[Hokkaido] 16 comfortable and fun hotels for families with children! Kids' corners and rooms with open-air baths

Hokkaido is one of Japan's leading tourist destinations. Enjoy the city and nature from Sapporo, home to Odori Park, famous for its winter illuminations and the Sapporo Snow Festival. Relax in onsen in Noboribetsu, Yunokawa, and Lake Toya. There are plenty of things to visit, see, and experience with your family, including Asahiyama Zoo, where you can meet cute animals, and Shiretoko, a World Heritage Site with its spectacular views of drift ice. Of course, gourmet food such as Genghis Khan and seafood bowls are also part of the fun. Enjoy Hokkaido with the whole family.

When traveling with children, it can be difficult to take the first step because you have a lot of luggage and things to worry about. This time, we have selected hotels in each area of Hokkaido that have rooms with open-air baths, as well as family-friendly hotels with plenty of facilities and services for children. Please use this as a reference when choosing your accommodation.

HOTEL MYSTAYS PREMIER Sapporo Park is located in the center of Sapporo, convenient for sightseeing at Odori Park and the Sapporo Clock Tower. This hotel is one of the Miki House Childcare Research Institute's "Welcome Baby Hotels" and has rooms certified as shoes-free. There are washing machines and dryers, as well as bath chairs and other baby goods and toys. The colorful and fun interior is sure to get you excited.

Mom and Dad are happy that there is a large public bath with a natural onsen, which is rare in the city. If you have a baby with you, you can set up a bath time for mom and dad to take turns. There is also a whirlpool and a sauna, so you can wash away the tiredness of traveling and the fatigue of raising children! You can spend a relaxing time here.

There is a Japanese restaurant where you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine, an eel restaurant, and a buffet restaurant. At a natural restaurant supervised by the outdoor brand "Snow Peak", you will feel like you are camping while staying indoors! Enjoy a meal with your children that focuses on organic vegetables and ingredients from Hokkaido. Some menu items are also available for takeout.

Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo Hotel & Spa Resort is a resort hotel with heated and outdoor pools, onsen, and relaxation facilities, and is very welcoming to families with children. You can choose from a wide variety of guest rooms. This is a spacious Japanese-Western style room that can accommodate up to six people by adding futons. Baby beds and step stools are available for rental.

There is a big-scale heated pool, so you can enjoy playing in the water all year round. From thrilling waterslides to jumbo pools, jacuzzi pools, kids pools with merry-go-rounds, and infant pools, the infant pool (pictured) is about 15cm deep. There are balls and playground equipment, so it's perfect for a pool debut. Even if you are not wearing a diaper, you can use it by wearing a diaper for playing in the water under your swimsuit. The outdoor pool is also open only in summer.

After enjoying sightseeing and playing in the pool, relax in onsen. The large public bath has 9 bathtubs, including an open-air bath with strong salt spring, a ceramic bath, and a cypress bath, and 3 types of saunas, so you can enjoy the feeling of touring the hot springs. The floor tiles are made of non-slip material, and there is also a ``parent-child priority washing area'' where parents and children can use the washing area side by side.

For breakfast, enjoy a buffet at the bright, sunny restaurant "Vigne." Bread, salad, egg dishes, etc. are lined up. We have cribs, high chairs, tableware, and more, and if you're bringing a baby, we'll even give you baby food as a gift.

Located in Jozankei Onsen, the inner sanctum of onsen, Jozankei View Hotel is a spa resort that will satisfy both adults and children. The Water Kingdom Lagoon, the largest water amusement park in Hokkaido, boasts a total area of 4,000 m2 and is one of the largest in the prefecture. There are many Japanese-style rooms, so even crawling babies can move around freely. For your peace of mind, you can rent diaper pots, baby wipes, and other items for a fee.

"Water Kingdom Lagoon" has a dynamic image, such as a splash river, a wave pool with rolling waves, and a lazy river, but there is also an area where moms and small children can play safely. ``Children's Pool Pal Pal'' (photo) is a place where you can enjoy a shallow pool with a depth of 15 cm and colorful slides. There's also a nursing room and diaper changing space, so let's have plenty of fun!

