The hotel is great and all good except that the information (address and phone number published in the website is incorrect. Hence it has cause a lot of problem when using the GPS to locate the hotel.
Contemporary interpretation of a ryokan. Very gracious staff. Elegant, modern meets traditional common areas. Extremely quiet rooms, lovely in-room onsen (we didn't' try the communal ones). Food was excellent! We paid extra for the teppanyaki one night and I wouldn’t recommend (it was fine but the regular dinner is better IMHO). Only downside is it is the middle of nowhere and immediate physical surroundings are not particularly attractive (in fact there is a parking lot next door, hidden visually). If you are driving around Hokkaido I'd definitely stop here but I wouldn't travel to Hokkaido only for this.
Great service, nice view, good shop and super Japanese food. This hot spring resort is collocated with another large hotel (and perhaps some other smaller ones) about 5 miles outside Obihiro. The view of the river area and bridge from the rooms is very nice and relaxing. We were in a corner deluxe room that afforded plenty of space for 3 adults. It also provided a private in-room onsen style bath on our balcony, very useful for younger westerners who may have tattoos and are banned from using the hotel’s large public baths. Meanwhile we tattoo-free elders enjoyed the infinity public hot spring fed baths. We opted for a Japanese food plan where breakfast and dinner meals are prepared in front of us and served privately to our small party of 3 - excellent. On our last morning, we opted to use the breakfast buffet instead, which was okay, but a mistake on our part as the private meal was better. The onsen area is removed from the city. We walked along the river and back up the hill behind the hotel. There is a mini-mini-mall close by that has souvenirs and a few food options, we had lunch there.