Sekisuitei （登別温泉 登別石水亭）| Hot Spring Hotel | Noboribitsu （登別）

Noboribetsu is one of the most famous hot spring resorts in Japan! The city has famous tourist destinations such as Hell Valley （地獄谷）↓

Yes! You can go to the Hell before you die! Hahaha!
After enjoying the Hell Valley and Tessen Pond （鉄泉池）, we went to "Sekisuitei （登別温泉 登別石水亭）" to enjoy meals and hot spring!
(If you are interested in the Hell Valley and the Tessen Pond, please refer to my other post→★）

This is "Sekisuitei （登別温泉 登別石水亭）", five minutes away from the Hell Valley by car.

We enjoyed a Japanese tatami room, and

the view from the room first.
I love the calm atmosphere here.Time passes very slowly........

You can choose buffet or a set menu for dinner, and we chose the set↓
If you want to experience Japanese meals, I recommend it to you↓
(* The dishes are a part of our course......)

This is a buffet venue for breakfast!

This is a typical buffet, but there are something special here. For example, I recommend this onigiri or rice ball corner. I love freshly-made onigiri!

This is something "unique". I don't know why we can eat it in Noboribetsu, but we can enjoy chizimi (찌짐) or Korean pancake here! Hahaha!

These are my plates.
I recommend mushroom curry. Mushrooms are famous in this area.

Last but not least, I'll show you the hot spring!!!!!

First please enjoy a huge and loooooooooong indoor hot spring to warm your body. And then.......
Come to this outdoor hot spring area!!! I really love outdoor hot spring in the winter time!!

There are three type of outdoor hot spring; these two small ones for, I think, one or two persons, and

a big one like this↓
(* This is not huge, but big enough for several people.....)

The water is perfect! No, no, no! More than perfect!!!

The whitish water is blessed with sulfur, making your skin younger and more smooth!!
Actually I took hot spring four times during our stay, and my guests also loved this hot spring!

We enjoyed the snow world while taking hot spring..........

■Where is "Sekisuitei （登別温泉 登別石水亭）"?

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Noboribetsu Grand Hotel （登別グランドホテル）②| Meals

I really love hot spring in Noboribetsu, which has as as many as seven kinds of hot spring, and is dubbed as a department store of hot spring!
I'm now staying at the "Noboribetsu Grand Hotel （登別グランドホテル）". After enjoying wonderful onsen or hot spring, we went to a dining room.

* If you are interested in the hot spring, please refer to Noboribetsu Grand Hotel （登別グランドホテル）①, my previous post→click here!

This is a dinning area↓

It looks like an ordinary hotel buffet, but something different....... Actually I chose this hotel this time because of a special event at the GRAND HALL （グランドホール）.
I'll show it to you later!!!

Hokkaido reminds us of fresh seafood such as king crabs↓

Let's enjoy a local cuisine such as curry ramen, famous in Muroran City↓

Just deep-fried tempura is yummy x 2!!

If you like meat, how about Yongenton （四元豚）,  a brand pork which is a well-marbled meat with high-quality fat?

We can enjoy local chicken steak and .............

juicy beef.

This is my first round. Have you noticed what kind of event is being held at this hotel?

Voila!
The answer is a tuna filleting event （マグロの解体ショー）! How exciting it is!!!

A whole tuna is filleted on the spot!!!! I love the show!!

Fresh tuna is super delicious!!

One of my favorite parts is flesh on the spine （中落ち）↓ 

Of course we enjoyed it three times!

The second, the third round and .................... Hahaha!

Tuna really goes well with EXTRA COLD!!!

I love the special version of ASAHI SUPER DRY (アサヒスーパードライ）, which is kept under 0C!!!

Actually I'm not interested in desserts after drinking, but they serve several kinds.

Good night☆

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Noboribetsu Grand Hotel （登別グランドホテル）①| Hot Spring

I really love hot spring in Noboribetsu, one of the greatest hot spring paradises in Japan. Today I'll show you "Noboribetsu Grand Hotel （登別グランドホテル）" to you!

First a blue demon welcomed us! Why demon? Because this city has Hell Valley （地獄谷）, a big crater, and its mascot is demons!

