Dormy Inn Hirosaki — Hotel in Hirosaki

In Hirosaki, there are not many hotel choices, but this hotel is not bad in Hirosaki.|This hotel is located in the center of Hirosaki city, but far from JR Hirosaki station, for some reason, the city center is not around JR station. So we took a taxi, it was a little over 1000 yen.|We were assigned Japanese-style room, as we were a party of 3. However, we were given only two keys. it was a little inconvenient to take a big bath on the top floor. I guess this hotel is still using the cylinder key rather than the card key, they cannot issue extra keys. |The room was a bit small for 3 but that was a price we paid for, and in a small city like Hirosaki, you cannot expect luxury. |Having said that, the big bath on the top floor was excellent Onsen, the room was clean, there was free apple juice, free ice cream after taking a bath, so Omotenashi was everywhere.|The breakfast buffet was a mixture of western and Japanese. There were some local food, which we enjoyed a lot.|Dormy Inn is usually categorized as a Business budget hotel in Japan, where main customers are business people. When we stayed, there were many business people as well as some group tourists from China. Having said that what this Dormy Inn Hirosaki offers is better than usual Business budget hotels offer in terms of services and location. Yes, you can use this hotel for your vacation...

In Hirosaki, there are not many hotel choices, but this hotel is not bad in Hirosaki.|This hotel is located in the center of Hirosaki city, but far from JR Hirosaki station, for some reason, the city center is not around JR station. So we took a taxi, it was a little over 1000 yen.|We were assigned Japanese-style room, as we were a party of 3. However, we were given only two keys. it was a little inconvenient to take a big bath on the top floor. I guess this hotel is still using the cylinder key rather than the card key, they cannot issue extra keys. |The room was a bit small for 3 but that was a price we paid for, and in a small city like Hirosaki, you cannot expect luxury. |Having said that, the big bath on the top floor was excellent Onsen, the room was clean, there was free apple juice, free ice cream after taking a bath, so Omotenashi was everywhere.|The breakfast buffet was a mixture of western and Japanese. There were some local food, which we enjoyed a lot.|Dormy Inn is usually categorized as a Business budget hotel in Japan, where main customers are business people. When we stayed, there were many business people as well as some group tourists from China. Having said that what this Dormy Inn Hirosaki offers is better than usual Business budget hotels offer in terms of services and location. Yes, you can use this hotel for your vacation...

Dormy Inn Hirosaki was much better value among the same class of hotels we stayed this trip - including Hotel Sunroute in Aomori City and Tokyo Shinjuku, and Daiwa Roynet Hotel in Hachinoche. Dormy Inn is around 20 mins on foot from the JR station. Not recommended if you have luggage but we did walk to the station area for dinner. The hotel offers free shuttle but only to the station in the morning and from the station in the afternoon so check with the hotel if you arrive by train. Otherwise, there is the 100 Yen bus outside the train station which stops right across from the hotel but keeping your luggage on the bus could be awkward.||||The hotel is clean and modern. A business hotel. Staffs at the reception were friendly and helpful with sufficient english. What I like is the size of the room. Bigger than the same category in Sunroute and Daiwa Roynet. Our room has a view of the city. There is a clean, good size onsen on the top level and the hotel offers free ramen in the evening. We enjoyed both. Breakfast is a combination of traditional Japanese and western food with competent coffee. ||||Hirosaki is famous for its apples. If you are not too keen on picking apples, the hotel is 5-10 mins walk from the Hirosaki Park where the castle is. This is a good size park. Not small and not too big. The foliage was simply breathtaking at this time...