This hotel has buffet style for both dinner and breakfast, so each member of the family can choose what they like. Our recommended breakfast menu is the ``Jitakatte-don'', which is topped with salmon roe, salmon, tuna, etc. as you like. The colorful menu includes bread, French toast, fried eggs, salads, fruits, and more, and children will be happy and say, "Wow!"♪

“Niseko onsen Iroha” is located in Niseko where you can enjoy activities in nature such as skiing in winter and rafting and clear stream rafting in summer. The modern room that mixes Japanese and Western styles is attractive, and this Japanese-Western room has no steps, so it's okay for children to run around barefoot. There are 3 sizes of children's yukata, and you can borrow a child's auxiliary toilet seat and chair.

The bath is a “beautiful skin bath” rich in natural moisturizing ingredients. There is also a sleeping bath and a sauna in the glass-enclosed indoor bath with a sense of openness. In the open-air bath, you can bathe while looking at the fresh greenery in summer and the autumn leaves in autumn. In winter, you can enjoy a snow-viewing bath. There are chairs for children in the large public bath, so it is also recommended for onsen debuts.

For dinner and breakfast, enjoy Japanese cuisine using plenty of seafood from Hokkaido and vegetables from Niseko at the restaurant "Karamatsu"! It would be nice for mom and dad to toast with local sake or local beer. For elementary school students, we will prepare an ``elementary school meal,'' which is a slightly reduced version of the adult meal, and for infants, we will prepare a ``children's plate.''

There is a children's room with lots of toys and playground equipment. The opening hours are from 12:00 to 20:00. It's fun to spend a little time here when you're back from sightseeing, before taking a bath, or after meal.

If you want to enjoy sightseeing around Lake Toya, we recommend the long-established hotel "Toyako Manseikaku Hotel Lakeside Terrace" on the lakeside. You can enjoy the view of Lake Toya from the guest rooms, so you can enjoy the changing expressions of the lake over time. This is a Japanese-Western style room in the west building. A combination of beds and futons can accommodate up to 5 people. Rental goods such as yukata and slippers for children, diaper buckets, auxiliary toilet seats, and baby baths are also available!

For dinner, in addition to the buffet where you can freely choose what you like, you can also choose a Japanese kaiseki set at "Shunsai Wabo Nakamado". In the case of a Japanese set, relax in a semi-private room. There is also a children's plate for 3-5 year olds. Breakfast is a Japanese and Western buffet, and there are about 80 kinds of dishes, including children's menus. The buffet restaurant also provides chairs for children. If you would like to meal, please check with the inn in advance.

There is ``Hoshi no Yu'' on the top floor of the hotel, and ``Tsuki no Yu'' on the first basement floor. In addition to two large public baths, there is also a footbath in the courtyard that is free to use. This is the infinity open-air bath of ``Hoshi no Yu,'' which overlooks Lake Toya. Parents and children can enjoy the magnificent scenery unique to Hokkaido. The large bath is also equipped with a baby bath, baby chair, and baby bed!

The hotel is full of facilities that are great for traveling with children! This is the kids' corner on the first floor, which includes bouldering, an extra-large blackboard where you can draw, and play equipment. Also on the first floor is the Library Cafe, which has over 300 books and a wide variety of picture books. In addition, there is a nursing room equipped with diapers and wipes, which is perfect!

Located in Kitayuzawa, surrounded by nature, "Kitayuzawa Kitayuzawa Mori no Soraniwa" is a resort hotel where you can experience sports. In the forest behind the building, there is "Outdoor Adventure Park Kitayuzawa Musasabi", where you can enjoy zip lines and athletics (elementary school age and above, other conditions apply). There are also plenty of fun facilities such as "A-So-Bo-Ya", an indoor playground with a pole pool and large multi-dimensional play equipment!

Kitayuzawa Mori no Soraniwa is a hotel where families with children are the main characters. It is also certified as a "Welcome Baby Inn" by Miki House Child Care Research Institute. This "Kids Special Room" is a dream-filled room that looks like a kids' room. Bouldering and a mini drawing blackboard are also installed, and rental goods such as diaper buckets and bed guards are also available.

For meal, please enjoy an original buffet that focuses on deliciousness and nutrition at a restaurant with the motif of the world of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". In the kids' corner, you can make your own bento in a buffet style. There is a locomotive that carries crepes and pancakes around the venue, and there is a hammock and tree house space in the back of the restaurant. It's going to be a meal time that makes you smile.

The baths at this hotel are also fun! The 1,500 m2 onsen beach that uses natural onsen has a slide and a jacuzzi, so you can play like a pool. Swimsuits are worn, so the whole family can spend time together. In addition, there is an indoor onsen pool, an open-air bath, and a large onsen spring bath, and there are baby beds, bath chairs, and baby soap in the large bath, so it's safe to bring your baby.

