Dinner and breakfast were great. We can have a quiet snow-wall walk at 5. Gorgeous!

Room a bit old, without USB charger.

Location was fine -- it was the only game in town if you want to stay overnight on the mountain rather than travel up and down the same day. The buses come right into the terminal below the hotel. You can get out to the hiking trails very easily from the hotel.

The hotel was quite expensive given the condition of the facilities. Seems like they haven't invested a penny in the physical space since the 1970s. The food at the restaurant was not good -- it was a traditional Japanese multi-course meal but many of the items served ranged from tasteless to awful. (I can say that because we had many other fine Japanese meals elsewhere during our travels.) They made us make a reservation at the "bar" later that evening, but no one else was there, and yet they still charged a cover for that privilege. As for our room, it was run down, beds were soft and lumpy. Bathroom was very cramped. When we first arrived, we told them our room was quite cold (which it was) -- their solve was to give us a space heater to take back to the room. (The room temperature did get better after a few hours without the need for the space heater.) Worst thing of all was the fact that the hotel is very close to some frequent volcanic activity, with sulfur gasses being emitted periodically. On the day we were there, the gas levels were actually quite high. We could certainly smell the gasses while outside on the trail. But the gasses actually seeped through the gaps in the very old windows of the room, so that we spent the night smelling sulfur and getting a headache from the gasses. Actually it was a bit scary because I wondered if it was dangerous to our health. I think this hotel doesn't invest in new windows, or new carpets or drapes, or new beds, and serves bad foot -- because it is the only hotel up there. And yet they charge plenty of money -- sort of a monopoly.

breakfast and dinner are both good. location is good, just above bus station.

- Free snow wall tour by the hotel in the evening. - The only hotel in the Murodo area - Night time star gazing at roof terrace

- Very dated furniture but still clean