Kangetsuen

The onsen was clean and well managed but as an Onsen Hotel, guests are already paying a premium to travel in and out of it (it’s 11km from Obihiro) at least distance Obihiro to do anything touristic, so then paying an additional 1500 Yen per person per day as an Onsen tax seems excessive. We used taxis till on third day we asked staff to book as a taxi and they said we could use the bus and gave us a bus ticket. The Tourist info at Obihiro said the bus to Obihiro was free for their guests so the transport message isn’t being announced well enough.

This hotel exceeded our expectations. I nearly didn't choose it because the price was so low, but it was amazing! The room was quite small and the outside bath on the balcony quite small too, but plenty of room for a couple. There was a lovely view of the river from the room and bath and we saw several red-crowned cranes which was an unexpected bonus. The buffet breakfast and dinner was ordinary but perfectly acceptable. Highly recommended if you want a private bath with a view, without blowing the budget. This hotel had the best location at Tokachigawa Onsen. Excellent value.

We stayed in the traditional Japanese style room and it was very spacious and cozy. The room is very clean and the staff helped us to put up the traditional bed in the evening. The hot spring bath was great and there is a nice outdoor + indoor bath. Breakfast was also good with a lot of food varieties.

Basically everything is good especially the hot springs and the in room hot springs.

It was a bit dated, but really clean. Breakfast and dinner both had a lot of options. View from the room was really nice.