Hotel Metropolitan Morioka

Stayed at this place for 3 nights in a Moderate Double room. Pros: - Directly connected to the station and its mall Fesan. Food options plenty, coupons also offered on a in room pamphlet. - Views pretty good when sunny on the lowest floor of the hotel, could see the Shinkansen and the layered foliage on the mountains far away. Cons: - Ikyu mentioned that the room was renovated in 2021, however the renovation definitely cut some corners. For one, the bathroom still looks dated. The other issue was that the TV was not wall mounted in front of the bed, instead it was placed on the wall to wall table in front of the window which was parallel to the bed, without anything that secured it, therefore you had to tilt your head slightly left when laying against the headboard to watch some TV, slightly awkward. There was also an earthquake and several aftershocks during my stay and I honestly worried that the TV would fall down. - The double bed was just 2 single beds pieced together. - The duvet was extremely warm, turns out it's 2 duvets layered together inside the cover, once I only used one duvet it is a very comfortable sleep. - The room I got was facing north on 5th floor pretty close to the elevator. The door was not quite sound proof, could still hear faintly the sound of people walking by and elevator dings. - The elevator also does not have security, anyone can reach any floor, rooms are still locked with ancient physical metal keys. - Guidance from the station upon exiting Shinkansen pointed to a route that briefly exposed myself to the elements, when there is another route that passes through the shopping mall Fesan, that I only had the chance of knowing once I got to the hotel entrance following the in station guidance.

We chose this hotel because this hotel is on Morioka station. You don't have to go outside of the station to enter the hotel lobby.|It is a bit old hotel, but the location distinguishes from other hotels in Morioka.|The price is reasonably set, I guess the main target is business trip guests, but definitely, you can use this hotel for Morioka city trip.|if you want to buy some local sweets just go down, there are many shops open late.|Local food restaurants are around station, famous Morioka reimen restaurant is just 5 min walk, Wanko soba is also 5 min walk.|Breakfast was served in Chinese restaurant in the hotel. There was a bit of Chinese taste but you can get good local food as well, which is nice.|The room space is average but bigger than Tokyo hotels. our room had train view, that was super nice. We spent half hour just watching trains.

So convenient to access to the station. The room was upgraded and so cozy for two to stay. You can leave your luggage after checkout and enjoy visiting cities until your train departures.

Conveniently located beside JR Morioka station and Iwate Galaxy Railway (IGR) Line with the bus terminus across the road in front of the hotel and also housed within the same building as the FESAN Shopping Mall.Room was spacious and the breakfast (buffet style) in the hotel’s Chinese restaurant was good.City sightseeing bus stops at 5pm so I opted to walk to Morioka Castle/Park which took about 20mins to reach.

Very convenient location, it's basically part of the station.

Excellent hotel next to Morioka station. The room is cleaned and well maintained. Excellent service. We came and left our luggage in the afternoon and when we came back our luggage was in our rooms. Friendly staffs. The location of this hotel is amazing as it is located in the mall. To get to Morioka station is very easy and very short distance.

Everything was ok, clean, very close to station, nice breakfast, BUT don’t stay in the 5th floor… all the rooms windows on this floor are 75 % or completely covered with a plastic foil so you can not watch outside at all. In the description it says „ with city view“, so in my opinion this is pretty much impossible. Especially if you stay longer then one night. Also the room is small, but that’s still ok for Japanese standards but NOT in combination with a complete sealed window. I asked the reception to change but it wasn’t possible of course.. I have been to many hotels now ( in Japan ) but never have I experienced this. Yes, the rooms can be small, yes, the view sometimes is not great ( just at a wall, one building, etc) but never had it been completely covered. Just happened once in a love hotel, but there at least the room is much bigger… I really wish for this hotel to change that.

The hotel is very clean and very convenient to the station. We were visiting the area and the hotel is convenient to the trains and buses. Plenty of restaurants close by. We only ate at the breakfast buffet which was extensive and many interesting items. I think our favorite item was the Morioka reimen which is particular to this region. Not many people speak English, so patience is necessary. All the staff was very nice and the cleaning staff really friendly. If you are in Morioka, I would recommend this hotel. We had to switch rooms, the first room had great internet connection but the second room we couldn't get a connection at all (room 953).