Towadako Lakeside Hotel

Very friendly staff, food good and nicely arranged.

Completely overpriced for the worn down facilities. Public bath very small without ventilation, only small but closed window, changing area very small, only one hairdryer. Dinning room very old fashioned with stained old carpet. Nice plates in the shape of Aomori with the Towadako lake in blue, unfortunately already damaged although they sell these plates in their shop …

The Towadako Lakeside Hotel exceed our expectations in every way. The staff was extremely friendly even though we spoke with very broken Japanese, they seemed to piece together our English rather well. We booked the traditional room with the meal plan including dinner and breakfast. The food was locally sourced, prepared perfectly and arranged in the most beautiful presentation at every meal; no two meals were alike. The lake's Kokonee Salmon was the highlight of my weekend, but my husband and son really enjoyed the Hokoda beef. There was a ton of delicious food at each meal and they were happy to bring more, if needed (it was not needed). The traditional room was set up with tea service during the afternoons and was transformed into a bedroom during dinner service. Upon returning from breakfast service the tea table was back in place. The furnishings are minimal, but perfect. The hotel provides traditional robes for use throughout your stay and it is encouraged that you wear them at any point--even to meals. We did not try the public bath or onsen, but definitely will next time.

There is nothing we can say about the hotel that we didn't like. The hotel is a traditional Japanese ryoken. Please don't come to it thinking that it is going to be a western style hotel.

Very friendly staff. Food was generous and delicious. The dinner was beautifully presented and varied. It was hard to eat it all. The view of the lake from the room and dining hall was magnificent. Very traditional Japanese experience.

Disappointing

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Very good

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