Asahidake Onsen Hotel Deer Valley

Room was neat and bed was comfy. However, there was no air-conditioning which makes the room stuffy. Even though it is possible to open the window to ventilate, it also meant that insects could fly in as there was no window filter to block it out. The sound proofing in the room is bad. You can hear the activities in the other room. This hotel does not have lift or escalator so pack light as you have to carry it up the stairs by yourself. This hotel is not suitable for family with young children as this entire hotel is too quiet. Coupled with the bad sound proofing in the room, we felt very embarrassed. However if you are intending a stay as a couple, this hotel might be suitable. Food wise, the Italian dinner is really not to our liking. The menu for breakfast and dinner are planned ahead by the hotel. There are no alternative food sources if you are hungry so do stock up before staying there.

We stayed 3 nights in this hotel nestled at the side of the mountain where the luscious mountain greenery & cool breeze invigorated the soul. It is easily accessible as the bus from the Ashikawa JR station stops right in front of the hotel. If you drive, there is plenty of free parking in the lot. When I walked into the hotel, I could sense the warmth, cleanliness & coziness of the facility. The staff members were kind & helpful but what we enjoyed most was the variety of deliciously cooked foods served buffet style for breakfast & dinner. And we had a surprise treat each evening of a specially prepared dish that was not on the buffet! The cook worked diligently through the clear glass window in the kitchen. Our room was spacious & comfortable by Japanese standards. A note of caution to those who cannot walk -up stairs; there are no elevators, so you need to request for a room on th main floor. We enjoyed our onsen experience at Bearmonte Onsen Hotel, the sister hotel as well as the onsen right in Deer Valley.This hotel will be on my referral list!

This Hotel is a rare gem, although it is a weird experience at first because some things don't match up. Like the silver cutlery and high standard service in the restaurant and the pyjamas you are allowed to wear there. The Onsen is great, the food is amazing, but nothing for picky people because you have preplanned courses, but these are truly amazing. Complements to the chef and kitchen team. The location is okay of you don't mind the walk to the station. One star off because our toilet was flushing constantly while sitting on it and the shower in the room never got warm. The Onsen fixes that and makes it worth a frequent visit.

We chose this location because we wanted some peace and quiet away from our new home in Tokyo. We chose well. After living for 4 years near the Alps in Bavaria, we craved nature and mountains. The staff were friendly, the rooms were adequate and we enjoyed the Onsen after a day out exploring. The food is ok but not great. The location near the ropeway is convenient. The only thing I would change is that the building in front of this hotel desperately needs to be torn down. It's a little alarming driving up the first time and unfortunately our view from the room was of this building. The hotel is clean and the beds were comfortable. The onsen was very enjoyable.

We had the pleasure to spend a night at the Asahidake Deer Valley Hotel. The service is incredibly heartwarming and sincere. We immediately felt at home and welcome. Some of the staff speak very good english as well, which made the communication quite pleasant. The dinner was an absolute highlight, a 5 course dinner with vegetables, fish etc. the dishes were incredibly well prepared, tasted amazing and looked delicious! The breakfast was also quite interesting, a single plate with all kinds of stuff - curry, bread, butter, sausages, salad. They care about food waste a lot (which I absolutely understand), so they rather make a single plate for each person instead of preparing a huge buffet, and then throwing away half of the food - I absolutely welcome this idea, it’s very thoughtful. The onsen is quite cute and practical. At the time of this writing they have a collaboration with a different onsen hotel nearby, so in principle one has access to two onsens. The goodbye was quite difficult for us, the comfy bed, the onsen, the good food and the lovely staff have quite grown on us. Would absolutely recommend this place.

