Fairfield by Marriott Wakayama Kumano Kodo Susami — Hotel in Susami

The hotel should be the most beautiful hotel I have ever stayed in.

I should have read a VLOG article one year ago, which highly praised this hotel. At that moment, this hotel deeply attracted me. I am very glad that I can arrange the trip in August this year and plan to stay in the hotel for 2 days.

But unfortunately, Japan's Typhoon No.10 may pass through the hotel area. The front desk staffs of the hotel communicated with me total 7 emails and provided me with very detailed website information, which allowed me to understand the public transportation conditions to the hotel. My first impression is that they are very serious and responsible, putting the safety of guests first, and let us pay attention to the development of the Typhoon at any time so that we can cancel the hotel reservation in advance. The front desk staffs are: Yumiko Inagaki, Yuya Ietaka and Tomoharu Ozaki.

The hotel is located on the seaside, with a shocking and amazing ocean view through the window, which cannot be described in words. The room is clean and tidy. The most worth mentioning is that the hotel has a ocean view hot spring. This is also the first time in my life that I have experienced a hotel facing the sea and relaxing in the hot spring. This is definitely an experience that everyone need in life.

Finally, it is worth mentioning again that every staf of the hotel has a very professional service spirit, enthusiasm, and courtesy, making us feel like we are back home. It makes me even more proud to be a Marriott member. So, whether it is the hotel's landscape, unique hot springs, or every one of their hotel staff, it is the most beautiful hotel I have...

This hotel was booked at the last moment only because we realized we needed a place to stay for a night while we drove the long way from Osaka to Hotel Urashima, where we had an onsen vacation planned for the next few days.

Much to our delight, we found this hotel to be a great place to spend a night at. Its isolation provided a sense of detachment from the busy city life we had just had in Osaka for over a week.

The onsen was a surreal experience, where we enjoyed hot bath while listening to waves crashing onto rock shore just behind the hotel, and nightly Pacific breeze gently blowing. Part of the reason behind our wonderful experience with the onsen: it was only us there in the hot bath that night; we ventured to guess that, including us,there were only a handful of guests staying at the hotel that night.

The room featured a comfortable large bed and a tatami by the window to lie/sit on while sipping tea. The restroom is spacious, unlike elsewhere in Japan. Although the hotel is right by the sea, the room was dry and still smelled lovely. Unfortunately, our room was on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean; otherwise, the view would be stunning at night, I suppose.

You wouldn’t find a lot of choices to eat in or near the hotel, especially around the time of our arrival. So we went to a Lawson convenience store about 1km to the north.

The hotel staff were extremely friendly. We used Google Translate to communicate and managed to get everything sorted out.

We highly recommend this hotel. May go back there sometime...

Stayed at the hotel for one night during my road trip thru Wakayama, LOVED the hotel!

The location is prime with great view, right next to a road rest area (“michi no eki”) and an onsen public bath. Technically the onsen is a separate facility, but its connected to the hotel and hotel guests can use it for free. Personally, I think the onsen availability makes this hotel the best among all Fairfields in the region.

The hotel is all brand new and service is great. My room was really spacious, with a really comfortable couch. The hotel also has a little food corner, a coin laundry, and a 24H lounge with ocean view and basic amenities, ie ice machine, coffee machine, microwave, etc. Theres also a Lawson 2min away by car if you need something more. One of the staff, Mr Ietaka speaks very well English, he helped introduced everything when I checked in.

I’ve stayed with many different hotels / ryokans in the region during my trip, and this one is definitely more foreigner-friendly. It’s a Marriot and you don’t have stick with the dinner time, and it’s not in like a remote area away from town. Yet it offers everything like onsen and ocean view that international travelers would want.

Highly recommend for anyone traveling...