Hotel Kifu Club Shiretoko

We booked this place many months in advance due to limited number of rooms. It was amazing for staying here for 2 nights. The rooms was not large but quite comfortable though the window with sea view was quite small. The service was very good and the staff was friendly. Beware that this hotel has on 2 floors and no elevator, please do not bring large luggage. The private onsen was very nice and enjoyable. The dinner was excellent and tasty. Only complaint was breakfast though tasty but with quite small portion. The outside terrace in front of the hotel has great view. We enjoy sunset there. Excellent place to stay.

Traditional family run Onsen overlooking the Ocean and we were hoping to see the drift ice|Stayed one night and we were very comfortable.|The Onsen is good.||The set meal was excellent, a DIY tempura with sashimi pickles veg etc. The grape ice cream was lovely ( and I'm not a fan of ice cream).||The futons are prepared whilst you dine||The local beers are good.||Breakfast was again in a private area and a set of courses. Excellent quality. I really enjoyed it. Introduction to further new (to me) flavours and food items.||The family who run the hotel are delightful and pleased to help. The owner found time to wave us off.

Stayed here for 2 nights to visit the gorgeous Shiretoko national park and nearby nature trails. This family-run hotel is nestled along the side of the road, with a spectacular view of the sea. I stayed in the quadruple room which was extremely spacious... even more so for Japanese standards! There is also a lounge area with complimentary tea, coffee and water. ||The breakfast and dinner included with the stay were superb as well. The meals are served in the typical Ryokan style: rice, a variety of dishes and something interesting to tie it all together! The menu changes daily but it typically looks like: day 1: DIY tempura + freshly grilled fish, day 2: steamed pork shabu shabu. However, do note that the ingredients are seasonal so they may vary depending on which month you visit. ||There are two onsens, a public one and a private one. I do believe that the private one requires a booking to be made while at the hotel. The onsen is quaint and simple, for a nice shower and wind down after a long day of adventure. I cannot recommend this place enough, definitely check out this place if you have the chance!

A memorable stay here in terms of service level, hospitality, and comfort. Truly a modern edit of the ryokan experience. Right outside the hotel is an amazing view of the Sea of Okhotsk and several rock formations. The meals are also amazing, highlighting the use of seasonal local ingredients. Impressed that an old couple still work in the day to day operations.

This boutique hotel is good for rest, eat and go. Our room is spacious, clean and simple. Good, delicious dinner and simple breakfast. The thing we enjoyed most was the outdoor private onsen.

The service is warm and cozy. The room is clean and both dinner and breakfast (and their beers too) were soooo good! Definitely will come back again!

Room is very well equipped and spacious, with comfortable beds and vanity area. It has an amazing sunset sea view, with the shiretoko park beside it. Great dinner and breakfast too. Private onsen (free with one reservation a day) and public onsen are available too. The owners and family kept the place in good and clean condition, which is much appreciated.

I have to admit the photos here and on the hotel's website gave me expectations of something much more modern. Instead, the interior has a mountain lodge/motel vibe mixed with a pinch of traditional ryokan. The hotel feels like it is a family-run affair, with a somewhat inconsistent level of service, with the older staff obviously very experienced but a bit brusque and the younger staff looking a bit nervous (though I'd like to give a shout-out to the sweet elderly gentleman who handed me a lantern and pointed me in the direction of the outdoor private bath). We went with the Japanese style room, which was no frills and had the usual tiny toilet but a fairly spacious room area and a long desk that ran the length of the large picture window that had a clear view of the ocean just across the road. The pillows were, strangely, just nets filled with plastic lumps, which didn't bother me, but if you're fussy about your pillows.... Let me tell you a bit more about the private bath, though. This is important. After I was left standing at the door leading into the pitch-black night, armed with a lantern and a key, I tentatively made my way up a barely lit path and stairway and just went for the first door I encountered. Inside was a small enclosed changing area with a second door leading to the outdoor bath. But here lay the big surprise that I think requires a warning: The shower is out in the open, just jutting straight out from the wall, next to the bath. And while it had hot water, it was still utterly torturous to have to thoroughly clean oneself completely exposed to the elements. It was early June but I was shivering so hard by the end of my shower, I practically dove into the bath. Took a while for the shudders to die down but once they did, had a fairly ok time; was a shame the sky was overcast and a bit drizzly. But it felt like I'd...survived something. Breakfast was delicious, with a tray of assorted little dishes to sample, a fabulous miso soup with some kind of seaweed that tasted like mozuku, as well as a nice large salad. Very satisfying without being too much, first thing in the morning. Overall, an adequately comfortable stay. Bonus: There is a coin laundry a five-min drive from the hotel, which actually has one of those huge dryers that can dry a full load in like 15 minutes, so that was fantastic.