Name: Traveler's Inn Asanebo
Address: 088-3462 Hokkaido, Teshikaga, Kawayu Ekimae 2-8-2 , Japan, Teshikaga, Teshikaga, Teshikaga, 088-3462, Japan
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Rooms

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Offsite parking reservations required

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Memanbetsu Airport

Nemuro Nakashibetsu Airport

Traveler's Inn Asanebo

Teshikaga

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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4-bedrooms

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Asanebou is located within a 10 min drive from Lake Mashu and Mashu Station. Although there is no bathroom provided, you can get a coupon to an onsen hotel nearby(1 min drive). For the price you pay, it is worth it as the rooms are huge. In addition, the breakfast and dinner prepared by Taka-san is exceptional. 
Taka-san is very friendly and helpful. He shares his travel and photography experiences around Hokkaido and provides great suggestions on interesting things in the vicinity.  I would definitely return back here 

Within short distance to Lake Mashu and great meals 

Such a homey stay! Food was excellent - cooked by the owner chef using daily fresh produce. Room was clean and comfy - everything u would expect from a Japanese style room. Though no shower or bathroom in house, we were brought to a local bath house, which was very convenient. There are many onsen baths around the area which we relaxed in. We were really well looked after during our stay!! Thank you Asanebou. 

Homey and friendly stay with a Japanese family

This B&B is a big surprise for us during out trip at Japan. 

This is gonna be a long review. You can just read the following brief and skip to the end:

1. Lack room facility.  

No tv, no tea/coffee, no cup, no hot water at room,  no tissue paper, no slipper,no bathroom, no bath robe (yukata), no tooth brush.... Almost everything you think about is no there. 
There is a TV, cups, a bottle of hot water, bathroom, tooth paste at at downstairs living room, but you just can not bring cups and hot water pot to your room, you have to drink there. I always want to drink some water at mid night. It is weird to dress up at that time and go to downstairs, remember they dont provide bathrobe?  And I did not find any tea or coffee they would like to provide to you. As no tissue paper at room, so I guess they anticipate guests to bring their own just like bring your own tooth brush.

There are no in house bath room. They did provide a local bath house which is 5 minutes walking distance. But there is a sign at that gate of bath room: Local Residence Only (in Japanese). Although the door keeper did not stop us, I still feel very uncomfortable like I am stealing sth during the whole bath time.  Hope it is not the abuse of that local bath house and my misunderstanding is wrong.

There are only cold water at vanities faucet. We come in at summer, the water is still ice cold. I don't know how to handle it at winter. How much will it cost to add the hot water pipe? 

2. Hidden Charge

We did not bring any towel with us. And this hostel charge 300 yen for one face towel and bath towel. With that 5 mins walking and public bath room, you shared it with more than 5 people at the same time, it is embarrassing and cold when you dress up wet and walk back.  We face the same problem at other B&B, so we can just quickly dress up and go back to our room since they have in house bath room.

3. Over price breakfast

they charge 700 yen per person for breakfast. but it comes a tiny little size set: soup, rice, little scramble egg, two steam dumpling which is bought at any frozen counter of super market, pieces of lettuce. The Natto (fermented soy bean) we got is even half size of the normal one. At least, any place we went to at Japan, no matter how bad they are, provide a box of Natto..

4. No service

Japanese is famous for their service orientated culture. Unfortunately, we did not see it at this place. There are only 4 guest rooms at this B&B, and all are at second floor. When we first knock the door, the owner give us a piece of plastic sheet and tell us to use it before put our luggage at the floor. I guess it could save their time to clean the floor. ( Emm, it is a little strange, but it is ok. I understand that. If you go to visit one of your picky aunt, she might ask you do the same thing.) Then we have to come to the second floor, where our room located, I took my luggage, one with each hand ( we have two heavy suitcases ), the owner, standing at the stairs, point at that plastic sheet. ( Ohhhhhhh,  I need to bring that also....... ). I picked up that sheet in a awkward way. You can image to do that with two big suitcases on hand.  But I just can not stop thinking while I did that: since the own dont have anything on hand, what prevent them to pick up that sheet? 
 

Over all, it is not a hotel or B&B, and has nothing related with the famous Japanese Minsu style. just a room with jp style bed sheet/pillow, that's all. I would call it "couch swap" instead of a B&B. The only difference is other than a sofa you got an individual room with 83 usd charge.

Put all the experience together, we strongly recommend you avoid this property if possible. 

The only Pro I can thought of, it is very close to JR station: 3 mins walk. But other hotel at Onsen village would provide free shuttle, so it is really not that important.

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