Hotels mit Thermalquelle Hotels in Imabari

Very disappointed to be writing this review... Firstly, their website is dreadfully dated and their booking system puzzling, even comically so. It almost feels like using the Wayback Machine... I tried booking five or six months in advance and so I wrote to the hotel to express my excitement for both coming back to Imabari where I once lived and worked teaching English in 1999, and also that I had always wanted to stay at the hotel, as I actually lived directly across the road from the hotel and always thought it so exclusive and luxurious-looking, and it was the talk-of-the-town back in '99 when they were still very new. I was willing to pay a substantial room rate for a Tatami Suite (approx. ¥30,000 per night for three nights) however was advised that they were sold-out for my desired dates-of-stay in March 2023. What irked me is that no alternative accommodation options were offered, despite there still being availability on third-party websites such as *********** and ******* for other room types, and there was no acknowledgment of my excitement and enthusiasm for wanting to be a guest of theirs' after so many years, or for any disappointment caused. This is terrible service, and not exactly what one would call 'growing the business' to reject a potential guest despite having other rooms and suites available to sell. We instead booked ourselves a washitsu (traditional Japanese tatami room) at Hotel Kikusui Imabari down by the port, which was cute, comfortable, clean, and looks to have had recently had a refurbishment of their guestrooms as the bathrooms while small were nice and new. The cost of this room was also about a third of what the Kokusai Imabari Hotel asks for their Tatami Suites as well. I still wanted to go to the Kokusai Imabri Hotel however and at least see their gardens and lobby, pick up some Imbari towels from the official store at the front entrance, and have breakfast in their restaurant. The lobby is very nice and it does have the grandeur of a Japanese hotel trying to be a European hotel without being tacky or dated, and it does appear that they have recently cleaned all the chandeliers (I'd read other reviews and this seems to have been a first impression for a lot of guests, so this was a nice surprise to see them dust-free). We had a look at the gardens outside and they were very nice and maintained as to be expected with Japanese gardens. So why the 1 star review? Well, we wanted to treat ourselves to what we thought would be a five-star breakfast. We were told to go upstairs to the mezzanine level and we met a nice lady staff member who advised that breakfast would be roughly ¥2,400 per person. No problem, that's fair for a good buffet breakfast. We were then however lead into a huge banquet hall with only a couple of dozen guests dining, which made it feel even emptier and more like a school cafeteria rather than a classy restaurant. We then went to the buffet and it seems that none of the bain mar

nice hotel, great amenities. There was a problem with my booking and it seemed that they said it was my fault. I don’t how it could be but they took the position it was me who had to fix it. Also there doesn’t seem to be a consistent hotel policy for travellers with bicycles. I stayed at there different Route Inn and tow it was no problem but this one it was. still a very nice stay.

鈍川温泉（にぶかわおんせん）は、愛媛県今治市玉川町鈍川（えひめけんいまばりしたまがわちょうにぶかわ）にある温泉地だ。 道後温泉、本谷温泉とともに伊予の三湯といわれている。 鈍川温泉美賀登（みかど）は、鈍川温泉にある旅館だ。 今回は、ここに宿泊する。 2020年12月10日、この日は西山興隆寺に参拝した。 そこから車で、美賀登の駐車場にやってきた。 舗装されていないが、停めやすい駐車場だ。 玄関を入る。 館内は、昭和レトロな雰囲気。 この日泊まるのは、1階の吉野という部屋だ。 和室。 マッサージチェアが部屋に付いている。 温泉に行くのだが、部屋にも風呂が付いている。 部屋風呂も温泉というのが、なんとも贅沢。 窓の外は、渓谷だ。 古い部屋だが、トイレは温水便座。 夕飯まで時間があるので、散歩することにした。 道路の下に遊歩道らしきものが見えるが、かなりの期間放置されているようなので道路を進むことにした。 先に進んだところにある遊歩道に入る。 逆アーチ型の橋が見える。 湯の花橋といい、全国に２ヶ所しかない珍しい形だそうだ。 渓谷がきれいだ。 ふれあい橋まで歩いてきた。 湯神社に参拝する。 旅館に戻ってきた。 お待ちかねの夕食だ。 食事前に入った温泉は泉質が素晴らしかった。 源泉中のラドンの含有量が多いそうだ。 この日のメニューはイノブタ鍋。 白子豆腐。 鮎の塩焼き。 お造り。 天ぷら。 なんと松茸の天ぷらだ。 日本酒は雪雀。 海鮮カルパッチョ。 鯛釜飯。 伊勢エビ。 デザートは杏仁豆腐。 グッスリ休んで、朝食。 食後はいただいたケーキでツレのお誕生日を祝う。 チェックアウトし、先に進んだ。