Good onsen experience for first-timer!”

There are a few options that my friend and I were eyeing. We picked Shogetsu Grand Hotel in the end. The FAQ in english language on its website is outdated. It was specified that breakfast and dinner are included and there is no wifi. I booked from agoda and dinner was not mentioned but I was kind of expecting dinner to be included as their website specified so. It cost around 200 usd for a night for 2 futon bed. The indoor pool is so-so, like jjimjilbang in Korea but the outdoor onsen is awesome! What I really like about this hotel - honey buffet starting from 2 to 10pm and dessert buffet starting at 7pm. The hotel staff did not explain properly so we had a pleasant surprise when we found dessert at 7pm. Buffet is complementary. We had fun tasting the varieties of honey available. Breakfast is traditional Japanese set, which taste quite bland to me but the presentation is very delicate. Would like to bring my folks here some day.

A hotel with possibly the best view in Jozankei”

Our experience at Shogetsu Grand Hotel was the best part of our Hokkaido trip. The room we got was very big and the onsens were beautiful. Our dinner was served in our room so we felt really private and relax. We would defenitely go back to Jozankei and stay in this hotel again.

Great Place to Stay”

Its a great place to stay. If you speak japanese, the crew is extremely kind and mostly the price is amazing compared to other places. If you are a smoker, you can smoke inside the rooms. The food is nice but the onsen is pretty old but with this price i recommand Shogetsu Grand Hotel for your visit in Japan. Thank you to the hotel crews!

Special bar for Honey tasting from 3-10pm daily”

Other than the room rate which is on the upper scale for ryokans, all other experiences at the hotel is very wonderful. From the moment we arrived at hotel, front-desk staff makes us feel warm with her perfect English and friendly demeanour. She brought us all the way to our hotel room unlike other hotels that leave you to struggle with your luggages to bring to your room. The free honey bar concept is the first of its kind in my years of travelling and coupled with free yogurt and biscuits, coffee, tea and orange juice makes your day. The variety of honey for sampling from 3-10pm and relaxing at the sofa area overlooking a fabulous river & mountain scenery is an indelible memory of Shogetsu Grand Hotel. The kaiseki dinner that we paid in addition was value for money.

Pleasant stay”

We enjoyed our stay at Shogetsu Grand very much. The hotel upgraded our room and the room was beautiful….a wonderful Japanese experience. Dinner in room was excellent. Would definitely visit again if we are in Hokkaido and recommend to friends.

Nice indoor Hot-spring”

It is a hot spring resort in the small city of Jozanki which is about 1 hour by bus from Sapporo or about 1.5 hours from airport. The bus stop is just on the hotel door step. Check in and check out are fast and efficient. The Japanese style room has no beds. They put sleeping-matt (bed) on the floor with a nice cover; when the guests at dinner they prepare the beds, and remove them in the morning when they clean up the room. The 8 Matt or 10 matt rooms differ in the number of Matts making up the floor or the room. The holly-wood rooms have normal beds. The dinner is a set dinner consisting of 11 entries. It is delicious. The breakfast is Japanese style which has fish and rice (expect to eat fish and rice in the morning). May or may not include eggs depending on that day menu. The hot-spring is in door. It is very nice and about 40 degrees Celsius. Outside the hotel there are several minimal hot-spring water pools for foot. To the right when exit the hotel there is a gift shop on your right hand side the then after about 200 m to the left there is a public hot spring, they may have private rooms. Wi-FI is free in the lobby. The town is small and the hotel neighborhood is quite and nothing to see except the river walking path with a hanging bridge and the hot springs. It is a good for 2-3 days relaxation in nature and hot-springs away from the city.

Fantastic Hotel, nice staffs, good facility and good food. Very lovely hotel and comfortable. ”

Breakfast and dinner are very perfect. Good location. Can see the view of Jozankei nature from the hotel start from the lounge to the room. Very very nice. I would like to recommend this hotel to all travelers to Jozankei. It’s fantastic.

5 star hot spring hotel”

room is big & very comfortable, good view. top quality & quantity of dinner & breakfast. top class hot spring facilities with outdoor pool. appreciate one of the hotel staff had driven all the way to sapporo delivering a charger & battery my wife left behind after learning we are departing for hk next day. a hotel i highly recommend to everyone who like to enjoy a top class hot springs stay nearby sapporo.

