ぬくもりの宿 ふる川 — Hotel in Sapporo

We took the Japanese room (superior) for the 3 of us and it was of a traditional Japanese style. It was also large and spacious. Slept on the futon which was surprisingly comfortable. The only issue was that the AC was weak. A fan would have been quite nice as it was a bit warm during summer. But we opened the windows and it was fine at night.||The adjoining public onsen via the 4th floor bridge was great. We went there 2x a day. There were various pools of differing types - a large onsen, a hydrogen one, an outdoor one, a sauna and a flower onsen with tea coloured water. During the night it switches with the day one for each gender so each gender gets a feel of either onsen. However one really has to be naked except for a face towel to be placed in front for modesty. However the locals did not bother. After the 3-4th time, i did not bother too much. There is a lounge with free refreshing lime-flavoured water. ||There is also in the basement - a 150-year (?) old onsen which was free. This was not mentioned in any of the English written pamphlet but i saw it in the picture. As hotel guests the towels were free although you had to sign a receipt for it. Going down to the onsen, one had to pass the wooden tunnels which smelt so old, rustic and creaky floors. Then going into the onsen was a wooden and ancient looking structure. There were no showers or lotions or hairdryers unlike the public onsen. Just a rustic pool surrounded by boulders and open outdoor greenery with a wooden fence. My family were the only 3 guests there. We stayed for about 15 minutes to soak up the atmosphere. We went to the onsens 2x a day and even 3x on the first day. Surprisingly although refreshing, we did feel a bit tired after the onsen. They say 10 mins in the onsen is like 10 mins of running as your blood pressure and pulse rate rises.||Dinner was an elaborate affair - we had 8 courses. We did not eat meat. They served us mostly vegetables and fish but we told them that we would like more seafood including crabs. The next day they gave us nearly all seafood except one vegetarian dish. Of course, language was a problem but obviously between the google translator and sign language they still understood what we were trying to say. The menu was fully in Japanese so we had no idea what it said so each course was a surprise. Need to put aside 1.5 hours for the 8 course dinner. ||Buffet breakfast was not as great as dinner - but i still enjoyed it especially the Japanese rice porridge with its condiments. It is purely traditional Japanese so there is no bread but There was Hokkaido milk and yoghurt. There were small signboards of the food in English but it was small and not so well printed out. ||This is the place to go to just relax and chill out. We had rented a car to sightsee but it was a bit of a rush going here and there and i wished i just spent fully 2 days to just go in and out the onsens and relaxing . Although the place was full - but i didn't really feel that except during dinner and breakfast when you could see the restaurant was full.||The staff could speak English but not so well. Wifi was present but occasionally...

