Sunnide Resort Yamanashi — Hotel in Fujikawaguchiko

We are a group of 3-family and friends about 12 people in total. We were trying to book three big rooms in the main building at Sunnide Resort, but it was fully booked. ||We rented a microbus with driver for us, to move from Tokyo to Kawaguchiko, and then also to travel around. ||So we got three of the cottages instead. We were fully aware of any discomfort of staying in the cottages (comparing to staying in the main building). However, it was not bad at all.||Since we got 3 different cottages, I will just focus on the one I stayed.||There was one bed room with 2 single beds & heater for myself and my aunt, my uncle & my brother slept in the living area on a Japanese style Futon.||There was a heater in the main room which kept the cottage warmed while we were there. During the night, even the heater was off, we did not feel the coldness inside the cottage, strange though but that's good!||There was a balcony that lake Kawaguchiko and Fuji-san could be seen stunningly beautiful right in front of the cottage.||There were also pantry, microwave, fridge, dishes and utensils in the cottage. The bathroom separated into toilet, change area with wash basin, and the bathtub & shower with window that you can see Fuji-san outside the window as well.||At first, we were going to have the dinner set provided by the resort, but we changed our mind and get some food from nearby Ogino Supermarket to have our private family party for both nights.||None of us tried the Onsen at the resort at all, as we actually had to walk down the hill to the Onsen at night, and it was very cold with temperature around 1-2 C.||We had breakfast provided at the main restaurant though. The breakfast was soooo delicious! Waitstaff were so kind and friendly.||If I have a chance to visit the lake again, I will come back here and stay in the main building!||By the way, wifi only available in the lobby area, and kind of slow. Luckily I've got sim cards to use internet!||||*Something to note! The cottages are on the hill at the back of the resort and main buildings, so be prepared for a walk up the hill. If you have big luggage, you will have to bring them up and down by yourself. And walking up and down the hill in the cold weather at night is not really...

We are a group of 3-family and friends about 12 people in total. We were trying to book three big rooms in the main building at Sunnide Resort, but it was fully booked. ||We rented a microbus with driver for us, to move from Tokyo to Kawaguchiko, and then also to travel around. ||So we got three of the cottages instead. We were fully aware of any discomfort of staying in the cottages (comparing to staying in the main building). However, it was not bad at all.||Since we got 3 different cottages, I will just focus on the one I stayed.||There was one bed room with 2 single beds & heater for myself and my aunt, my uncle & my brother slept in the living area on a Japanese style Futon.||There was a heater in the main room which kept the cottage warmed while we were there. During the night, even the heater was off, we did not feel the coldness inside the cottage, strange though but that's good!||There was a balcony that lake Kawaguchiko and Fuji-san could be seen stunningly beautiful right in front of the cottage.||There were also pantry, microwave, fridge, dishes and utensils in the cottage. The bathroom separated into toilet, change area with wash basin, and the bathtub & shower with window that you can see Fuji-san outside the window as well.||At first, we were going to have the dinner set provided by the resort, but we changed our mind and get some food from nearby Ogino Supermarket to have our private family party for both nights.||None of us tried the Onsen at the resort at all, as we actually had to walk down the hill to the Onsen at night, and it was very cold with temperature around 1-2 C.||We had breakfast provided at the main restaurant though. The breakfast was soooo delicious! Waitstaff were so kind and friendly.||If I have a chance to visit the lake again, I will come back here and stay in the main building!||By the way, wifi only available in the lobby area, and kind of slow. Luckily I've got sim cards to use internet!||||*Something to note! The cottages are on the hill at the back of the resort and main buildings, so be prepared for a walk up the hill. If you have big luggage, you will have to bring them up and down by yourself. And walking up and down the hill in the cold weather at night is not really...

This is one of the furthest locations away from the central bus station. It will take you 30 mins to get to the hotel. And there are no convenient stores within walking distance. There is a hill that you need to climb up to the reception with all your luggage. When staff see you carried a baby and a toddler with 3 big pieces of luggage climbing up to the reception, they decide to let you be on your own.

We were extremely disappointed with the room and the breakfast.

Let's talk about the room. There have been no updates for decades, very old school. Basically, I'm just putting up a wooden board with no painting as a closet for you.

There is a huge price discrimination between different platforms for the same hotel. Some platforms charge you for 80k Yen per night, and some only charge 20k yen per night. Not willing to adjust the price for customers. Honestly, with this setup, it is only worth 20k Yen.

The breakfast is what made me super disappointed for the whole stay. They charge you for 4290 yen for a very "western" style kind of food, but they called it japanese style. We weren't shown a photo of what the breakfast was like, and we were so disappointed with the food quality. It won't be worth more than 500 yen.

They give you a few pieces of leaves with one slice of tomato. A piece of fried frozen fish. It's not worth a penny japanese like pickled veggies. A slice of ham and a mini size sausage with a sunny side up egg.

It's just too bad that I didn't even want to take a photo of it.

Feel free to have orange juice, grape juice, water, and milk. Two kinds of cereal, and yogurt with 3 kinds of syrups. Some frozen lychee that already turned black.

That's what they called Japanese style, that charges you for 4290 yen/person.

We asked for a refund for the breakfast, and the end, they were only willing to do a small percentage of discount. I didn't continue for the negotiations, not worth it, and nowhere to end it anyway.

I won't stay here again, even the price per night is only 20k yen, and I definitely will...