Hotel Route-Inn Tomakomai Ekimae — Hotel in Tomakomai

The rooms are small as in many business class in Japan but this seems even smaller than normal. The staff are friendly and helpful. This hotel has a policy that I haven't seen in many years and was very surprised when I hear it on check-in. They required that all guest leave the key-card at the front desk whenever you go out. Not sure if it's due to a large amount of key-cards go missing but it could be a hassle. ||On google, it looked like a large mall is very close to the hotel and that was one of the major reasons I chose this hotel. However, it was an old establishment that wasn't that interesting. Very few restaurants close by. Most likely not stay again even in the...

stayed here for seven nights. Had stayed at a next door hotel last time we were there and that was excellent....it was booked so stayed at route Inn..too be honest this was even better than the previous one. Had clean rooms, had a Japanese indoor public bath which was great..a relaxation room where you could get body massage by machine or foot massage...right next to station but the best was the complimentary breakfast..a huge variety of food and it was buffet...three of us stayed here and this will be my first choice next time..very good price as well and not noisy although next to station. We come to Tomakomai often.....also free Wifi...

The rooms were standard Japanese size- small. Very clean, looked decent. The hotel had a free bath for guests as well. Very good amenities- four step skin care products. Average hotel breakfast. Located right next to the station, but the name is in Japanese only, so bring a picture of the hotel, or ask. The area around is not the best- I had a view of a factory smokestack, smoking at all hours. There are a LOT of closed down businesses throughout town, and it was difficult to find a non-izakaya restaurant open nearby after 7pm. The hotel wifi was next to useless- several minutes to load a page, and then kept dropping the...