It was our first visit to Hokkaido and we picked the Asahidake Onsen area because it was relatively close to Sapporo, accessible by train and then bus via Asahidake. (We noticed that many of the visitors to the area seem to have their own rental cars, but others like us took the bus, which seemed to operate just fine in the snow.) The property is clean, well maintained, and has a cozy lodge-like feeling with only two dozen rooms or so. The service during our February 2018 visit was pleasant, warm, and simple. (It helps to speak a little Japanese, if you can...) We paid extra for the tatami room since that was all that was available, and enjoyed the option of sleeping either on the beds or on cozy mattresses on the tatami floor. The room was simply outfitted but extremely comfortable and spacious. Food at Deer Valley is exceptional -- every meal was delicious and exceeded our expectations for such a small property. The management and the chef clearly take pride in producing memorable meals. My husband and I never started our day or went to bed hungry!||||The Asahidake Onsen area is basically a 0.5 mile stretch of road with several properties on it, starting with the Deer Valley as you work your way up the hill and then ending with Bear Monte, which is the sister property to Deer Valley. Deer Valley guests can use the Bear Monte onsen, which are indoors and outdoors and much larger. (Deer Valley only has indoor onsen, which are neat and pleasant.) Walking in the snow from Deer Valley to Bear Monte takes about 15 minutes, and it's moderately uphill, which after a long day of hiking or, I imagine, skiiing is pretty tough to do. There are sidewalks but they are covered in snow, and although there are street lamps one needs to be careful walking on the road in the dark (bring your own flashlight), as there is occasional traffic, and it's easy to slip even with boots on. The national park's information center and gondola station building are at the end of the road just across from/next to Bear Monte. The gondola building is, I believe, the only place open for lunch, as the hotels seem to shut down their kitchens at that time, probably to prepare for dinner. ||||Most guests at these hotels seemed to be skiers, but my husband and I just came for the onsen, to go snowshoe hiking, and to see what 12-15 feet of snow and bitter cold felt like! We did the somewhat difficult snowshoe walk in the woods behind the Bear Monte. It's not for the faint at heart, since it would be easy to get lost if you have a poor sense of direction or can't match together symbols on map with hard-to-see markings on trees that are veiled in heavy snow. The walk through the deep snow drifts and gorgeous forest took us two hours, readying us for a final round of onsen. Nature abounds here, and we were lucky to see a fox roaming around at night.||||If you're not a skier, two nights at Deer Valley or any of the properties is probably sufficient. That would give you enough time to try the onsen, explore the nature, and take the gondola up the mountain (which we didn't do because visibility was so bad from the peak, according to the weather report at the gondola station). ||||Deer Valley for us was the perfect mix of comfort, nature, and Japanese culture. It's our fondest memory of Hokkaido, and has us yearning to go back.

Isolated location with greenery. Perfect for those doing nature hikes and climbing Asahidake. Nice lounge with plenty of sofas and home-like atmosphere. Yes looks like an Alpine lodge more suited for winter but it was fine in summer too. Large spacious room with view of the greenery. Small onsen which i did not see anyone else there except my family.||Quiet place compared to the busier Bear monte hotel. We were able to go to the Bear monte hotel for the onsen facilities there - though much bigger but there also many people there.||||||My initial trip had 4 members but one cancelled so there was only 3 members. However it was difficult to contact them to see if we could change to a Japanese room for 3 people instead of 2 twin room for 4 people. But it was fully booked at other places so we went ahead to stay on. I believe it was based on twin accommodation so i could not have changed it anyway but it would be nice to have known this for sure. Staff could not speak English so well so any complicated discussions were not possible. Receptionist looked stern but kitchen staff were very friendly.||Onsen was small and a bit unkempt - dry leaves not swept. But no one else were there except us.||We drove from Sapporo and arrived at 8pm. We received a call at 7pm via Booking.com telling us to have dinner outside as their dinner ends at 7.30pm. But in the hotel website, it says dinner ends later i think at 8.30pm. If we knew we would have ensured to arrive by 7.30pm. So we missed the dinner that night. A bit scary to drive at night as it was dark and lonely road but the road was safe with a lot of light-reflective posts. As it was dark, my cousin managed to see two foxes by the roadside. The entrance road was not so well signposted so we passed by unknowingly till the end of the road which was at Bear monte and received directions from Bear Monte.||||Price was a bit expensive for what we received but i guess one had to pay due to its isolation.

The interior of this hotel was nice-the only thing nice. Hygiene: 2 human hairs on the towel and the washlet in my room's lavatory. Spider webs in the dining hall, flies and gnats crawling on the plate. Food: Serving time was very long(abt 1 hour in total), and the food quality did not meet the expectation from the high price. The most interesting thing is, at the end, the manager said 'are you ready to enjoy ur dessert?', then he brought two cute small pieces of watermelon👏👏 (Actually I was going to rate 2 stars for the interior, but then I saw new 4-stars comments which were totally incredible, so I rate 1)