We found this to be an excellent value hotel and would be very happy to stay there again. Our room was decent sized and we liked that we had western beds but also a Japanese area to sit and spread out.

Breakfast was OK and at least there were some items that we recognised. We had dinner in at the hotel a few nights and found it really really nice. We also went to dinner down the road at the Nepalese restaurant and a couple of others.

Hanging out in the bar after skiing was quite nice and the people that ran the bar were really friendly. It was also nice to meet a few like-minded skiers in there. It wasn’t a night club by any means, just a relaxing spot, and better than just getting beers out of the vending machine like you have to at most Japanese hotels.

The hotel needs a bit of an update, but it sounds like all the hotels in Shiga are like this.
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