Noboribetsu Manseikaku is located in onsen Onsen, one of Japan's leading onsen. It is about a 5-minute drive to Noboribetsu Bear Ranch and about a 15-minute drive to the aquarium Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe. The guest rooms are mainly Japanese-style rooms with a calm atmosphere, as well as Western-style rooms and VIP rooms. There are also plenty of rental items such as nap futons, bedwetting sheets, baby sterilizers, and step stools. Children's yukata and slippers are also provided, so you can keep your luggage compact.

"Noboribetsu Manseikaku" is developing a "Baby & Kids Project" to support traveling with children! One of them is this kids space. There is a bouldering wall and a large blackboard, and it is a space where you can play safely with playground equipment and toys. Diapers and wipes are also available in the adjacent nursing room, and diapers and bibs are sold at the store. Bulky consumables can be procured locally.

Dinner and breakfast are buffet style, so you can eat as much as you like. In addition to Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes, you can also choose from about 90 dishes, including local and international dishes inspired by Ainu cuisine. The kids' corner is full of dishes and desserts that children love. The restaurant is fully equipped with mugs and plates for children, baby chairs and bouncers, so you can rest assured.

onsen is a milky sulfur spring. The large public bath has a spacious indoor bath and an open-air bath where you can experience nature, as well as a sauna and cold bath. The women's public bath has a tatami-floored washing area for children, a baby bathtub, bath chairs, and a baby cot in both the men's and women's changing rooms, making it perfect for a onsen debut.

Imagine Hotel & Resort Hakodate is located in Yunokawa onsen, which is close to Hakodate Airport and is a convenient base for sightseeing in Hakodate, including Motomachi, Mt. Hakodate, the bay area, and Goryokaku. The ocean is also right next to it, so ocean view rooms are popular. They offer rentals for children's yukata, diaper bins, baby chairs, board games, and more. There is also a kids' space, games corner, and table tennis corner in the building, so you can have a comfortable and fun stay!

With three private hot spring sources, the amount of hot water is the best in Yunokawa. You can enjoy free-flowing hot water in all bathtubs. This is the observation open-air bath "Usukeshi no Yu" on the 8th floor. It is a bath where you can enjoy the feeling of being wrapped in the sea. There is also a spacious public bath "Nagomi no Yu" on the 1st floor and a footbath "Shiosai" outside. Baby baths and bath chairs can be rented, so please enjoy onsen with your baby.

Dinner and breakfast are served at the restaurant, where you can enjoy a buffet with a lively feel (set menus may change to half buffet). There are plenty of seafood, meat, and vegetables from Hokkaido, such as snow crab and salmon roe. Children will love the menu, including gratin, fried noodles, and french fries, as well as sweets such as the chocolate fountain. Make sure to eat well both at night and in the morning to recharge your energy for playing.

Hanabishi Hotel is a long-established hotel that has been in business for over 70 years. It is located in Yunokawa onsen, the onsen spring town closest to the airport in Japan, and is a popular base for sightseeing in Hakodate. The guest rooms are mainly Japanese-style, but there are also Japanese-Western style rooms. This is the Suehirotei room, which comes with a private open-air bath with natural hot spring water. The whole family can enjoy the hot onsen at their leisure.

Dinner is a multi-course meal where you can enjoy Hokkaido 's bounty from each season. Children's lunches are also available. They use the same carefully selected ingredients as adults, and are served in small portions so that children can eat a variety of dishes. There is also a plate-type children's lunch for small children. Breakfast is either a Japanese meal or a buffet.

Yunokawa onsen is one of the three major onsen Hokkaido, and is a famous hot spring with a long history of healing the Matsumae feudal lord and the former Shogunate army. This hotel has large public baths with different styles on the 1st and 7th floors, so you can relax and enjoy the baths. The garden open-air bath on the first floor includes a rock bath, a cypress bath, and a ceramic bath. You can spend a relaxing time while looking at the changing nature of the four seasons.

Since it's a special family trip, we want the kids to have fun and mom and dad to relax. With that in mind, Hanabishi Hotel offers a variety of services. The baths are equipped with baby baths, bath chairs, and children's bathtubs. There are also yukatas, baby futons, baby low chairs, and air purifiers for children, and you can even borrow picture books.

