Hamanako Lakeside Plaza — Hotel in Hamamatsu

We stayed one night with a close family friend. We were given a spacious corner room with excellent views of the lake from two sides of our Suite.|The suite is very spacious, very clean, with an excellent set of bathroom amenities. The separate bath/shower room from the toilet is also very handy for family use.|There were plentiful clean bedding in the wardobes, our family friend chose to use the Tatami side of the room, letting us use the two single beds in the bedroom. |She also took my wife to the Onsen, and returning after 45 minutes- everyone slept well till the morning.||Across the car park, is the Mikonos Restaurant- which I understand is part of the hotel. We had dinner in the Restaurant the previous night- Western Style Set Menu, the food was very good with the exception of a very watery green bean soup. We also had breakfast in this restaurant. The varieties of both local and Western Style food were very extensive. We enjoyed our breakfast very much at 7:30, restaurant near empty, low sunlight and good view...

This was the only occasion that we had a Japanese styled room. As such we enjoyed it, but by definition that means no headboard and no light controls near the beds. There was a train line directly into front of our room, and it was possible to hear the trains, but the noise was not overly intrusive. You get to see bullet trains going through every five minutes or so. The restaurant was pretty good. Very big selection, including chefs on duty to make things like sushi. There are hot springs here and some used these, in spite of the requirement to be naked. Sexes are separated however. If I recall the wifi was unusable, and the desk said they have trouble getting internet because of the...

After spending a cloudy day in chasing down a Mt. Fuji sighting, our tour group settled for the night at this hotel. As part of our stay, we were offered to try out their onsen bath house, which is separated by gender. In your room's closet, they provide complimentary robe and slippers to wear from and to your room.||||Comfortable beds, even the 9 year old liked her futon. She would gladly take that over a...