Hotel Omoto — Local services in Matsumoto

It was our family's first time visiting Matsumoto and we booked this hotel quite randomly. That said, we were quite pleasantly surprised by a couple of elements:||||-Room. We booked a 3 person tatami room, which is very spacious and has a lovely sitting area facing the city/moutain view. I have stayed at several ruykons in Japan. Given the price we are paying, Omoto is a great bargain vs. the ones we have tried in Hokaido, Koyto or Tokyo. ||||-Services. A very special thanks for Maria, who is the only fluent English speaker in the hotel. It made a very big difference having her to translate some of the more complicated requests. She is also very sweet and lovely to our daughter. Omoto is very lucky to have a great employee such as Maria.||||Other things for your consideration:||-Location. It's a part of the Osama Onsen area. If you fancy having a walk to the city, you will need taxi back/forth, which could be quite expensive if you daily trip (probably US$15 one way).||||-Onsen. Just average. The 8th floor outdoor baby onsen is nice but quite small and doesn't really have much of a view. We tried family onsen which costs about US$20 a session. That's not worth it...it's just a slightly bigger bath tub, which is not enough for 3 ppl.||||-Food. We only tried breakfast. The Japanese breakfast is fine (but probably not as elaborate as some other onsen hotels may offer). It's interesting that they will charge you seperately for coffee or milk if it's a Japanese breakfast day.||||Overall, we will...

This was our favourite hotel of our 1.5 weeks in Japan this time, even following our lovely stay at Kamikochi. After a couple of days hiking, it was lovely to relax in a comfortable bed, quiet room, and onsen with views across to the alps. Sitting on the edge of town, taxi was the easiest way to get there with our bags. We used the bus during the day, and the hotel shuttle dropped us off at the end of our stay. Food options at the hotel are limited, though the delivered breakfast was perfectly filling. Boards were prepared with the local food options nearby - many showcasing the fresh local produce. As a runner, this hotel has some amazing country paths nearby, following the river upstream through rice fields and small farms. The hotel was fairly quiet while we were there, which made for a very peaceful and attentive stay. Would recommend upgrading to the higher rooms, as the views are impressive. Thankyou for being the highlight stay...

è albergo con sorgente termale(terme a basso contenuto di minerali). sono alloggiata 24 dicembre in 2015 con mio marito e i miei. l'apparenza d'albergo non era tanta bella, ma decorazione di interni era stile tradizionale giapponese. la camera era purità, comoda, e molto grande. ||c'erano 2 bagni per ospiti, uno era più grande invece altro uno era piccolo, per la famiglia o coppia(per usare, era necessario di prenotare e pagamento 1500yen per 90 minuti). dal quei bagni si potevano vedere la panorama bellissima del alpi giapponesi. non erano troppo caldi, ci siamo rilassanti tanto. inoltre abbiamo preso asciugamano tradizionale come piccolo souvenir.||la cena era veramente stupenda. c'erano tanti piatti tradizionali, sopratutto mi sono piaciuti la bistecca(filet di manzo locale) e spaghetti tradizionali di grano saraceno. c'erano veramente tanti piatti, cioè prima di cenare sarebbe meglio di non mangiare una merenda.||tutti gli staff erano simpatici. c'era piccolo negozio di articoli di souvenir ma erano poche robe. località di questa zona non è tanto vicino dal centra zona di MATSUMOTO, ma se vorreste fare un' esperienza di terme tradizionale giapponese, vi consiglio questo...