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OMO7 Asahikawa by Hoshino Resorts is an exciting "city center" hotel in Asahikawa, home to Asahiyama Zoo. The rooms are colorful and warm, making your family trip a fun one. The family rooms with Japanese-style rooms are also safe for families with crawling babies. There are also rooms with animal motifs, so you can have a fun stay at the hotel while still feeling the afterglow of Asahiyama Zoo.

The hot bath facility ``Sauna Plateau'' is bright and spacious. The whole family can experience a variety of baths, including sleeping baths and bubble baths. After taking a bath, take a picture of your child with a stuffed animal in the lounge. As the name suggests, there is a sauna, so mom and dad can take turns taking a sauna bath at night and get away from everyday life for a while to heal.
*Children can only use the facility after their diapers are removed.

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When you arrive at the breakfast venue "OMO Café & Bar", your heart will dance with the colorful dishes ♪ The freshly baked waffles can be topped with salmon for meal, or topped with fruit or cream for a dessert. Let's taste it. Kids will love the 15 types of bread and colorful original juices. You can enjoy the ``yama wasabi'' that Hokkaido people serve with rice in any way you like, such as with rice cake or butter.

Hotel Naturwald Furano is about a 5-minute walk from Furano Ski Resort, and you can see the slopes right in front of the hotel. The location allows you to enjoy skiing in the winter, and visiting the lavender fields and filming locations for the TV drama "From the North Country" from spring to autumn. Based on the concept of "a second home for travelers," the hotel has been certified as a "Welcome Baby Inn" by the Miki House Childrearing Research Institute. The hotel is a great place to bring children, with a ball pool, playground equipment, toys, and "Asobiba" filled with picture books.

This is a suite room "Shirofuru" certified as "Welcome Baby Inn". This is a room where white is precious, and it is a collaboration room between tatami and western style. It has a kitchen where you can make milk and baby food, a bathroom with a TV, and safety measures such as outlet covers. Baby wipes, trash cans for diapers, baby shampoo, and picture books are also provided for a comfortable stay.

Dinner is a seasonal buffet or course meal, and breakfast is a buffet from December to October, and a set meal from November. Enjoy a variety of dishes using vegetables and meat purchased from contracted farmer groups, fresh seafood delivered from the fishing port, and more! We also have a full children's menu, including ``Children's Lunch'' and ``Toddler Lunch.''

The open-air milk bath will leave your skin smooth♪ In winter, you can enjoy a snow-viewing bath. The floor of the indoor bath in the large public bath is made of warm tatami mats that are non-slip and have cute illustrations on it. You can also borrow bath chairs and toys to play with in the bath, so even first-timers can enjoy onsen with peace of mind. In the women's large bath, you can choose your favorite shampoo, conditioner, and body soap, so moms can also refresh themselves.

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"Risonare Tomamu" is a hotel located in "Hoshino Resorts Tomamu," one of the largest resorts Hokkaido. Within the vast grounds of "Hoshino Resorts Tomamu," you can enjoy Japan's largest wave pool, "Minamina Beach (photo)," the "Sea of Clouds Terrace" where you can enjoy a spectacular view, and the "Farm Area" where animals can live freely, making it a great place to spend an active holiday with the whole family.

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The guest rooms are all suites, boasting an area of over 100㎡, and feature a private sauna and panoramic jet bath, creating a dreamlike space. This is the "Cloud Suite Room", which can comfortably accommodate a family of three. The bath, toilet, and sink are separate, making it easy to use even with a large group. The secondary bedroom also has a loft bed, which will excite the kids! Kids amenities are available at the front desk.

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For meal there are over 20 restaurants and cafes available within Hoshino Resorts Tomamu. This is dinner at forest restaurant Nininupuri, located about a 4-minute walk from RISONARE Tomamu. You can enjoy a meat buffet with plenty of meat. There are also shabu-shabu restaurants, teppanyaki restaurants, Italian restaurants, and Genghis Khan restaurants. For breakfast, enjoy a typical Hokkaido meal with the seafood-filled Kaiho-don, a specialty of forest restaurant Nininupuri. Baby food is free when dining at the buffet restaurants within the resort.

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This is the "Family Lounge" on the first floor. It's a space for children to play, and there are picture books and toys, so parents can relax together while their children play. It's a great place to spend some fun time when you come back from an outing or before meal.