Wonderful service”

It is a delight to stay at Shogetsu Hotel with very helpful staff member to assist in whatever way. Pleasant memory and experience

Nice Onsen Hotel with great views”

Great views from the room. Nice outdoor onsen. Overall clean. We enjoyed the nice dinner and breakfast. The hotel is near to a bus stop, so it's convenient to come from Sapporo station. The hotel staff are nice to reserve our seats for our bus trip back to Sapporo.

Love this ryokan!!!”

First time staying in a Onsen ryokan. Love this place so much. The price is good. Both indoor and outdoor have an amazing view of the creek and scene. Breakfast and dinner are fabulous. Overall I’m in love with Jozankei. Hope to visit again soon.

Staffs are great”

Hotel - All the staffs in Shogetsu Grand are great eventhough they didn't speak English so well. They provided very good service starting from valet parking, checked in, prepared slipper and towel when we asked direction to public foot onsen in this small town, delicious meal for dinner. For overseas tourist, this small town did not have much to see.

Nice authentic Ryokan Experience.”

Dinner & breakfast were pure Japanese set menu. Staff are professional & treated guest hospitably. I rated Shogetsu my best ryokan experience for my 10days in Hokkaido.

Nice hotel in Jozankei ”

Right next to the river , very convenient location with carpark . Nice autumn view from our twinbed room with tatami hall , added a futon for 3rd person . Nice big lounge with free drinks and morning dessert and afternoon snacks, it was nice and quiet with few guests even though hotel was fully booked. Onsen is good , multiple indoor baths pool and an outdoor bath. Overall excellent service , special thanks to the cheerful english speaking lady assistant manager . Japanese Bf was delicious , with many dishes . “Stylish “ kaiseki dinner was an additional charge , nice creative presentation but was disappointed with the menu comparing with ryokans of similar price category . Overall an enjoyable , relaxing stay .

Best hotel we have ever stayed in Japan”

Everything is good. Staff were very attentive, meals were excellent. room has excellent view. Beddings were super comfortable. Gave us the best experience in jozankei. Highly rate and recommend for all travelling to Hokkaido, Japan

Great onsen experience”

Good onsen spa and excellence dining room. The travel is convenience by bus, the bus stop is about in front of the hotel. You can take the bus at Sapporo bus terminal near Sapporo JR station. It takes around 1 hour. The room is in Japanese style with tatami mat.

Excellent”

Great location, close to the bus stop (taking the local bus from Sapporo bus terminal with 2 medium size luggages). Beside Kaiseki Dinner (a bit too many pickled food thus a tad too salty) and breakfast (good) the hotel also offers fingers food (cakes, coffee and fruit juice) at various time of the day. Room has nice view of river

very relaxing”

From the Airport we took a taxi to the Hotel, it costs 15000 yen by meter. For the Hotel , we took Taxi back to the city by a contact taxi, it costs only 7000 Yen fix price. I guess by reserve the contact Taxi in advance you can save more if you decided to take taxi to this hotel , its faster. It might be good to call the hotel and ask if they can recommand how to reserve a taxi form the airport .

Exceeding Expectations”

We stayed only one night amidst our 10 days road trip. Located at the main road by the creek/river. The building is so constructed that most, if not all rooms, have river view which is very charm. Hotel appears to be very new and our room was rather sizeable. Food the best we had in hotel during the trip and which is supplemented by a desert buffet after dinner, including a choice of 10 types of honey. Unbeatable. Advisable to book half board in order to enjoy this. Comfortable hotspring with a steam room although not the best I can imagine. Room rate acceptable.

hotel facilitates were good but...”

Young generation who works in this hotel needs a lot of improvement. They should learn better manner and what is service from the heart? Example, you don't open the door of our car without giving any signal (we were scared when someone suddenly bump in and open our door). You should show customer the room, eg what facilities are provided, where did u keep the towel, etc. ended up we have to explore and learn to operate different facilities, eg the spa. Service from the elderly in this hotel was great! They tried their best to introduce each single dish in English, keep close eyes on you and see if u need anything.