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The hotel is directly opposite the exit of JR Hakodate Station and just across the bus stop area. Basically, all Hakodate attractions can be reached by bus. It takes about 15 minutes to walk back to the hotel from the cross street. If you are too lazy to wait for the streetcar after eating clown burgers for dinner, you can take a slow walk back. The room is clean. You need to swipe your room card at the hotel entrance after 11 pm to enter. There is a ramen shop downstairs (within 10 steps from the hotel entrance) and Nemuro Hanamaru (30 steps from the hotel entrance). It is recommended to eat during off-peak hours.

JR Inn Hakodate is particularly outstanding in several aspects: great location which is directly connected to JR Hakodate station so people would not get wet even it’s raining, special offer on extra pillows with different material, relaxing open area which allows people to rest after bathing (please see photos attached), amenities such as washing machine and microwave etc, the unique view of JR railway in room. Just one thing: The space in my room became very limited after I opened my 26’ luggage on the floor. Overall the hotel is perfect!

I am very satisfied with my 2 days stay in this hotel. There are things that make the hotel a standout which are 1. Location and convenience . Walking distance to Jr station and the fact that it is right next to hakodate morning market offers the guest wide variety of choice for traditional jap seafood breakfast. You can get a variety of seafood and fresh fruits like strawberry n melon from the market. There are quite a number of restaurants where u can enjoy sashimi and seafood don. 2. Beautiful view from the hotel lounge and hotel room. The view was simply picturesque 3. Facilities. Both indoor n outdoor onsen available for the guests. U can enjoy soaking in onsen while enjoying the nice view it offered. Bringing comfort to the body and pleasure to the eyes at the same time. Washing machine, cooker and microwave oven is available in the room. It brings great convenience to travellers where we can wash clothes in own room without leaving the room 4. Friendly and polite staffs 5. It has own private parking that is charged at 1000 yen per night

The Smile Hotel Premium Hakodate Goryokaku is a typical Japanese business hotel, so although the photos of the rooms may look as though the rooms are reasonably spacious, in reality it’s just a typical business hotel, with minimal space.  While this should not be a big issue for many guests, if you’ve not experienced it before, be ready for a rather space limited experience.  Having said that, the room was quite clean and apart from some scuff marks on the walls, it presented quite well.  It’s also important to note, that since it’s a business hotel the bathroom is quite small, with the bathroom wash basin protruding into the bath tub & shower area and the toilet was clearly designed for significantly smaller users.  Apart from changing towels, providing new slippers and replenishing coffee & tea supplies, there was no servicing of my room over the duration of my 3-night stay.  This is all normal, so be ready for it. The biggest annoyance was that there was no air conditioning available during the period I stayed.  This is hotel policy at this time of the year, and the management clearly think that guests have no right to control the temperature, and therefore enjoy some level of comfort in their room.  Because of this, on my first night the room temperature was approximately 25°c (although I couldn’t turn the air conditioning on, the control unit displayed the actual room temperature), which when combined with the fact that the bed has an arctic standard duvet (or futon - whatever you want to call it), the temperature of the room was NOT conducive to restful sleep.  When I enquired about this the next morning, the front desk clerk bluntly said “open the window”, which of course I had tried to do during the night, but for some reason the handle to open and close the window had been removed, making it impossible to open the window.  The clerk kindly offered to go to my room and open the window (presumably using a special tool) once I had left the room for the day, which he did.  The difference in room temperature was quite noticeable when I returned that the evening, but why this policy in the first place, and the belligerence and attitude of management about guest comfort is beyond me. The other issue was the WiFi, which was patchy and unreliable on my floor.  The only way I could connect any of my devices (2 phones & 1 tablet), was to go to the lobby, connect and then return to my room.  Once a connection had been established, I was able to reconnect whenever I returned to my room, however the strength of the WiFi signal varied considerably when making calls using various apps (e.g., WhatsApp, Line and FB Messenger) and therefore the call stability was unreliable with calls frequently dropping out.  When I mentioned this to front desk staff, they offered to reset the WiFi on my floor, however it made little difference. The above matters (air conditioning and WiFi) are all things that are taken for granted these days and are expected of any reasonable hotel, so to experience the difficulties outlined indicates to me that the hotel management is not really serious about guest satisfaction or comfort. Draw what conclusions you will from this review, but from my perspective, it’s is unlikely I would stay at this hotel again when I next return to Hakodate.

Location: Less than 10mins walk from JR Hakodate station. Attractions: Mt Hakodate ropeway and historical Machimoto area accessible by a short tram ride. Tram station less than 5 mins walk in front of hotel.

The location was strategic, located at main street of the town, walking ditance to starbucks coffee, Muji, Goryokaku Tower and Goryokaku Park. Tram Station right infront of the hotel, able to visit few tourist sort using the tram, Natural foot onsen, morning g market and JR Hakodate station. Bus Stop to Hakodate Airport is just 1mins walk from hotel entrance.

Excellent location as the hotel is right in front of the Hakodate JR station. The hotel also came with free hot spring accessible for all guests. However the room is quite small with little room for packing luggages. The toilet is also small. There is free coffee that allows you to take away at the ground floor (note the coffee machine is opened in the morning 6-10am, and then available 3pm- 10pm).

Always stayed here when I travel to Hakodate and as usual the hotel doesn't disappoint! Good location just beside the red brick warehouse, near the hakodate tram station and also the Mt Hakodate Ropeway. There are plenty of food options nearby, and you can walk to Hakodate JR station from the hotel. Beds are spacious, and there is even a mini area for you to chill and relax after a long day of sightseeing. Definitely recommend for budget conscious travellers!

Thank you for your thoughtfulness!! I appreciate it. The large public bath was also very nice, you could choose your shampoo and body shampoo, and the massage chair was free. The breakfast buffet had a wide variety of items and was delicious. After dropping off my daughter, we were able to relax until a little while before check-out. The view of Goryokaku from the 12th floor was beautiful🤩. Dinner was also nearby, so it was convenient. Thanks to the parking, we were able to park in the hotel's parking lot🅿️, and we even received a service voucher when we told them we would be going out twice. We would definitely use it again!! My child and I were very grateful for your thoughtfulness~Thank you very much😊!!

We stayed in the annex! It was a stylish building with an old-fashioned design. The interior was old, but there was a fire tv in the room, so we were able to watch YouTube and movies! For breakfast, side dishes (which changed daily?) were already on a mini tray, and we could help ourselves to the rest! Everything was delicious! Thank you very much!