The Saihokukan Hotel

“ÉTABLI long hôtel”

C'est un grand hôtel de luxe où les grands événements sont organisés. Il a été choisi par quelqu'un de Nagano pour nous. Le petit déjeuner japonais est excellent. Vous pouvez en fait choisir style occidental ou japonais. Vous pouvez aussi choisir de vous asseoir à une table ou à l'intérieur de la … Plus

C'est un grand hôtel de luxe où les grands événements sont organisés. Il a été choisi par quelqu'un de Nagano pour nous. Le petit déjeuner japonais est excellent. Vous pouvez en fait choisir style occidental ou japonais. Vous pouvez aussi choisir de vous asseoir à une table ou à l'intérieur de la zone de tatamis chambre avec des portes coulissantes. J'ai bien aimé le petit déjeuner japonais, car je sais que je n'aurai jamais revenir. Même s'ils peuvent être semblables tous les jours, il y a certaines variations. Nous avons séjourné dans cet hôtel pendant 5 nuits. Cet emplacement est très calme et dispose d'une vue sur la ville depuis notre chambre, qui est plus élevé que le quartier environnant. Il est à une distance de marche de la jolie et légèrement région vallonnée du centre-ville. La ville est charmante avec ses anciennes lumières de la rue de la mode. Il est également très proche de la Japan Rail Station - à environ 7-10 minutes. L'hôtel dispose d'une navette qui vous y emmène en dehors de la zone du centre-ville si votre demande. Nous ne savions pas jusqu'à ce lien local avait organisé cela. Nous avons pu manger à un endroit local de crabe en dehors de la ville principale (environ 15 minutes) et aller chercher de retourner à l'hôtel. L'hôtel dispose également d'un autre restaurant qui sert une cuisine française de type. Il est bien préparé. Les chambres sont assez grandes avec un canapé et une table coin salon et un bureau. Il y a le wifi dans la chambre sauf le Wi-Fi de notre chambre était d'avoir quelques problèmes, j'ai donc dû avoir le mot de passe à nos parents de l'autre chambre pour obtenir notre Wi-Fi de notre chambre à travailler. Je ne sais pas quel était le problème. Quelques mariages s'y tiennent que nous avons observées. Cet hôtel est bien connu pour les habitants de la région. J'aime parce que même si les équipements sont western, j'ai vraiment l'impression que je ne suis pas dans le monde occidental. C'est un hôtel calme.

Moins

“Very old hotel, but good location”

Located at the bottom of Zenkoji temple mountain, this hotel provides old but quiet setting. Good to stay after a visit to the temple, and some shops, restaurants alongside the road to the Nagano station. Breakfast in the Japanese restaurant in the hotel provided a gorgeous breakfast plate with sev… Plus

Located at the bottom of Zenkoji temple mountain, this hotel provides old but quiet setting. Good to stay after a visit to the temple, and some shops, restaurants alongside the road to the Nagano station. Breakfast in the Japanese restaurant in the hotel provided a gorgeous breakfast plate with several small dishes. One of the best Japanese breakfast ever.

Moins

“Gracious Japanese Service”

This hotel - formerly a historical feature of Nagano city has signs of former opulence. The original facade has been covered but inside there are some original features visible. The foyer is charmingly decorated and there are reception area rooms, which I know are gorgeous and have all the eleganc… Plus

This hotel - formerly a historical feature of Nagano city has signs of former opulence. The original facade has been covered but inside there are some original features visible. The foyer is charmingly decorated and there are reception area rooms, which I know are gorgeous and have all the elegance of a bygone era - but unfortunately were not open for an inspection. I would have loved to have been given the opportunity to view them - perhaps I regret not asking for this - as I am sure the staff would have obliged. The hotel caters for mainly business people and local wedding receptions - most of the tourists to Nagano stay in the snowfields. However as a base for exploring Nagano, Matsumoto and the Snow Monkeys - this is an ideal place to stay for independent travellers. Actually we really enjoyed staying here for the peace and quiet the hotel provided. It felt comfortable and unpretentious. Location wise - the hotel is a short distance to the main shopping section of Nagano city (near Daimon and the Zenkoji Temple complex). I believe the distance would be no more than 500 metres (5 mins walk) and probably a kilometre or a 20 minute walk to the train station. Nagano has a small but quite lovely shopping and dining precinct (but not Gondo stay away) - and if you do visit Nagano you must go to the Fujiya Gohonjin restaurant (separate review is coming....) for a very special dining experience. If you don't at least go to their patisserie opposite. The restaurants at the hotel itself serve excellent food, nicely presented and the service provided was so gracious - it was top notch really. The restaurant surroundings are very pleasant too. We did not try the Champagne Bar or the Chinese restaurant - just SEIJI and the in-house Japanese restaurant - which featured Kimino clad waitresses and a lovely Japanese garden. The food here was fantastic - the sashimi was very fresh, melt in the mouth and looked great - I'll try to add another few photos soon. The price of food here is great value. For breakfast there is no buffet. Instead you are offered a choice of a western or Japanese breakfast. Fairly limited for some, probably. We stayed in the main building in a standard room. The room was quite spacious but requires its carpet to be replaced. Other than that, the room provided an outlook of a lovely garden where I assume weddings are held and also provided a lovely view of the mountains. The bedding was comfortable and I liked the availability of fresh air - the windows can be opened. The in-house TV guidance system explained the buttons for the TV remote control - which was better than the Shangri-La Hotel in Tokyo!. It would be an advantage for the hotel to consider English menus for its restaurants, however check-in and check-out was not an issue. I reserved via email but I also think reservation would be easier if the hotel considered using external agencies to attract non-Japanese customers. If reserving via email - keep your English simple. Our side trip to the Snow Monkeys was easy from Nagano city. Its a short and direct bus ride (40 minutes) from Nagano Station. Special thanks to Kyle and staff for making our stay a delight.

Moins