Japanese cuisine. The groundfloor cafe does excellent burgers, and there is a small bar offering beers, spirits etc. Vending machines a-plenty for when the bar is not staffed. Best of all, Omodaka has both indoor and outdoor onsen. A must after a long day's skiing. Arigatou!

The room was spacious and warm. I even had to turn the heater off before going to sleep because it made the room so toasty. I never felt cold inside. Everyday we had an amazing and healthy breakfast feast to fuel up before driving out to the ski slopes. And of course coming back to the onsen after a day of skiing is the best way to wrap up the day and help those tired muscles recover. A thing to note is that my room (and most accommodations in Yudanaka) don't have showers attached, so one would have to go to the onsen (located within the same building) to take a shower. There is an ensuite toilet. Initially I felt that the shower thing wasn't something I'd like but it is actually ok - I went to the onsen everyday after skiing anyway, and for hygiene purposes one would shower before getting into the onsen. It is never crowded in the onsen, male and female are separate, nudity is completely normal and no biggie, everybody just minds their own business. I highly recommend the onsen experience, it is quite something different and a Japanese tradition. Everything that one needs is provided in the onsen and shower area. There are also hairdryers, face/body moisturisers. My stay included one dinner in the hotel and it was the best dinner I've had in years! It must have been 8 courses with some side dishes, all meticulously prepared and delicious! The staff spoke some very basic English and were all lovely and helpful.

湯田中温泉郷の一つ、穂波温泉にある旅館。この手の旅館の常として施設はかなり古い。その点では期待しない方がいい。接客態度は良いとは言えないが、価格はリーゾナブルで温泉もいい。また、湯田中駅や渋温泉へも歩ける距離なので、泊るだけと割り切って考えれば利用価値はある。目の前に川が流れているので、部屋からの眺めも悪くなかった。もう一度リピートするかどうかは、かなり微妙だが、もしも他に宿が取れなければ、また来るのもアリかもしれない。