We took the Japanese room (superior) for the 3 of us and it was of a traditional Japanese style. It was also large and spacious. Slept on the futon which was surprisingly comfortable. The only issue was that the AC was weak. A fan would have been quite nice as it was a bit warm during summer. But we opened the windows and it was fine at night.||The adjoining public onsen via the 4th floor bridge was great. We went there 2x a day. There were various pools of differing types - a large onsen, a hydrogen one, an outdoor one, a sauna and a flower onsen with tea coloured water. During the night it switches with the day one for each gender so each gender gets a feel of either onsen. However one really has to be naked except for a face towel to be placed in front for modesty. However the locals did not bother. After the 3-4th time, i did not bother too much. There is a lounge with free refreshing lime-flavoured water. ||There is also in the basement - a 150-year (?) old onsen which was free. This was not mentioned in any of the English written pamphlet but i saw it in the picture. As hotel guests the towels were free although you had to sign a receipt for it. Going down to the onsen, one had to pass the wooden tunnels which smelt so old, rustic and creaky floors. Then going into the onsen was a wooden and ancient looking structure. There were no showers or lotions or hairdryers unlike the public onsen. Just a rustic pool surrounded by boulders and open outdoor greenery with a wooden fence. My family were the only 3 guests there. We stayed for about 15 minutes to soak up the atmosphere. We went to the onsens 2x a day and even 3x on the first day. Surprisingly although refreshing, we did feel a bit tired after the onsen. They say 10 mins in the onsen is like 10 mins of running as your blood pressure and pulse rate rises.||Dinner was an elaborate affair - we had 8 courses. We did not eat meat. They served us mostly vegetables and fish but we told them that we would like more seafood including crabs. The next day they gave us nearly all seafood except one vegetarian dish. Of course, language was a problem but obviously between the google translator and sign language they still understood what we were trying to say. The menu was fully in Japanese so we had no idea what it said so each course was a surprise. Need to put aside 1.5 hours for the 8 course dinner. ||Buffet breakfast was not as great as dinner - but i still enjoyed it especially the Japanese rice porridge with its condiments. It is purely traditional Japanese so there is no bread but There was Hokkaido milk and yoghurt. There were small signboards of the food in English but it was small and not so well printed out. ||This is the place to go to just relax and chill out. We had rented a car to sightsee but it was a bit of a rush going here and there and i wished i just spent fully 2 days to just go in and out the onsens and relaxing . Although the place was full - but i didn't really feel that except during dinner and breakfast when you could see the restaurant was full.||The staff could speak English but not so well. Wifi was present but occasionally...

We took the Japanese room (superior) for the 3 of us and it was of a traditional Japanese style. It was also large and spacious. Slept on the futon which was surprisingly comfortable. The only issue was that the AC was weak. A fan would have been quite nice as it was a bit warm during summer. But we opened the windows and it was fine at night.||The adjoining public onsen via the 4th floor bridge was great. We went there 2x a day. There were various pools of differing types - a large onsen, a hydrogen one, an outdoor one, a sauna and a flower onsen with tea coloured water. During the night it switches with the day one for each gender so each gender gets a feel of either onsen. However one really has to be naked except for a face towel to be placed in front for modesty. However the locals did not bother. After the 3-4th time, i did not bother too much. There is a lounge with free refreshing lime-flavoured water. ||There is also in the basement - a 150-year (?) old onsen which was free. This was not mentioned in any of the English written pamphlet but i saw it in the picture. As hotel guests the towels were free although you had to sign a receipt for it. Going down to the onsen, one had to pass the wooden tunnels which smelt so old, rustic and creaky floors. Then going into the onsen was a wooden and ancient looking structure. There were no showers or lotions or hairdryers unlike the public onsen. Just a rustic pool surrounded by boulders and open outdoor greenery with a wooden fence. My family were the only 3 guests there. We stayed for about 15 minutes to soak up the atmosphere. We went to the onsens 2x a day and even 3x on the first day. Surprisingly although refreshing, we did feel a bit tired after the onsen. They say 10 mins in the onsen is like 10 mins of running as your blood pressure and pulse rate rises.||Dinner was an elaborate affair - we had 8 courses. We did not eat meat. They served us mostly vegetables and fish but we told them that we would like more seafood including crabs. The next day they gave us nearly all seafood except one vegetarian dish. Of course, language was a problem but obviously between the google translator and sign language they still understood what we were trying to say. The menu was fully in Japanese so we had no idea what it said so each course was a surprise. Need to put aside 1.5 hours for the 8 course dinner. ||Buffet breakfast was not as great as dinner - but i still enjoyed it especially the Japanese rice porridge with its condiments. It is purely traditional Japanese so there is no bread but There was Hokkaido milk and yoghurt. There were small signboards of the food in English but it was small and not so well printed out. ||This is the place to go to just relax and chill out. We had rented a car to sightsee but it was a bit of a rush going here and there and i wished i just spent fully 2 days to just go in and out the onsens and relaxing . Although the place was full - but i didn't really feel that except during dinner and breakfast when you could see the restaurant was full.||The staff could speak English but not so well. Wifi was present but occasionally...