Hotels in Rausu-cho

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• Rausunoyado Marumi
  "Friendly and family-run with excellent seafood"
  "We booked this ryokan on recommendation of a well-known guidebook. Driving into Rausu from the South we almost missed it, because we expected it further in. Our first expression actually wasn't that great. The service wasn't as complete as in hotels we had staid in previously and the ryokan looked m..."uch more functional and western than we had imagined the place. The bedroom was traditional Japanese for beds and lack of chairs, but rather 'western' in decoration and our private rotenburo turned out to be a normal bathtub with seperate sitting shower facility. But things fell in place as soon as we sat down for dinner, passing the area where the children of the family running this ryokan were playing and eating. The young lady speaking English (rather well, actually) took us in hand in a very friendly, open manner and served us an absolutely excellent seafood dinner (including a generous ration of King Crab) with everything so fresh and tasty you really noted the difference - even to... " More >
• Rausukuru
  "A Solid Choice"
  "My wife and I came to stay here hoping to see take the wildlife boat tour the next morning. Well, we arrived less than an hour before one of the worst blizzards I've ever seen in Hokkaido - snow blasting the windows and 50mph winds shaking and rocking the building all night. When we woke up the ne..."xt morning, the power had been out since 2AM, and every road between Rausu and the rest of the island was closed. But breakfast was still on (and surprisingly included pancakes - that might have been an extra kindness), a generator was running, sinks and toilets worked fine, and the place was warm. The very kind proprietors even let us stay in our room past check out time until the roads opened up. All in all, I was very grateful to have weathered the nasty storm in a warm, solid log house rather than trapped on the road somewhere (sadly, eight people died in the storm). But even if there had been no blizzard, I think our experience would have been just as enjoyable. Rausu is beautiful ... " More >