Hotel Higashinihon Utsunomiya

Room was spacious and clean, although a little dated, must have been a very luxurious hotel in its day. If anyone has travelled in Japan you immediately know who the PAYING customer is because you are greeted with a smile ☺ and kind words. Well here was different was greeted at reception as though I had dog poo 💩 on my shoes maybe the poor receptionist was having a bad day or she didn't like foreigners surprising to me because I have been to Japan many times over 35 years ( married to a Japanese lady) and never experienced anything like this. Must admit at checkout experienced an entirely different process was treated like I like to treat others so maybe checkin chick was having a bad day BUT don't take out on others.

we stayed 3 diffarent hotels in Utsunomiya and we found it was a best stay that i would not mind to take a taxi and pay for 10min from the station. they have a 5 star hotel atmosphere as they are one of the popular place for wedding in town and welcomed by well trained staffs. the hotel offers good meals including Teppanyaki, french, italian, chinese and traditional 2 japanese restaurants over looking a skylights or japanese gardens. Good price for what we got to experience.

Room was bigger than expected and lots of free amenities were included with the price of the room.

Very specious hotel which felt like it was transported from the 80s, but in a very good way.

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