Published date: August 13, 2025
A Convenient Hotel Next to Hakodate Station with a 24-hour Natural Hot Spring Bath
Room Type Stayed
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Experience of the stay
I walked through the commercial facility Hakobiya next to Hakodate Station to reach the hotel. The parking lot is next to the hotel, on the opposite side of the station. For hotel guests, parking costs 800 yen for 24 hours, but for general use, it was indicated as 3000 yen for 12 hours.
There’s also a Lawson and a dining facility with a Showa retro atmosphere at Hakobiya. I added breakfast and enjoyed seafood in a bottle which was delicious. It opened at 6 AM, which was helpful for my early morning activities. The natural hot spring bath was available all night long and was somewhat dark, reminiscent of a bathhouse from the Edo period. There was also ice cream available after the bath.
Experiences during the trip
Upon arriving in Hakodate, I first headed to Goryokaku. Then, I took the Mount Hakodate climbing bus directly from in front of Hakodate Station. Although the buses are limited, taking this route is more convenient and cheaper than reaching the ropeway station from Hakodate Station, costing 700 yen one way. For dinner, I had yakitori bento from Hasegawa Store and a burger from Lucky Pierrot. The next day, I visited the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden near Yunokawa Onsen. Hokkaido had a continual temperature of around 30 degrees, and the outside temperature felt tropical as well (laughs). The monkeys also seemed to be struggling with the heat (I heard they enjoy the hot springs in winter). On the way back to Sapporo, I had a Guarana soft serve at the road station Nanairo Nanae and saw a giant potato sculpture.