Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Tomamu — Hotel in Shimukappu

I have been thinking of going to Tomamu Risonare resport for many years, but did not realized until now. The rooms at the Tower of the resort is fully booked even for September, which is by no means a high season. Risonare has better and larger rooms, and priced higher than the Tower.||I booked a suite at Risonare, which is quite big by any Japan standard. The room is not renovated and feels a bit dated. However, the room has a sauna room and a jacuzzi bathtub facing the mountain. Windows are facing three sides. The carpet reflected the years of history of the hotel. The air conditioning in the room seems not working well, when I turned it off, it is still functioning, making it very noisy when you are sleeping. ||The resort which is a huge project, occupied a large area and quite spread out. You can either take the shuttle bus operated by the resort running between the destinations in the resort. Alternately you can walk through the tunnels connecting the restaurants and other parts of the resort.||There are quite a few restaurants inside the resort, some are congregated in the Hotalu Street, others are scattered around the resort. The food quality of food in the resort is average in general. But some are quite worth the try, such as Tukino cafe bar.||Other activities include horse riding, golf cart, fishing, and of course skiing in the winter. Observing the sea of cloud at the mountain top in the early morning is a hit and miss opportunity. You have to get up at 3am and catch the first batch of cable car to get to the mountain top. But the hardship does not always pay off. All I saw was a foggy mountain. There is also an indoor man-made beach in the resort which is very popular with the family with kids. The beach also comes with hot spring inside the complex.||After all, the resort is full of activities which you need to spend at least two nights stay. The price of room is generally higher than an average hotel. But it is a nice resort to...

I have been thinking of going to Tomamu Risonare resport for many years, but did not realized until now. The rooms at the Tower of the resort is fully booked even for September, which is by no means a high season. Risonare has better and larger rooms, and priced higher than the Tower.||I booked a suite at Risonare, which is quite big by any Japan standard. The room is not renovated and feels a bit dated. However, the room has a sauna room and a jacuzzi bathtub facing the mountain. Windows are facing three sides. The carpet reflected the years of history of the hotel. The air conditioning in the room seems not working well, when I turned it off, it is still functioning, making it very noisy when you are sleeping. ||The resort which is a huge project, occupied a large area and quite spread out. You can either take the shuttle bus operated by the resort running between the destinations in the resort. Alternately you can walk through the tunnels connecting the restaurants and other parts of the resort.||There are quite a few restaurants inside the resort, some are congregated in the Hotalu Street, others are scattered around the resort. The food quality of food in the resort is average in general. But some are quite worth the try, such as Tukino cafe bar.||Other activities include horse riding, golf cart, fishing, and of course skiing in the winter. Observing the sea of cloud at the mountain top in the early morning is a hit and miss opportunity. You have to get up at 3am and catch the first batch of cable car to get to the mountain top. But the hardship does not always pay off. All I saw was a foggy mountain. There is also an indoor man-made beach in the resort which is very popular with the family with kids. The beach also comes with hot spring inside the complex.||After all, the resort is full of activities which you need to spend at least two nights stay. The price of room is generally higher than an average hotel. But it is a nice resort to...

It's been over 10 years since my last family ski/snowboarding trip to Hokkaido and we landed at this hotel in the Hoshino Resort Tomamu.||We reserved 2 rooms for a total of 5 adults and 2 children and their rooms are very spacious with twin beds/combined beds sleeping up to 4 adults comfortably.||Hotel staff are helpful and polite. House keeping team did a great job in keeping our rooms tidy. ||Bathroom comes with comprehensive amentities. The jacuzzi tub in front of large glass panels facing the snowy moutain side gives a truly enjoyable view during any daytime relaxaion moment inside.||The majority of restaurants in the hotel require reservation hence it is better to book your seats in advance if you wish to try them out. Otherwise the Hotalu Street housing several restaurants offering a variety of cuisines is just a few minutes walk away following the ski track at the rear entrance/ski entrance of the hotel.||Though the shop offers various edible items for sale, it would be great if there is central kitchen to offer basic food for room service. ||I took 2 days of snowboarding classes with my wife and the kids. The main instructors spoke fluent English and Putunghua. The instructors are friendly and patient, whilst determined to give us manageable challenges so we can acquire the basic skills within the relatively short period of time. We wish to thank Kagari, Yasu, Emi and Hide for their hard work!||Also went to the Ice Village and it was fun. See if there will be more to do after their construction works. ||Haven't got time to visit their indoor pool with waves and other water sports as well as the hotspring. It also looks like there are other activities available during warmer seasons. Would like to return some day to...