The Gran Resort Arima

The large public bath was great. The rooms didn't seem to be cleaned well. The sink and toilet were dirty. It said that they would pick you up if you called from the station, so I called hoping for a pick-up, but the reservation number was connected to an automated voice message and they gave me the number for their Tokyo office. When I called Tokyo, I heard an announcement that it was a closed day, and because it was a navigation dial, the call charges were high. I was furious. It was around 9pm so the local buses had stopped running and I ended up taking a taxi. I had a suitcase so it was uphill on the way there and it would have been difficult if I hadn't taken a taxi.

Not many people staying in the hotel. Nothing good to say about it.

The hotel is halfway up the mountain. You can call the front desk in advance and ask them to send a free shuttle bus to pick you up at the bus station or train station. Otherwise, it will take a long time to drag your luggage, and it will be very tiring to climb the slope. The hotel has its own hot spring, so we didn't go to the Kintoku and Gintō Taiko-no-Yu to join in the fun. When we went there, there were not many people in the hotel, and there were not many people in the hot spring pool. We stayed in a Japanese tatami room, and we needed to make our own bed and quilt. The room was OK and not very small, but the entrance and bathroom were relatively small. In general, it was quite happy to stay here with my baby, but we had to check out before 10 o'clock the next day, which was a bit early. If we went back, we made an appointment at the front desk on the day of check-in to take us back to the train station for the next day. We originally wanted to take the Rokko Mountain Cable Car, but it was windy from the end of January to the beginning of February, and the cable car was closed. In general, the hotel's service is still good, but the facilities are a bit old.