Aenokaze — Hotel in Nanao

Stayed here for 2-nights during a 10-day Japan trip with Makita power tools. Overall there were around 300 of us. This hotel was the highlight of the tour! Staying in a traditional Japanese room with no beds (we slept great on the floor mats and comforters), wearing the traditional Kimono's, we had a traditional Japanese dinner the first night, (complete with sea urchin, fish eggs and raw fish.) I think I will stick to pizza and burgers in the future, but the dining experience was absolutely incredible. The staff are amazing and I have never seen such accommodating service. I watched as 5-6 staff members would wave and bow for 30-40 seconds AFTER a guest would leave the hotel (they were probably checking into the airport by the time they stopped bowing) the Japanese are a culture of their own. My wife was too shy to try the bath house at the hotel but I went twice and it was a great experience if your not too shy. Had we been on our own, we probably would have never stayed here thinking it lacked the creature comforts of a western style hotel, but nothing could be further from the truth. It's a first class resort and I highly encourage anyone visiting the area to give this place a try as it's an amazing experience that you won't...

We chose to stay in this hotel on 15 & 16 April which was under Kagaya Group in the Wakura Onsen, a peaceful & relaxing place with 4 hours travelling from Osaka.||The hotel was giant with 10-storey at the seashore with plenty of facilities and entertainment for families and couples. You could choose to spend a day there chatting with friends enjoying the seaview with drinks and snacks offered free at the lounge for, or went fishing, playing table tennis, badminton, etc.||In addition to spacious onsen for men and women with indoor and open air bath respectively, you can opt for taking 3-minute shuttle bus or 7 minutes walk to Kagaya which was even bigger with few floor onsen and a souvenir street.||At night we enjoyed Kaiseki while watching the historical drama show and Japanese traditional drum performance by masked performers. Overall all the staff there were attentive and in well manner, dedicating to serve well for each customer, which I guess the essence of Kagaya service on their pride to be the best and named...

Aenokaze shows what a good service really is. The minute we parked our car in their parking lot across the street, several staff members were already rushing across the street to help us carrying the luggage and show us the safe place to cross the street. When we needed help the second day to program our GPS in Japanese, the front desk staff came to our car to program it for us, then directing the traffic to make sure we exited to the right side of the road. ||Our ocean view room is spacious, especially for Japanese standard, and clean. The onset is big, again with ocean views. The food quality is really high and portion so big that we could not finish it. First day, they presented the best seasonal local seafood--uni, black throat sea perch, sea shrimps, firefly shrimps etc. Second day they served fugu in a variety of ways. There is local Noto beef of course. Again service is top rate.||We will go back to visit when having another chance in the future. ...