On Our Radar
What caught our eye before visiting — from reviews and research, not a stay.
Reading the reviews, we had a thought we hadn't had in a while: "I want to go just to stay in this room."
A spacious bath, a mist sauna, open-air lounging on the terrace. The reviews keep saying the same things: "feels like a resort," "properly relaxing," "worth more than you pay."
One review stuck with us: someone spent their entire 7-hour Free Time cycling between the sauna and the terrace. At that point it's less a love hotel stay than an actual vacation.
We're drawn to hotels that make you think less about "what you're going there to do" and more about "how you'd want to spend your time once you're there."
We haven't been yet, so a star rating is still a ways off. For now, this sits at the top of our want-to-visit list.
Trip Notes
If you're staying here, this is the day we'd recommend.
- Access
- Right off the Kunitachi-Fuchu IC on the Chuo Expressway / 15 min on foot from Yaho Station (Nanbu Line).
- Google Maps
- WATER HOTEL S 国立
- Phone
- 042-501-5255
- Hours
- Not available
- Price
- 7-hour Free Time from ¥7,969 (weekday check-in 6:00–11:59am, tax included). See the official site for full rest/overnight plan details.
- Official Site
- www.hotenavi.com/water-01/
Good to Know
- Official name: Water Hotel S Kunitachi. 45 rooms total.
- Every room comes with self-care/beauty gadgets and a steam sauna. Some rooms have terraces, and the top floor has rooms with their own open-air bath.
- There's a barrier-free room (Room 309).
- A 7-hour Free Time plan is available (from ¥7,969 weekdays, from ¥9,124 Saturdays, tax included). Separate rest and overnight-stay plans also exist.
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