JAPANiCAN.com > JAPANiCAN.com Blog
As the name suggests, the Jozankei View Hotel is surrounded by wonderful scenery, and from its elevated position offers beautiful views in all directions as far as the eye can see. The surrounding scenery changes color and tone in a delightful pattern throughout the year. This has inspired the hotel to hold its own "4 seasons photo competition" in which entrants are invited to submit photos showing the hotel and its scenery in any one of its 4 seasonal colors.
It all started in 1950 with 6 snow sculptures made by local high school students. Now, the Sapporo Snow Festival is in its 64th year and has risen to the prestigious status of being an international festival. Pulling around 2 million visitors every year, with huge ice sculptures of landmark buildings like the Taj Mahal and statues of famous manga characters. The festival is split into 3 sites throughout Sapporo City: Odori, Tsudome and Susukino. Odori hosts the main section of the festival, with sculptures illuminated until 22:00. Tsudome features snow slides and mazes and is open 9:00-17:00. Susukino hosts an ice sculpture contest and is illuminated until midnight. The festival dates for 2013 are February 5th-11th, Sapporo is fairly cold at this time of year with temperatures of around minus 3 degrees Celcius with a good deal of snow.
Situated slap bang in the middle of Tokyo, right next to the Imperial Palace, the Grand Arc Hanzomon is, as one would expect, extremely well-connected. With easy access to the subway, via Hanzomon Station and consequently easy access to both Narita and Haneda airports.The hotel has a wide range of rooms, varying from Western-style single rooms, to Deluxe Japanese-style rooms with tatami floors. All rooms have a generous selection of amenities, including a cable television with pay-per-view movies, high speed Internet, refrigerators, kettles, Japanese tea bags, telephones (for both domestic and international calls), paper & envelopes, hairdryers, trouser presses, slippers, towels, bathrobes and toiletries. The hotel can also provide ironing boards, newspapers, massage and laundry services. There is free Wi-Fi access throughout the hotel.
Off to Hokkaido? Feeling peckish? Fear not - JAPANiCAN has scoured Hokkaido's snow-swept plains to find the top 5 hotels offering all-you-can-eat buffets! Before exploring Hokkaido's wonderful scenery, make sure you have a good breakfast!
Attention JAPANiCAN.com customers visiting Okinawa this coming January (2013)!
You are cordially invited to attend a special show of traditional Okinawan folk dance and music called Mori no Nigiwai. This 90-minute show is usually JPY 1,500 per person, but JAPANiCAN.com customers with valid reservations for hotels or tours via our website can enjoy this exciting performance free of charge!