I have been thinking of going to Tomamu Risonare resport for many years, but did not realized until now. The rooms at the Tower of the resort is fully booked even for September, which is by no means a high season. Risonare has better and larger rooms, and priced higher than the Tower.||I booked a suite at Risonare, which is quite big by any Japan standard. The room is not renovated and feels a bit dated. However, the room has a sauna room and a jacuzzi bathtub facing the mountain. Windows are facing three sides. The carpet reflected the years of history of the hotel. The air conditioning in the room seems not working well, when I turned it off, it is still functioning, making it very noisy when you are sleeping. ||The resort which is a huge project, occupied a large area and quite spread out. You can either take the shuttle bus operated by the resort running between the destinations in the resort. Alternately you can walk through the tunnels connecting the restaurants and other parts of the resort.||There are quite a few restaurants inside the resort, some are congregated in the Hotalu Street, others are scattered around the resort. The food quality of food in the resort is average in general. But some are quite worth the try, such as Tukino cafe bar.||Other activities include horse riding, golf cart, fishing, and of course skiing in the winter. Observing the sea of cloud at the mountain top in the early morning is a hit and miss opportunity. You have to get up at 3am and catch the first batch of cable car to get to the mountain top. But the hardship does not always pay off. All I saw was a foggy mountain. There is also an indoor man-made beach in the resort which is very popular with the family with kids. The beach also comes with hot spring inside the complex.||After all, the resort is full of activities which you need to spend at least two nights stay. The price of room is generally higher than an average hotel. But it is a nice resort to spend a few days.