In the morning, I enjoyed soaking in the bath on the top floor while looking out at the Otaru Port, and then had breakfast in a bright and spacious dining area. There were various dishes such as grilled fish, omelette, and rice porridge, as well as colorful seafood chirashi sushi, squid and scallop aqua pazza, and soba noodles with sauce. Although I don't usually eat dessert, the fruit punch looked delicious, so I topped it with plenty of yogurt and enjoyed a leisurely cup of coffee. It was a satisfying meal.

This is breakfast at a hotel in Otaru. If you go at 6:30 am, there will be a line. It's a buffet style breakfast, but you have to line up to get your food. The dishes have a twist, not just traditional. For example, instead of salmon, they serve herring, tarako salad instead of potato salad, and Otaru-style noodles instead of yakisoba. It was quite enjoyable. Thank you for the meal. It was delicious. It was a great way to start the day.

The extended stay is affordable, and the new place here is stylish and comfortable. They allowed us to extend our check-out time by an hour, which was nice. They also let us park our car before check-in. The breakfast buffet was good, with a variety of menu options over the two days. It's a bit sad that a few buffet restaurants have closed in Otaru, but I want to support this new place that is trying hard. The food was quite delicious, and I would like to come back if I have the chance.

I stayed at a business hotel with a sauna and open-air bath, which was fantastic. The breakfast exceeded my expectations with a wide variety of well-seasoned dishes. The omelette had a tangy tomato flavor that was delicious. The pickled squid was crunchy and tasty. There were also plenty of desserts. The sauna had a good temperature, the cold water bath was refreshing, but it was a shame there was no outdoor relaxation space.

Due to the pandemic, my birthday celebrations have been dismal for the past two years. Two years ago, my reservation at an Italian restaurant was canceled due to the sudden declaration of a state of emergency. I ended up eating the takeout food they prepared for me at the hotel, feeling quite sad. Last year, many restaurants, including my favorite sushi place, stopped serving alcohol due to the state of emergency. I ended up going to a conveyor belt sushi restaurant instead. It seems like they were just aiming for government subsidies. This year, my wife decided to make my birthday a bit more luxurious. We planned to stay for two nights, with the first night in Otaru and the second night in Kiroro for skiing, followed by Italian cuisine in Sapporo. The hotel in Otaru was new, with a beautiful room that had a view of the sea. The service was excellent, and there was nothing to complain about. However, my wife's sense of direction led us to walk for 30 minutes instead of the promised 5 minutes to the hotel. The hotel itself was beautiful, with comfortable beds and a large communal bath. The night view was stunning, but my wife pointed out that the concrete looked cracked in the light. We also enjoyed surprisingly good coffee at the hotel.

Mini trip to Otaru for 2 days and 1 night♪ Ate pasta at "Izuki" in Zenibako, then strolled around the shops along the canal from Minami Otaru. It was a Tuesday, just before 3 pm, and there were 5 groups waiting at the hotel check-in. I booked through Jalan for a special rate of 8,260 yen for a standard double room with breakfast included. Thanks to the national travel support, I only paid 6,608 yen after showing my vaccination certificate and explaining the electronic coupon process to those who hadn't done it in advance. I also received a 2,000 yen Hokkaido support coupon. My room was 312, a standard double room (15.2㎡), the smallest in the hotel. The view from the window was not great, facing the parking lot and the side of the neighboring building, but it didn't feel cramped. The room had a thin refrigerator that could fit three bottles, and a unique feature of coat knobs on the wall instead of a closet, which saved space. The wooden flooring added a sense of cleanliness. After settling in, I headed straight to the bath. The hotel's top floor 11th-floor public bath had an outdoor bath with a view of the sea and canal. While it wasn't a hot spring, the spacious tubs and ample shower stalls allowed for a relaxing time. The dressing room had mirrors at an odd height where you had to stand to dry your hair, a bit inconvenient. After bathing, I walked about 5 minutes to "Miyako Tori" on Otaru's Sakaimachi street to enjoy beer and grilled chicken using the Hokkaido support coupon I received at the hotel. For breakfast, I went to the 1st-floor restaurant "NOSHH" at 8 am on Wednesday. The colorful dishes looked appetizing, with the most beautiful and delicious being the "Bara Chirashi" in a glass bowl with seafood, lotus root, edamame, kinshi egg, and vinegar rice. I also enjoyed the "Western-style pork sukiyaki" with Dutch sauce made from the Hokkaido Kanetika Kitajima farm's pork, and the Ainu dish "Ohau" with salmon, fish cakes, meatballs, and vegetables in a salt broth. The Otaru specialty fish cakes from Ohyakuritsu Kamaboko-ten were delicious. For dessert, I had coffee jelly and coffee, along with refreshing detox water with fruit. The breakfast cost 1,980 yen if ordered separately. The hotel stay was 18 hours, and I spent 25 minutes at the breakfast venue. The total cost was 8,260 yen, reduced to 6,608 yen with the national travel support. I would love to have this breakfast again. After breakfast, I took a bus to visit the Otaru City Museum, then returned home by highway bus. It was a fun mini trip to Otaru!