Hot spring Hotels in Wakkanai

Spent two days at the Surfeel Hotel, Wakkanai in early February 23. It is a short walk from Wakkanai rail station and well placed to reach most of the town easily on foot. Well I say easily, the snow was incredibly high in the streets and sidewalks so obviously the right clothing and footwear is essential! We had a lovely room overlooking the sea with a big picture window. We could spend hours watching the changing conditions which moved through heavy snow to sunshine back to snow in minutes throughout most of our stay. The old infrastructure from submarine pens has now gone but the covered archway stretches out to form one side of the harbour just beyond the hotel. We ate out in town both nights we were in Wakkanai - not a reflection on the hotel offering but just part of our normal routine to explore and experience other things. We did try and get a drink one night in the rooftop bar but found it closed for the season. We managed to get a couple of beers in the restaurant on the ground floor but they kicked us out at 9pm as they were closing! That said staff throughout the hotel were charming and helpful as ever. Breakfast was pretty good. The offering was dominated by Japanese specialities as you would more than expect with limited western alternatives but the croissant, coffee and eggs were all good. We tried a variety of Japanese dishes and they were pretty good as well. The temperature in the restaurant was about 30C and just felt unhealthy. We were the only people in there but the Japanese obsession with anti-COVID measures is very tiresome and masks were required as were gloves whilst getting your food on a tray from the buffet. At least we didn’t have a pathetic little plastic screen placed between us like we did at our hotel in Sapporo! We knew the Japanese would be masked up - they often were even before COVID - but come on, time and life have moved on! All-in-all a very good hotel and option for stay in Wakkanai especially with a sea-view room on a higher floor. Well done Surfeel Hotel and thank you.

Looking at the old, but in the relatively remote town of Wakkanai, it is quite good, the basic facilities are complete, and the style bathrobe. It is not far from the Wakkanai Station, and it is about 700 meters walk. The nearby convenience store may have to go to Senkomato in Wakkanai Station. After all, things are still there. Overall, there is no one at the front desk. I can only go to the service staff for help. I recommend using Japanese.

Close to JR Minami Wakkanai station and next to Wakkanai police station. When I saw ”Chico ―”, it was Wakkanai port. I looked for it on the net and booked it. Is it a business hotel that approached the city hotel a little? 8750 yen with 2 meals in the morning and evening, and a discount of rubu was used from there. Use ”new” (dinner) and ”orchid” (breakfast) and two restaurants in the building. Cars are parked on the plane around. Air conditioning remains heating setting prohibited from change. Relatively high temperature, from sunny to cloudy, windy day, windows were not open and a little steamed. Winter in the snowstorm will be hard. Wakkanai is a 'big city' that finally arrives in the wilderness. It is about 5 km north of Jr Wakkanai station, about 5 km south of route 40, about 5 km south of East and West, about 40000 people, flat residential areas, and still a large city. I entered the national route 238 and went out on route 232, but it seemed to be a very valuable experience. The most interesting thing was route 238 from hamatonbetsu to Wakkanai via Cape soya. There are small and small fishing villages in the fields and terrace without even farms, but the buildings of any village were newly built. I heard it was scallop palace. Is it like this when shellfish?