Yunokawa Prince Hotel Nagisatei

“Exceptional oceanview room with private onsen”

Stayed one night in September 2025 with family using frequent flyer points. Despite reading mixed, but great reviews beforehand, this hotel exceeded expectations with outstanding location and unique room amenities. **LOCATION:** Excellent location in Yugawa Onsen district overlooking Hakodate Bay.… more

Stayed one night in September 2025 with family using frequent flyer points. Despite reading mixed, but great reviews beforehand, this hotel exceeded expectations with outstanding location and unique room amenities. **LOCATION:** Excellent location in Yugawa Onsen district overlooking Hakodate Bay. Walking distance to streetcar station with restaurants nearby. Car rental recommended but public transport accessible. **ACCOMMODATION:** Oceanside deluxe Japanese room with private outdoor bath was spacious enough for 3 people comfortably. Room's highlight is definitely the private outdoor bath with direct ocean views - absolutely spectacular experience. Could soak in hot spring water while watching Hakodate Bay anytime without crowds or time restrictions. **ONSEN FACILITIES:** Hotel offers both private room baths and large communal baths. Main bath house features multiple bath types, outdoor baths, and sauna. Facilities show some age but variety of baths and amazing views to see Tsugaru-kaikyo compensate well. **BREAKFAST:** Outstanding breakfast buffet with ocean view counter seating. Impressive variety including fresh seafood, Japanese and Western options, plus desserts. 8 AM dining had no wait times and food constantly replenished. **SERVICE:** Smooth check-in/out with adequate explanations. However, hotel has several rental services (yukata, pillows, cushions) and amenities (lobby snacks including chocolate bars, face wash etc) that aren't well advertised. **RECOMMENDATIONS:** Perfect for groups, couples and families wanting relaxing oceanside experience. Private room onsen eliminates crowding concerns while maintaining authentic hot spring experience. Highly recommended! **HIGHLIGHTS:** Private oceanside outdoor bath, spectacular breakfast variety, peaceful location for unwinding, hidden services add discovery element to stay. Would definitely return for the unique combination of private onsen luxury and oceanside tranquility. Usually private onsen costs a lot but this hotel is ranging fairly reasonable price. The room's outdoor bath alone justifies the stay - truly special experience watching ocean right in front of you!

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“Perfect Christmas Day Stay”

We booked this hotel for a special stay for our Christmas Day abroad and it did not disappoint. The rooms are cozy, spacious and quiet with very comfy beds. We appreciated the entry way with the closet and shoe rack. We also appreciated the shower with great pressure, the large sink counter and the… more

We booked this hotel for a special stay for our Christmas Day abroad and it did not disappoint. The rooms are cozy, spacious and quiet with very comfy beds. We appreciated the entry way with the closet and shoe rack. We also appreciated the shower with great pressure, the large sink counter and the Japanese style toilet. There was also a good amount of toiletries provided. We had Japanese style pajamas, slippers for the room, sandals to go around the hotel in and even slippers specifically for the toilet area. The room has a large TV and you can connect to it with an HDMI cable or screencast but we could not figure out how to screencast. The hotel primarily caters to Japanese so the important stuff was in English but the little things like the remote control and temperature control were not. We booked our stay with the buffet dinner and breakfast and for our stay it seems that all the greatest hits for Japanese cuisine were out. For dinner they had a steak grilling station, a BBQ scallop station, a sushi chef, crab dumplings and all kinds of accompaniments. For the dessert they had an array of tasty sweets but we enjoyed the macarons and Hokkaido ice cream the most. The breakfast was equally fantastic with a miso soup station, all kinds of sashimi, black pork dumplings, fried chicken and all kinds of crowd pleasers. There is a juice station and a coffee machine that makes all kinds of drinks so we were very pleased with the meals. We appreciated the plates and small dishes that allowed for small portions so we could pretty much try everything. Some items at the buffet did run out and these were specifically the small dishes - it is worth going early for breakfast and dinner because some items are not replenished and I found quite a few of these very delicious! We appreciated the little touches here too like one of the staff members built a wooden sleigh for Christmas and that was very popular with the guests. There isn't much around the hotel other than a 7-11 and a small botanical garden across the bridge but it is definitely a hotel meant to stay in and enjoy. We went to the onsen at night and in the morning and really enjoyed the outdoor bath which was sea facing. At night you could hear the waves and see the stars and during the day you could enjoy the beach and mountain view. The onsen baths have a variety of temperature pools and saunas and good bath products. There is a machine that dispenses a few pop flavours, cold tea and mineral water in the change room. There was a variety of self care products available in the change rooms as well like toothbrushes and razors. Our room was very cozy after our bath and we found that the temperature for the hotel was possibly centrally controlled and not adjustable according to Google translation. It was set at a balmy 24 but we did figure out how to turn it off and got a comfortable night's rest. I wasn't a big fan of the hard toothbrushes that were provided mainly because the toothbrush used a coating rather than toothpaste which makes them truly single use. The hotel offers quite a few amenities outside of the onsen area but the onsen was the highlight for us. They have a lounge area with lots of seats looking out to the sea near the front desk, a separate restaurant from the buffet restaurant, a souvenir shop that sells drinks too and luggage storage. We aren't sure if there are multiple floors with laundry machines but the one laundry room we did find only had one machine so this might not be a hotel to do your laundry at. The hotel is easily accessible from both the train station and airport. From the train station you can take a bus or the tram which would take about 30 minutes and from the airport there are some dedicated busses that will take about 15 minutes. The bus station and tram station closest to the hotel is Yunokawa Onsen. This was a great stay for us and we felt one night here was perfect. There is a lot to see in Hakodate and had we stayed longer we would have chosen a more economical option but this truly was a special treat for us.

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“初めての函館旅行”

来月 初めて函館旅行に行きます 3泊４日で迷いに迷い こちらに初日泊まらせていただくことにしました よろしくお願いします Our first trip to Hakodate We researched many many different places to stay and decided to try this onsen place based on many positive reviews Can’t wait

“Noisy and questionable hygiene”

Hotel feels pretty run down, dark and dreary, with strange empty nooks and crannies. After finding hairs that weren’t mine in the room on check-in , and a hair that wasn’t mine on my sashimi at the dinner buffet I also have concerns about hygiene and cleanliness at the hotel. Self check in via a … more

Hotel feels pretty run down, dark and dreary, with strange empty nooks and crannies. After finding hairs that weren’t mine in the room on check-in , and a hair that wasn’t mine on my sashimi at the dinner buffet I also have concerns about hygiene and cleanliness at the hotel. Self check in via a machine, we didn’t even know where the lifts were, we had breakfast included but had no info provided on where that was or what time etc. We later found a QR code on our check in receipt with some information however if you didn’t know what your rate included or what restaurant you needed you would have no chance. It’s quite strange there was no one to help at check in, as the front door was manned with multiple employees who asked us if we were checking in every time we walked back in to the hotel during the trip. This seemed like the wrong allocation of staff members. The hotel is noisy, the wooden flooring and elevated areas in the rooms no doubt contributes to the stomping you can hear all day and night. We raised this with front desk and didn’t really get anywhere with it. After the second night of the same stomping we actually decided to check out early so we can have a good sleep before catching the train back to Tokyo. The hotel also has poor quality, thin, scratchy linen and towels and cheap, lumpy mattresses. There was cigarette smoke smell through the hotel hallways, lifts, our towels, our shower extraction system. For over $370 USD per night the offerings just weren’t up to scratch for a 4 or 5 star hotel to charge these kinds of prices.

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