Shirakabako Shirakaba Resort Ikenotaira Hotel

The hotel's cleanliness is impeccable, and the service provided by the girl and young man at the front desk is also very meticulous. Thumbs up.

We stayed in a renovated Japanese-Western room on the 7th floor of the Annex building, facing the lake. There was a twin bed on tatami mats, and a round low table and cushions by the window. The renovation is old in many places, and even if you don't use the bath in the room, it's better not to look at it. We don't use it, but it's a Showa-era bathroom. There are many small children, so it might be good for families with babies who find it difficult to travel. We were a middle-aged couple, so everything was not suitable. Next time, we'll stay at a hotel with a quiet room where we can eat quietly, and a bath where the little ones don't run around. It can't be helped, since we stayed there without doing much research. The hotel itself is proactive in hiring foreigners, disabled people, and locals, and I think they've done a lot of research on the buffet menu. I think it's the winner among the hotels around Lake Shirakaba.

I have stayed here for over 100 nights with my children. This time, we stayed for two nights with my family of three, including a five-year-old. We were upgraded and stayed in the new main building, which just opened in April last year. The bonus of staying for consecutive nights without cleaning is a 500 yen in-house ticket. Don't underestimate it as a hotel for children, it is also recommended for students and couples who like children! The cost performance is good, but I think there are a lot of on-site charges. I highly recommend staying for consecutive nights with the pool, the huge retro game center, the indoor amusement park, the Nakamise Festival Corner, Precure Land, and many art galleries in the surrounding area, Family Land in the summer, and the directly connected Snow Park in the winter. I recommend the new main building! It's worth the charge! The food and the large public bath are easily accessible, and there is tea, boxed snacks, environmentally friendly disposable amenities, canned water, stylish and clean interior, plenty of outlets, a humidifier and air purifier installed, and almost no sound leakage! The contrast between the spectacular Shirakaba Lake view and the snowy mountains! For guests staying in the new main building, we offer a plate of abalone and other deluxe main dishes for each person at dinner, as well as rich ice cream for the number of people. The ice cream is as rich as butter and delicious! You can rent a colored yukata, which usually costs 1,000 yen, for free, and it's full of luxury, specialness, and value. There are no cosmetics in the room, so don't forget to bring your regular ones. You can get directions to the hotel, contact the front desk, and request rental items from the tablet in each room. We had two buffet meals. The plates were cleared regularly, so I was able to eat comfortably. The multinational staff were all really kind and nice. The taste was pretty average. They have crab, steak, and roast beef. This place is also fun, like a food stall, and the kids' buffet corner is equipped with baby food and a microwave. There are a lot of Chinese customers, so for some reason they have rice dumplings, and there is Chinese porridge for breakfast. My personal recommendation is the spicy curry at the curry corner for dinner. It is quite authentic, unlike the curry at the kids' corner. The aisles are a little narrow and there are some places where visibility is poor, so be careful. It takes a while for the hand towel machine to come out, so it might be a good idea to bring your own wet towel. The large bath has two separate areas, a sauna (auto-loyly, 90℃, cold bath 17℃, with chairs for outdoor bathing), an open-air sauna, a huge indoor bath like a pool, two small bathtubs at 40℃ that are safe for small children, a changing room (bed, bouncer, low shelf), a washing area (spacious, chairs for babies and children, baby foam soap) and a space for children. In the large open-air bath, men and women connect outside and can bathe together in bathing suits or swimsuits. The open-air sauna and sauna are both separate and mixed. The mixed bathing space is especially recommended for couples! If you go up the stairs to the infinity-style mixed open-air bath, you will find a mixed sauna with a spectacular view! You can do self-loyly as much as you want! Some people were getting ready on chairs in the middle of a snowstorm! It looks so nice! The hot spring water is gushing out of the pot at the entrance to the indoor bath, so I took a lot of baths. There are basic cosmetics in the powder room of the large bath. The post-bath corner is also spacious, and I ate a lot of straight apple juice from the vending machine. The kids had a great time, there was a daycare center, and you could have a drink at Nakamise, so adults could relax too. It was so good I can't describe it! It's the best family hotel in the Koshinetsu region⭐︎