Shirafune Grand Hotel Reviews

As others have written, the room I stayed in was on the concrete rooftop of the adjacent building, and the view outside the window was amazing. I had high expectations because it was called a Grand Hotel, but it was just an ordinary inn. It was nice that the lobby, front desk, and lounge had paintings by Higashiyama Kaii and Hirayama Ikuo on display. However, even though there is an elevator in the building, it does not go directly to the hot springs, which is the most important part. The elevator goes up to the lobby, and you have to go down the stairs beyond that to get to the hot springs in the basement. Furthermore, the stairs have a big step at the landing, so it is dangerous. The open-air hot springs can only be accessed by going outside the large bath and going down the stairs. Because of this, it was very cold in October and no one was in the baths.