Hotel Juraku — Hotel in Honshu

We spend one night in a 3rd floor (out of 8) room on the river side of the hotel. The hotel is very easy to reach by car and not too far from the train station, although the walk may be a bit difficult with luggage as there is no sidewalk. Our room had a smoky smell (the hotel is rather old) and the beds were extremely soft - we should have requested Japanese beds instead. It was clean. The toilet room was very cramped. The sink area is fine and the room comes with the usual amenities. Dinner was buffet style and it was a mad rush to get in line, with long lines for the tempura and sushi for the first 45 minutes. The secret may be to wait that long before dining, as you are permitted 90 minutes to eat. The food itself was perfectly fine and there was a great variety to choose from. Breakfast is also buffet style and quite good, as well as considerably less busy. The spas (and there are several) are all very nice, with indoor and outdoor pools of varying temperatures and sizes. There are many competing hotels in Iizaka and if we return we may try another location, or perhaps one of the spas up in the hills above Fukushima. Just around the corner from the hotel is a reconstructed/restored home with a foot spa that is well worth a short visit. Also nearby is an owl museum/shop and another museum we did not get a...

Hotel is locate quite far from the iizaka onsen station but on the return journey, there is free shuttle bus from hotel to station. The hotel price is quite expensive if compare to modern hotel in major cities. The front of hotel building and the lobby looked elegant but when I walked inside inside the hotel and the corridor it look so old about 20+ years old. The room size is average, not too small or big. The room is separate into many parts. There is no non-smoking room so there is smell of smoke in the toilet. The flush toilet is separate from the shower and bed is also in a small enclosed part so when the light is turned off, and the skide door is close, it is very dark. Around the hotel is nothing special. The onsen is okay but my mum said the there is lots of dust/dirtiness on the floor of onsen. The room is not so secure unlike modern hotel, any people who have the room key can enter the room and if you didn't lock the room, any one can open it. The only outstanding thing in this hotel is the food (which is include in the package). It was very delicious buffet, there is plenty of food types to select on (but it is also quite expensive, if buy sperately cost 4200+jpy per person for dinner and for breakfast 1300+...

Hotel is locate quite far from the iizaka onsen station but on the return journey, there is free shuttle bus from hotel to station. The hotel price is quite expensive if compare to modern hotel in major cities. The front of hotel building and the lobby looked elegant but when I walked inside inside the hotel and the corridor it look so old about 20+ years old. The room size is average, not too small or big. The room is separate into many parts. There is no non-smoking room so there is smell of smoke in the toilet. The flush toilet is separate from the shower and bed is also in a small enclosed part so when the light is turned off, and the skide door is close, it is very dark. Around the hotel is nothing special. The onsen is okay but my mum said the there is lots of dust/dirtiness on the floor of onsen. The room is not so secure unlike modern hotel, any people who have the room key can enter the room and if you didn't lock the room, any one can open it. The only outstanding thing in this hotel is the food (which is include in the package). It was very delicious buffet, there is plenty of food types to select on (but it is also quite expensive, if buy sperately cost 4200+jpy per person for dinner and for breakfast 1300+...