Hakodate Onuma Prince Hotel

One of my favorite hotels in Japan. Just book it, you won't regret it. I've highly recommended it for my fourth stay here, which I make every year. Cheers!

The hotel offers great value for the room rate. The rooms are spacious, with lovely mountain views, and the free shuttle to onumakoen station and snow world is really convenient. A special thanks to the very kind gentleman driving the shuttle. He made our stay much better. It's tucked away in a private, secluded spot, and winter there is beautiful. The onsen facilities are spectacular, especially the views. There's a convenience store in the hotel with a good selection of snacks and drinks, though the bakery items are pricey and not worth it. I'd come back.

The onsen and the scenery are wonderful, but I didn't feel the hotel was good value. The property is starting to look its age, and we ended up spending more time away from it. There's no functional difference between a standard twin and a superior twin, apart from the superior room being on the fourth floor. Breakfast is supposed to run until 9:30, but they stop serving at 9:10. The selection wasn't especially impressive and stayed the same each day. We were there over New Year's and enjoyed a few of the small activities, though they felt a little forced. The snow lantern event, for example, never actually happened. The bakery had a few interesting items, but nothing surprising. A bread-making class would have been great.

The view from the room is amazing, but the buffet food was extremely disappointing. The dishes were the same every day, and it felt like they were catering to large tour groups that wanted quick, cheap meals. I suspect the food came from a supermarket rather than being cooked at the hotel. If you can, it's better to eat elsewhere.