Let's enter the hotel!

This is my room↓ Nice, isn't it? There are almost zero problems, but a WiFi situation. WiFi is not available at rooms, and guests have to go down to the lobby to use it .......

Well, well, well, first of all, we went to the hot spring! The areas for men and for women are exchanged at midnight so that everybody can enjoy both of them!

There are three kinds of hot spring in this hotel; iron, sulfur, and salt hot spring. The inner hot spring area is HUGE and SPACIOUS, and very comfortable.

Let's go to the outdoor hot spring area! How romantic it is to take onsen (or hot spring) in the winter time, looking at the snow nearby!

I love the rock bathtub, which is filled with good quality of surfer water, making our skin seven years younger what it is!!

The water is 100% natural hot spring, not diluted with tap water!! Perfect, isn't it??

How about the cypress bathtub? Of course, it is also super great!!!

As there is a big temperature difference between the water and air outside in the winter time, we cannot see well in front of us with stream!! Hahaha!

Are you interested in the hotel meals? Please refer to my next post→Click here!! We enjoyed a tuna filleting show （マグロの解体ショー） in the dining area!

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Tamanoyu （玉乃湯）| Hot Spring Hotel | Noboribetsu

Noboribetsu is a hot spring paradise! If you want to stay a homey hot spring inn, how about "Tamanoyu （玉乃湯）?

Let's enter it!
This hot spring hotel is an annex of Takinoya （滝乃家）.

While Takinoya （滝乃家） is one of the high-end hotels in Noboribetsu, Tamanoyu （玉乃湯） is a very homely and cozy hot spring inn!
(If you are interested in Takinoya （滝乃家）, please refer to my other post→☆.)

This is my room↓ We can enjoy Japanese room with wonderful scenery!

I really recommend their hot spring! This inn is not so big that we can enjoy peaceful atmosphere in the outdoor hot spring area!

The water contains a lot of sulfur (more than 2mg sulfur/1kg water), which makes your skin more beautiful!

We don't have to prepare shampoo and conditioner by ourselves!

One of my favorites in the hotel is their delicious meal!!! This restaurant area has...........

Irori fireplaces like this! Looks very Japanese, doesn't it? We can enjoy Japanese BBQ on them!!

I'll show you our dinner course. Are you ready?
(The menu changes depending on the month)

■Appetizer: bracken tofu
It is served very beautifully!!

■Hors d'oeuvre: whelk, field mustard with mustard, deep-fried broad beana horsebeana fava (bean), sea bream with cherry blossom petals
We really enjoyed this sophisticated hors d'oeuvre! The beans are always picked the same day, and unfaded!!!

■Sashimi: Otanebi prown, scallop, and salmon
This scallop was caught off Noboribetsu, and very fresh and sweet!! I love it!!

Here come the Japanese BBQ time!
We can choose our favorite items!!

I chose everything! Hahaha!

I love landlocked masu salmon especially! Yummy x 2!!!

■Salmon stew
This stew reminds me of Hokkaido!!! It is called Ishikari nabe, very famous local dish!

■Chawanmushi with seasonable bamboo shoots
Cool! I love something seasonable available only in this season!

■ Vinegared mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricate, types of edible seaweed)
We cannot stop drinking! Hahaha! Grated Chinese yam is on the top!

■Bamboo shoot rice

Super delicious!!! I love bamboo shoots!!

We enjoyed collagen soup and pickles other than the dishes I introduced to you on this post.
After the dinner, we enjoyed desserts!

■Apple, grape, and strawberry
Look at the grape! It looks like a small flower! How about the strawberry? It looks like a ladybird!!

■Homemade soft chocolate
Perfect! Yummy x 2! We are all full!!

We really enjoyed the dinner course!

Well, well, well, this is a breakfast set!

Each portion is small so that we can enjoy many kinds of local foods for breakbast!

This is hot spring egg; egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft!

Homemade tofu was on the salad! Yummy x 2!!!

This yogurt is also homemade!!

Near this hotel, there is a cherry blossom view point.

We enjoyed double cherry blossoms from the heart! How lucky we are!!

■Where is Tamanoyu （玉乃湯別館　玉乃湯）?

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