Name: Unkai
Address: 11-1 Yomogihira, Joetsu, Joetsu, Joetsu, 942-1544, Japan
Rating: 8

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Joetsu

When we visited there, it was heavy snow. Their one of male staff who seems last 30 moved our car for snowing. They were so kind. Pabric bath and air bath were awesome!!!! their windows were panorama passageway! Hot Spring's water is really salty, I love it. You can see cloud sea from pabric air bath. To be honest, this hotel's place is such a silence country area. There are Rice terrace of Hoshi- Touge and Beauty wood. their restaurant closes absolutely early. there wasn't grocery store or 7/11 around there, so you need to bring something beverages and candies. 

Beautiful

The name of this hotel can be literally translated into Sea of Cloud so it is high up in the mountain and in some season, you can see a sea of cloud in the evening or in the morning. We didn't see any clouds but the view was magnificent! 

Nothing much to do there beside soaking onsen and having a good meal. 

There were many day trippers at the onsen when we visited.

No clouds but great mountain view.

We had a good time and excellent view of several mountains, .The onsen was very nice and loved the jacuzzi part and view was great. We stayed over nite and had the meal option this too was very good especially if you love seafood. The room had a western bed (super single)with real pillows and big fluffy comforter and the living room had room for 4 futons . Plus a little sitting room.
The hall was all wood which made it look very rustic.

Excellent view of the mountains 

A modern hotel located high up in the mountains. Hotel provided a pickup service from Tokamachi Stn. When we checked in a huge crowd of day trippers were checking out. Rooms were large with view of surrounding mountains. We went for a walk along the road outside the hotel and this led to a very charming village with wooden buildings. The onsen is large and the rotenburo is an infinity pool design with fantastic skyline view of the surrounding mountains. Dinner was good.

Fantastic Views

Language can always be a big problem in Japan especially if you don’t speak Japanese and travelling alone in a small town in winter.   However, the decision of my recent staying at Unkai, Tokamachi was absolutely the right choice.  

As a foreigner who cannot speak Japanese, making booking by telephone can be a big problem.  Having no choice, I tried to make the booking online in English in the hotel’s Japanese-only website.  To my surprise, the response was so quick that I seemed to have given an instant confirmation.  

Upon the day of arrival, the hotel sent Ms Akiyama to greet me at the rail station.  Ms Akiyama came to live in Japan for many years from the Philippines and was now working in the hotel’s restaurant.  I was happy to be greeted and met by a person who can speak English.  Throughout my short stay, I was well received by this attentive lady;  I had very warm, home-like feeling in my stay even though it was the snowy, winter time. 

Perching high in the mountain, the hotel’s panoramic view was magnificent.  It was winter time during my stay; the experience of seeing the beautiful snow-clad mountain scene while enjoying the spa was just perfect and unforgettable.  What else can you expect from a trip with perfect view, nice people and comfortable feeling?  I would highly recommend this hotel to people who would like to enjoy the nature and the Japanese hospitality.  I myself already planned to visit the hotel again this summer to see the famous rice terraces (棚田) nearby.

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