Wakkanai: hotel con bar

Spent two days at the Surfeel Hotel, Wakkanai in early February 23. It is a short walk from Wakkanai rail station and well placed to reach most of the town easily on foot. Well I say easily, the snow was incredibly high in the streets and sidewalks so obviously the right clothing and footwear is essential! We had a lovely room overlooking the sea with a big picture window. We could spend hours watching the changing conditions which moved through heavy snow to sunshine back to snow in minutes throughout most of our stay. The old infrastructure from submarine pens has now gone but the covered archway stretches out to form one side of the harbour just beyond the hotel. We ate out in town both nights we were in Wakkanai - not a reflection on the hotel offering but just part of our normal routine to explore and experience other things. We did try and get a drink one night in the rooftop bar but found it closed for the season. We managed to get a couple of beers in the restaurant on the ground floor but they kicked us out at 9pm as they were closing! That said staff throughout the hotel were charming and helpful as ever. Breakfast was pretty good. The offering was dominated by Japanese specialities as you would more than expect with limited western alternatives but the croissant, coffee and eggs were all good. We tried a variety of Japanese dishes and they were pretty good as well. The temperature in the restaurant was about 30C and just felt unhealthy. We were the only people in there but the Japanese obsession with anti-COVID measures is very tiresome and masks were required as were gloves whilst getting your food on a tray from the buffet. At least we didn’t have a pathetic little plastic screen placed between us like we did at our hotel in Sapporo! We knew the Japanese would be masked up - they often were even before COVID - but come on, time and life have moved on! All-in-all a very good hotel and option for stay in Wakkanai especially with a sea-view room on a higher floor. Well done Surfeel Hotel and thank you.

Vivo in camera doppia.La stanza non è chiusa automaticamente, quindi state attenti a non dimenticare di chiudere.La stanza è grande.C'è un detergente d'aria nella stanza.È al quinto piano, ma quando sono rimasto, gli edifici accanto sono in costruzione, quindi c'è un po'di rumore di costruzione. Forse l'edificio è molto vecchio, la parte di legno della finestra è iniziata a essere rotta e la carta igienica è stata riparata con una banda larga trasparente.Per il buco, il prezzo è ancora economico, quindi può essere inevitabile, ma penso sia meglio pulire il metodo di manutenzione. Inoltre, le finestre sono grandi, ma sono straordinarie.Se siete con i bambini, penso che dovreste stare attenti a non cadere da una finestra troppo grande.E'raro, perché molte finestre non sono state aperte ultimamente, ma un po'divertenti. Mi preoccupa anche che le scale tra il bagno e il bagno siano troppo alte.Se non ti prendi cura, ti sentirai incastrato.Non è adatto per gli anziani???Inoltre, anche se non è una stanza, penso che sia conveniente mettere un microonde sotto l'ascensore. È possibile utilizzare vari modi di pagamento, come carte di credito e PayPay.

C'è una sala da pranzo, sono entrato la mattina dopo, quindi posso rilassarmi!