Art Hotel Morioka

“A comfortable hotel in the best location”

Morioka, the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, gained well-deserved fame earlier this year when New York Times highlighted as one of the best destinations. My wife grew up in a smaller town not far from here, so we decided to spend a small holiday for three nights in Morioka. The Art Hotel is high… more

Morioka, the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, gained well-deserved fame earlier this year when New York Times highlighted as one of the best destinations. My wife grew up in a smaller town not far from here, so we decided to spend a small holiday for three nights in Morioka. The Art Hotel is highly recommended. The location could not be better. It’s in the city center, close to the beautiful Kitakami River. It’s a quarter of an hour’s walk to the main railway station (both the Shinkansen bullet trains and local trains) and smack in the middle of a lively area with restaurants and shops. It’s a large hotel, very clean and neat. As we were three people, including our 11-year-old daughter, we got a spacious room with three separate and quite large beds, a group of chairs and table, and desk for working. Very comfortable, indeed.

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“Book for 1 night, stayed 2”

We arrived and were to just stay 1 night, however ended staying for 2 nightes. There were freshly renovated larger rooms, great large twin single beds, very clean, along with professional service was a winner. It was very close and walking distance eith bags to the station and main cbd

“10 minutes to everything (Art hotel)”

It was no fun walking from train station at night with -2 snow. But once arrived, right at the start of the shopping avenue, everything was within 10 minutes. Besides the numerous 24-hour convenience stores, restaurants offered endless choices. Do try the Marioka renowned cold noodles. It goes well… more

It was no fun walking from train station at night with -2 snow. But once arrived, right at the start of the shopping avenue, everything was within 10 minutes. Besides the numerous 24-hour convenience stores, restaurants offered endless choices. Do try the Marioka renowned cold noodles. It goes well with a wood burning warmer and a roast-meat stoves. We were fascinated with the engulfing display of bread at the bakery around the corner. Free coffee and tea with any purchase of bread, cakes or pizza. What more can you ask?

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“Overpriced hotel but relative good location”

The hotel was conveniently located with the shopping district and most of the sightseeing (park and shrine, red brick building & rock splitting cherry blossom tree) in the city only a short walk away. Lots of restaurants and shops around the hotel which came in handy during our rainy stay in Moriok… more

The hotel was conveniently located with the shopping district and most of the sightseeing (park and shrine, red brick building & rock splitting cherry blossom tree) in the city only a short walk away. Lots of restaurants and shops around the hotel which came in handy during our rainy stay in Morioka. We thought it was overpriced for what you get though. The room is really small and the pillows were some of the most uncomfortable pillows we've ever slept on. The staff was super friendly and helpful though letting us store our luggage before check-in and after check-out and lending us some umbrellas to make exploring the city in the rain a bit more enjoyable. For this price you can probably find something better, this was just the only last-minute option for us.

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