Every year, it's a tradition to go on a trip to Noboribetsu Onsen, and as usual, we stayed at the "Daiichi Takimoto Honkan" here. This time, we stayed for 2 nights with breakfast and dinner included. The meals were served in the 2nd floor banquet hall of the main building, both in the morning and evening. It was crowded right after the opening time for breakfast and dinner, but it became relatively quiet after about 30 minutes. There was a wide variety of Japanese and Western dishes, as well as Asian dishes like Vietnamese food, perhaps due to the increasing number of travelers from Asia. Personally, I really enjoyed the seafood bowl that you could make yourself for dinner. I thoroughly enjoyed the hot springs and the buffet this year as well. I definitely want to visit again next year. Thank you for the delicious food.

We stayed at this hotel with my husband and daughter for the first night of our Hokkaido summer vacation! The breakfast on the second day was also a buffet at the same restaurant as last night. The buffet had a good mix of Japanese and Western dishes, with a wide variety of options and delicious desserts. Among them, the Yubari melon soft serve dessert is a must-try. They also had vanilla and mixed flavors, so you can try a variety of options and have fun. The staff were very hospitable, providing polite and friendly service. We were able to enjoy a leisurely morning. Thank you for the wonderful time. It was a delicious meal.

We stayed at the First Takimoto Inn in Noboribetsu Onsen on the first night of our Hokkaido summer vacation with my husband and daughter! We traveled by highway bus from New Chitose Airport to the front of the inn. After checking in, we strolled around Jigokudani and enjoyed the vast hot springs before heading to the dinner venue. The buffet had a variety of Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes, including sashimi, salad, fried foods, grilled dishes, steamed dishes, and boiled crab... All of them were delicious. The ramen, steak, and tempura were particularly popular as they were freshly made by the chef right in front of us. The international staff recommended their specialty dishes, which was interesting. We also indulged in desserts and left with full stomachs. There is a drink-all-you-can plan available, but if you focus on the food, ordering normally is sufficient. We enjoyed Sapporo Classic draft beer, ginger ale, sake tasting set, and cola tasting set. The amount of sake in the tasting set was surprisingly generous and felt like a good deal. The staff welcomed us with big smiles and provided excellent hospitality, making our dining experience enjoyable. Thank you for the wonderful time. Itadakimasu!

Dinner was not a buffet, but a course meal. It was the seasonal set menu at Yunosato. Eating dinner while chatting with everyone is always the best. The set meal had just the right amount and each dish was delicious. It was very satisfying. It was a nice experience to enjoy it with some drinks.

Dinner was not by reservation, so it was nice to be able to go at any time. It was also not crowded on Sunday night, which was stress-free. We chose the buffet for dinner, which is the easiest option when dining with kids. There was a great variety of food like crab, seafood, tempura, steak, and it was all very satisfying. The crab was delicious, and even the kids couldn't get enough of it. The quality was much better compared to other all-you-can-eat places with only frozen crab. There was also a soft-serve ice cream machine with two flavors, Yubari melon and vanilla. My daughter loved the pink chocolate balls and kept getting more. There were also ethnic dishes made by chefs from Nepal and Vietnam, using Hokkaido ingredients, which were really good. It was fun to see the chefs' nationality, photos, and dish introductions. I couldn't eat much because I was already full, which was a shame. My fruit-loving son had a lot of melon, which was delicious. There was also a buffet corner for kids with cute, bite-sized water cakes.

Morning bath to morning I thought it would be light because I ate a lot last night... On the first day, I had mini croissants, petit waffles, meatballs, sausages, mini omelettes, pumpkin stew, yogurt with apple, cereal, marmalade, curry, shrimp cheese bake, ethnic something, smelt, salmon, two kinds of stewed dishes, chilled tofu, and shimeji mushroom sauce. I even made and ate a mini salmon roe bowl (laughs). It's fun to make your own soft serve and make it all gooey in a coffee cup with flakes on top (laughs). On the second day, I had mini croissants, petit waffles, pão de queijo, corn soup, yogurt with apple, and for dessert, I topped the zenzai from the dessert corner with pumpkin stew from the Japanese side dish corner. It was a delicious and enjoyable breakfast in a limited selection of foods due to my picky eating habits.

