Matuya SenSen in Awara, Fukui

Five-star hotel with top hospitality in Awara Hotspring

Takako Sakamoto Aug 06, 2014 - 1 min read

<p>Neatly served breakfast for four in my room</p>

<p>Entrance of the hotel, Matsuya SenSen in Awara Onsen</p>

<p>The stairs connecting the first floor lobby and the second floor. There are reclining sofas on the staircase landing</p>

<p>Pretty flowers decorating a corner of the hotel</p>

<p>Bottles of local Fukui sake adorn the hotel corridor</p>

<p>Souvenir shop has a variety of local goods</p>

<p>Appetizers served with the dinner in my room</p>

<p>Three glasses of Fukui local sake cost only 1,000 yen! The Okami (hostess/owner) of this hotel is a certified sake taster who selected these three brands of sake for the hotel guests</p>

<p>Grilled pork on a small grill. They serve locally-raised pork here</p>

<p>You can grill your own salted dried fish to your taste</p>

<p>Morning market in the hotel lobby. You can buy fresh seafood inside the hotel!</p>

The other day I went to Awara Onsen (Hotspring) and stayed at a hotel called, 'Matsuya SenSen'. The reason I chose this hotel was I just LOVE the onsen bath there. It's spacious and has a variety of bathtubs, large, small, Jacuzzi, sauna both inside and outside the bathing area. Also, the building itself and the rooms are large, comfortable, beautifully decorated. The staff provides top-level, five-star hospitality. When I visited, since it was during summer vacation, many families with small children were there, enjoying the various facilities in the hotel, such as a swimming pool, game room, morning market, etc. For further information please read my other article on Matsuya SenSen!

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...