Hotel Jogakura

The hotel is very clean, the hot spring is also very good, the open-air hot spring is very comfortable. I ordered a set meal with dinner. The taste is also very good. There was a heavy snowstorm on the day we went, and the Hakkoda ropeway was closed. The next day it was sunny and we went to the top of the mountain smoothly. The hotel manager drove our family to the ropeway entrance. It was really helpful. I want to go again next year.

I really don't know where this high-rated review came from, anyway, I regretted coming here. First of all, this is not our first time to Aomori, because my daughter and I went there last summer and had a very good impression, so we also arranged Aomori for the last two and a half days of our trip to the northeastern region of Japan this winter, one is to make up for the regret that my father didn't come last time; the other is to see the winter Oirase Gorge and the unique scenery of Aomori in winter, but booking a hotel became a problem, because the hotel in Towada Lake is convenient to Oirase, but there is no shuttle bus, and going to other places and the airport is a problem. The hotels under Hoshino were all fully booked when booking, and the hotels in the city have no characteristics, so I finally chose this place based on the reviews. I think it is not far from the airport, and it is also close to Hakkoda Mountain to see the frost trees. It is also close to the Suanyu Onsen Ryokan where we will stay the next night, so I booked it for nearly 4,000 yuan, but the result was disappointing. First, I asked Ctrip customer service to help me book a shuttle bus. After arriving in Japan, I asked the local hotel staff to help me book a fixed-rate taxi to walk around the Oirase Gorge. Then I took the train to Aomori Station and took the hotel's shuttle bus. However, I didn't expect to take a winding mountain road, which made my family members very uncomfortable with motion sickness. They complained why I booked such a remote place, and the family atmosphere became very unpleasant (the driver of this hotel drove fast, which also caused motion sickness. The shuttle bus of the Suanyu Onsen Hotel drove slowly, so there would be no such motion sickness). Next, dinner was set at a fixed time, and the meal was really average. My daughter hardly touched her chopsticks. Those who said the meal was excellent probably haven't eaten many delicious Kaiseki cuisine in Japan; then the room was small, and it was full after putting three small beds. It was almost impossible to open the suitcase. There was not even a kettle in the room, and we had to ask for one. The worst thing was that there was toilet paper under the bed that was left by the previous guest and it was not cleaned up. It was disgusting. The next day, there was a blizzard in Aomori, and the Hakkoda Mountain Cable Car was closed. The hotel's shuttle bus to Aomori only left at 9 am, and they didn't care about our shuttle back, which meant we had nowhere to go, and there was nothing to do in the hotel except taking a hot spring bath, so we could only lie in the room helplessly and watch the snow falling outside the window. We wasted a day at a high room rate. The hotel gave people the feeling that it was a private hotel with no big brand management at all. This trip, because we booked this hotel, we didn't eat well, rest well, and our mood was even worse. It was terrible. I remind everyone to think twice. Don't book here if you can. The above are my heartfelt words and lessons learned from blood and tears.