Fodor's Expert Review Shikitei Hotel
137 Yunotate, Morioka, Iwate-ken, 020-0055, Japan
A half-hour bus ride from JR Morioka Station takes you to this quiet hot-spring town and upscale (and expensive), traditional ryokan, which serves two meals a day in your tatami room. High walls around the premises prevent you from seeing some picturesque mountain views, but rooms peer out on a Japanese garden where goldfish swim in a pond. Some rooms have a private outdoor bath.
PROS
- excellent meals
- pure relaxation
- free Wi-Fi
CONS
- feels a bit claustrophobic
- not all rooms have a private bath
- isolated from town
HOTEL INFO
Phones:
019-689–2021
Website: www.shikitei.jp/en
HOTEL DETAILS
22 rooms, 16 with bath
Rate Includes: All-Inclusive
Rate Includes: All-Inclusive