Enjoyed the hot springs to the fullest, changed into a yukata, and headed to the buffet! Maybe because of COVID, we were assigned our seats. Let's start with the live cooking corner! Tempura (shrimp, asparagus, corn), miso soup (red miso), salad with crab inside. Toppings are free to choose. Mixed grain rice, sashimi (salmon, yellowtail, tuna, baby scallop, octopus), okra and something slimy like sesame tofu. Sweets include chocolate daifuku-like dessert, agar and yokan-like gateau chocolat, pumpkin cake, matcha milk crepe, soft serve with yuzu sherbet. If you stay for two nights, you can choose a special menu. I went for the scallop butteryaki! While it's cooking, let's go harvest today's catch (laughs). Mini hamburgers, shrimp fry, fried chicken, some other items. Salmon and orange salad, mini gratin, watermelon, orange, pineapple. Many Asian dishes available (laughs). Ikura donburi and mini ramen (no choice of flavor). Finish with soft serve topped with cookies, churros, cheesecake, chocolate brownie. End with vanilla, chocolate, and matcha ice cream. Gained 2kg in weight (laughs).

It's been about 20 years since I last came here... I have no memory beyond when my children were young... This time, when considering where to go, I suggested that it would be nice to stay at a ryokan where you can enjoy various hot spring qualities, and it would be better to have good food even if it's a bit more expensive. We left home before 10 o'clock, drove on local roads, stopped by the family grave in Shiraoi, and then arrived in Noboribetsu. We checked in after waiting for about half an hour. First, we enjoyed the bath... and then, it was dinner time from 5:30 pm. It was a buffet. Looking around, maybe because it's a weekday, more than half of the people are foreigners. Most people are not wearing masks. Only Japanese people seem to be wearing masks. Furthermore, the requirement to wear gloves for the buffet has disappeared, and it seems to be changing back to the pre-corona style. The freedom of not having to bother with gloves and masks is a good thing. While thinking about that, when I was in line at the sashimi corner, a bowl with salmon roe came into view... Wow! This is great! I first put sashimi on a plate and then put rice in a bowl and lined up again. For the first bowl, I had a salmon and salmon roe bowl. It's a mini size because it's in a bowl, but it's been a while since I've seen salmon roe piled up like this... I thought while putting it on the plate, and then I brought it back to my seat and started eating. The salmon was delicious, and although the salmon roe was a bit small, it was also delicious! This is the ultimate pleasure! While thinking that, I continued to eat other dishes. After finishing each dish, I felt like something was missing... I decided to go for a pure salmon roe bowl this time... I got rice, lined up at the sashimi corner, and only put salmon roe on the plate. When I brought it back to my seat and started eating, it was better without the salmon... The taste was amazing! While savoring it, I couldn't help but think how delicious it was... After that, it was dessert time. The sweets were reasonably delicious, but for some reason, the coffee was not that great... (The first cup was Americano, and the second cup was regular coffee, but both were not good). It seems that everything can't be perfect.

We stayed for one night and two days to celebrate a special occasion! We were able to reserve a cake when making the reservation, and special celebration chopsticks were prepared for us at the buffet in the evening. The staff at the front desk were very polite when we called. There were delicious hot spring buns in the room! The buffet had a wide variety of options for both breakfast and dinner. The crab at night and croissants with scrambled eggs in the morning were recommended! There were many families with children. There were also children's dishes and buffet counters at a lower height for kids! We would like to stay at this ryokan again.

During the long vacation, the breakfast venue is not as crowded as it is at night, and there is no seafood like at night. However, the menu is still very diverse, so you won't get bored. You can try a little bit of everything on the menu and still feel satisfied. You don't even need to eat lunch.

During a long vacation night, the buffet was crowded with a wide variety of options, especially the unlimited ikura and crab were delightful. The crab was easy to eat and I could keep going. There were also dishes from the employees' home countries, which made the experience enjoyable. I ended up going for seconds.

When my children were young, we used to visit places like here, Jozankei View Hotel, and Lake Toya San Palace quite often. However, I haven't been going there lately because I thought they might be crowded with inbound tourists or the quality might have deteriorated over the years. This time, after about 15 years, I decided to visit because they have newly opened dog-friendly rooms which looked very clean and inviting. I had no expectations for the buffet, but I was pleasantly surprised by the variety and taste of the food. I was impressed that they offer all-you-can-eat crab and salmon roe at this price. The Asian cuisine, which is highly praised in reviews, was not to my taste, but I can see why others like it. The thick noodle miso ramen, DIY soft serve ice cream, various side dishes, steak, and sashimi were all delicious. The room was spacious with a new building smell. The cost for bringing a dog is about half of what other hotels charge, which is another attractive point. I have avoided staying at hotels with buffets due to my age, but I would like to revisit with my dog in the future.

Noboribetsu! Let's start by relaxing in the hot springs. I made a same-day reservation, so I chose a hotel with a big room. Enjoyed a crab feast in the room. First, threw food to the bears at the bear farm. And then the hot springs. This hotel has an official bar next to the open-air bath. They serve hot sake on a tray with the room number. It was my first time experiencing this. The crab feast includes king crab, snow crab, and horsehair crab. Boiled snow crab and king crab in a pot, and horsehair crab as tempura. Each one was delicious. The rice cooked in a pot was also amazing! There are also plenty of arcades and souvenirs. These kinds of hotels have their charms. However, it was full of foreigners. I was approached by locals speaking English a lot. Do Japanese people not go on trips like this?

