Sanpeiso — Hotel in Atami

I spent two days at Sanpeiso. We were looking for somewhere traditionally Japanese with good traditional food, but easy to reach from Tokyo by train. Atami is a very old spa town linked to Tokyo by Shinkansen but we took the Odoriko observation car train that reaches Atami in just over 90 minutes. The hotel is not too far from Atami station, but we took a taxi. The hotel is a collection of old buildings in its own wooded grounds: very much a contrast to the built-up area surrounding it. The service in the hotel is very traditional. Our rooms were on the ground floor with a large Japanese room for sleeping and eating, a smaller Japanese sitting room views across a larger wooded area of garden, a small private garden with terrace and, not to be overlooked, aa stone private bath filled from the local springs.||||The food is served in the traditional way in the rooms, with a charming lady bringing a succession of trays of beautifully presented dishes. The seafood was impressive, in particular the sashimi and what I can only describe as a Japanese take on fish and chips, a beautifully-cut lightly fried fish on a bed of crisped potatoes. I am not sure whether this is a traditional dish or the chef was experimenting to make a British guest feel at home, but it was excellent.||||After the meal we retreated to the sitting room and the futons were quickly made up and the screens put on the windows, so everything was done for us.||||In the morning breakfast is served in the room in the same way: lots of delicious small courses.||||After the dinner and breakfast I wasn't hunting around the next day for the nearest cake shop.||||The hotel also has two outside onsen baths which switch between male and female. Both had plenty of room, spring-fed pools in small gardens and, in the three days, I only ran into another...

If you want to stay at a traditional Japanese hotel in Ryokan-style, this is the place where you have to be. Especially, Momoyama-anex is a great place with "hori-gotatsu", private semi-open air Onsen with view of the garden and dinner and breakfast which is served in own room.||If you are not used to slow-food or bringing time together with your partner in a room, it is not the best place... A bit old-fashioned though you will be surprised if you find this Ryokan-hotel in a middle of city.||There is a supermarket...

直前割というプランで利用させていただきました。|メインのお部屋に対して次ノ間が3つ、その内炬燵があるお部屋、ソファがあるお部屋となっていて、今まで宿泊した旅館の中で最も広いお部屋なのではないかと思うほど広かったです。|老舗の旅館ということで、建物は古いですが、綺麗に清掃してあるので、汚い感じはしません。|むしろ趣きがあって、町中にあるとは思えないほど落ち着いた雰囲気です。|お風呂もこじんまりとしていて、入浴していて落ち着きます。|以外だったのはお料理！こういう古いお宿にありがちな宴会料理かと思いきや、かなりしっかりした懐石料理でした！一品一品きちんともってきて頂いて、ゆったりと堪能させて頂きました。|お食事は小学生の子供たちも、ほぼ同じお料理が出ました。食べきる事は出来ませんでしたが、大人と同じお料理が出て大喜び！私は子供たちが残した分まで食べて大満足でしたw|ただ、古い建物なので、子供たちがお部屋でちょっとバタつくと、かなり下のお部屋に響いてしまうようでした。|あと、WiFiがないです。これはさすがにちょっと痛いかもしれないです。ネット環境から離れる事ができると考えれば、それでいいのですが、熱海旅行を調べたいなどの作業は大幅に制限されます。|...