Hotel & Spa Resort La Vista Akangawa Kushiro

Phenomenal facilities, truly a once in a lifetime experience. Very quaint place, great for a super relaxing getaway with terrific views and nature immersion. Staff was very nice, but English was an issue which lead to some miscommunication. Food really didn't meet basic expectations, and I would recommend just staying away from it completely - especially for vegetarians. "Western" breakfast includes mostly dishes not typically served at breakfast (such as lasagna), and not satisfying for our taste. We also found dinner cometely untouchable (and were still charged a hefty price for it). There are a few restaurants and convenience stores 10 minutes away (by car), so definitely manageable and preferable. Also quite a few nice nature spots around

Lovely resort with great private and public onsen. We visited mid April so there were few people and private onsen was always available. Room had a gorgeous river view (make sure you book room accordingly!) and had it’s own 1 person onsen. We stayed 4 nights including breakfast and dinner. The food was great and since we stayed 4 nights it was always different. My only complaint would be the plastic cups for juice and coffee/tea for breakfast. This is a five star resort so rather surprising. Staff was friendly. Would definitely return.

This hotel is perfect for relaxing as it sit beside the river. Room was large and nicely decorated and it come with personal wooden onsen inside the room. Breakfast has two options set menu: Western or Japanese. Its location is a bit far from Lake Akan so prepare some snack at night or you can get Night Ramen at the hotel!

Best stay and value for us so far. We booked the river view with in room onsen and included breakfast/dinner. Everything was great. We have stayed at places in the US costing more than 10x (alila ventana Big Sur) and we think this place is better with bigger room better view plus unmatched in room onsen. We also enjoyed the food a great deal. Pictures from both hotel and nearby river about 100m away taken in late October 2023

Lovely piece of luxury nestled in the foothills around Lake Akan. This resort hotel has a stream running through it. Our beautiful room had a view of the lush green forest around it. The onsen facilities are top notch and the open air bath was refreshing in the early summer. If you didn’t feel like going to the public bath, each room has its own hot spring water piped in or you could use one of the private baths available. Amenities abound and the modern yukata were very comfortable.Complimentary inari sushi and edamame, ice cream and ramen in the evening. Breakfast was of course top notch.

We have a good experience. The staff were all friendly and helpful. The room is large and sufficient for 4 adults to stay. There is a small private onsen in the room. We had a room with river view. We could have sit and watch the river entire day. The public onsen is nice. There are 3 private onsens to experience. The late night ramen is amazing.

Cannot understand why this hotel has such high score on Google! Definitely the worst food we’ve ever tasted in Japan! Everything feels like left over food and so chewy, dinner is bad enough but breakfast was absolutely hard to swallow! The salad meat literally looks like someone chewed and spit it out! And yet they dare to charge a lot for their food! More shockingly is that the bathtub in the room is sooooo old and dirty, full of mold and spider web at every corner of the bath! Just disgusting! And the room does not have any cold air conditioning so it’s too hot to sleep even in the middle in winter?! And the reception staff has the most terrible English and also not polite enough to make up for her bad language skill. Usually you can experience lack of English skill in Japan but their sincere attitude was so touching, definitely not from this hotel! We didn’t see any deers as well we understand that was just unlucky, but travelers that choose this hotels to see deers, be alert of what you are paying for!

Their online booking was difficult. Nice room but messy basement where the facilities are at. Very salty breakfasts and dinners by any standards. I believe the staff in general have problem communicating with most of the guests and worsen by their poor problem-solving skills.