I revisited the inn for the first time since August 9, 2019, staying for one night with two meals included on December 26, 2022 (Monday). The bath was spacious with many tubs, and my youngest son had always said, "I want to go to Daiichi Takimoto Main Building." He was very happy when we booked this time because we could stay cheaply. However, upon arrival, the lobby was overflowing with Asian inbound tourists. Finally getting checked in, we had to wait in a long line for the elevator to our room, and Asian foreigners ignored the order without hesitation. The dining area was quiet with Japanese people in one corner. In the bath, people put towels in the tub and swam as if it were normal. A group of people entered the small tub where my son was happily soaking, and he quickly got out because he was scared. Isn't Noboribetsu in Japan? It felt like we had visited a certain big country instead. The food also seemed to have dropped in quality compared to before. If you are visiting Japan for tourism, I hope you will enjoy following Japanese rules. Lastly, an inbound rental car parked next to ours opened its door wide and significantly scratched our car, but they completely denied it and we had to call the police. It ended up being a night where we were completely at the mercy of Asian inbound tourists.

The buffet at the First Taki Main Building was full of live action from the chefs. They serve a wide variety of Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes in the spacious restaurant. The sashimi was very fresh and delicious! Both crab and sashimi were all-you-can-eat. This hotel is famous for its 35 baths for both men and women, so I was eager to go to the bath and didn't eat much, but I regretted not eating more later. I was surprised at how delicious the seafood was, but I realized that Noboribetsu is close to the sea. Thank you very much. I will come again!

I couldn't forget the excitement of my first visit, so I went back for a second time! First, I reunited with the demons and then headed to the baths that seem to stretch on forever while overlooking Jigokudani. In the outdoor bath at the very back, you can enjoy a hot spring atmosphere while having beer or sake in your room. The dinner is a Japanese kaiseki meal that covers all of Hokkaido, satisfying even Hokkaido locals with its deliciousness. For breakfast, there is elegant Japanese cuisine with a variety of small dishes that you might not even need lunch. The facilities, food, and baths are all excellent. I'll definitely go for a third visit, haha.

I stayed at a hotel near Jigokudani in Noboribetsu Onsen. There are many different types of hot springs with abundant spring water, so I enjoyed the hot springs. It's a rare facility where you can enjoy alcohol and juice while soaking in the hot springs. Although you can drink alcohol in the private hot spring in your room, I decided not to this time. All meals are buffet style. There was a lot of crab, but I didn't eat it because it makes my hands itchy. The table next to us was full of crab shells. It's a large facility, so there were many families with young children, but when checking in, I asked for a quiet room and they kindly provided a relatively quiet room. Thanks to their consideration, I was able to check in comfortably despite the crowds. The food was prepared in a way that can be enjoyed by all generations, from young children to the elderly, making it a good accommodation for large family trips. I had a pleasant stay.

The crab had a frozen texture and was a bit salty. The salmon and orange salad was delicious. There were various types of sashimi like salmon, ikura, and tuna, so it would be fun to make a seafood bowl. The buffet had a good balance of Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes. The hot springs were also spacious and enjoyable.

The third breakfast became a regular stay until the children reach upper elementary school, with a luxurious inn featuring a great pool and hot springs. This time, we invited both parents to join us. The menu included Myanmar pork meatball tomato stew, Vietnamese shrimp with tamarind sauce, Vietnamese scallops with scallion oil, and pho. Starting the day with an Asian meal made it feel like a special experience. Other dishes included sausages, sunny-side-up eggs, curry, detox water (carrot, apple, celery), orange, pineapple, and milk. Delicious!

Dinner at the third time: Myanmar triangle spring rolls (onion, potato) with chili sauce, spicy stewed Myanmar chicken and clams, spicy stewed squid with pineapple, Vietnamese pork belly stir-fry with lemongrass and fish sauce, Vietnamese tuna and pineapple simmered, paired with Hokkaido's masterpiece beer SORACHI, crab with non-junmai sake at room temperature, shrimp simmered with American sauce, grilled mebaru fish, pork tripe stew, French pinot, scallop with lemon, steamed potatoes with butter, mozuku seaweed vinegar, pickled sweet long red peppers, steak with injected beef fat, roast pork, tempura (asparagus, corn, shrimp), homemade seafood bowl (non-tuna, salmon, small scallops, yellowtail, salmon roe), and miso ramen to finish. The wine was Kubota Senju, which was enjoyable, especially with the Asian dishes. The SORACHI beer from last year was a great partner. The miso ramen was served with chili paste on the side.