The Ashibetsu onsen Starlight Hotel is located in Ashibetsu and has been certified as a Starry City by the Ministry of the Environment. Since there are no buildings in the surrounding area, the sky is full of stars. You can participate in a star-watching program (reservation required), or enjoy a natural planetarium with your family. Please experience the splendor of nature. It's also certified as a "welcome baby inn" by Miki House Child Care Research Institute, so it's easy to stay with a baby.

The "Welcome Baby Room" (pictured) is recommended for those traveling with children. It is a Japanese-style room that is comfortable for babies who are still sleeping or crawling, as well as for rambunctious kids. It is fully equipped with a wide range of items, including cube milk, diapers, baby futons, diaper trash cans, and baby body shampoo. You can have a comfortable stay even if it is your first family trip. Some items require prior notice, so be sure to ask the inn for details beforehand.

For dinner, creative courses and casual sets are standard, but on weekends and busy seasons, you can enjoy shabu-shabu and dinner buffets for a limited time. Breakfast is a buffet of about 50 types, and there are demonstrations of pancakes and rolled eggs. Bring the whole family together and have a fun time watching and eating delicious food.

In the hotel, you can enjoy two types of hot springs, and in addition to the large public baths with indoor and outdoor baths and saunas, there is also a gymnasium, a game corner, the "Ofuro Cafe Seiyukan" with 10,000 books, and a kids' space (photo). A fun space with a large ball pool, slides, and lots of toys.

onsen Hotel is located on the banks of the Tokachi River, overlooking the Hidaka Mountains in the distance. It is conveniently located as a base for sightseeing in Tokachi, and has two buildings with different styles, Hosyu-tei and Toyotei. It has been certified as a "Welcome Baby Inn" by the Miki House Childrearing Research Institute, and offers rooms that are easy for families to stay in, mainly Japanese-style rooms. In addition to the meal, they also offer free children's lunches and baby food.

There is ample support for families with children to have a comfortable stay. ◎ For babies, you can borrow equipment such as baby bottle sterilizers, diaper trash cans, and baby nail clippers, and baby food is free! For kids, you can rent children's work clothes (S and M) and children's slippers. What's even better is the wide range of celebration options available. There are optional services for anniversaries such as 100th day celebrations, half birthdays, birthdays, and Shichigosan. It looks like a wonderful day for the whole family. If you would like to use any of the options, please consult with the inn in advance.
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The feature of this inn is that it has a "moor onsen" that is gentle on the skin and originates from plants. In the large public bath, you can enjoy hot water in various baths such as a garden open-air bath, a standing bath, a lying bath, and a shallow bath. If your child is still small and you are worried about the large public bath, we recommend a room with an open-air bath. You can enjoy onsen with just your family without worrying about others.

``Akan no Mori Tsuruga Resort Hanayuuka'' stands on the shores of Lake Akan, which shows its beautiful appearance throughout the four seasons. Japanese-style rooms and Japanese-Western rooms facing the lake are popular with families. We also have plenty of baby goods such as nap futons, diaper bins, baby bathtubs, and bath chairs! You can also request heating of baby food.

The bath is free-flowing hot water. It's a skin-beautifying hot spring with a high moisturizing effect and gentle on the skin, so it's safe for babies. Let's take baby bath and baby chair of rental goods. You can also use the open-air bath that overlooks Lake Akan at the sister facility, Akan Yuku no Sato Tsuruga. There is a free shuttle bus, so transportation is easy.

Inside the museum is the "Forest Picture Book Gallery," where over 1,000 picture books from around the world are lined up in a cute little room that looks like a jewelry box. From popular series to rare books, you'll lose track of time and be absorbed in them. Why don't you enjoy the world of picture books together with busy dads and moms?

Shiretoko, an unexplored region of Hokkaido, is registered as a World Heritage Site. KIKI Shiretoko Natural Resort is a onsen inn located on a hill overlooking the Sea of Okhotsk on the west coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula. This is the certified room at Miki House Childcare Research Institute's ``Welcome Baby Inn''. This is a Japanese-Western room where you can go barefoot, and there are no steps, so you can feel safe crawling. We also have a wide variety of goods such as children's yukatas, slippers, and auxiliary toilet seats!

In the public bath, you can enjoy natural onsen gushing out from the earth of Shiretoko. There is a glass-enclosed indoor bath where you can enjoy the four seasons: fresh greenery in early summer, autumn leaves in summer, and snowy scenery in winter, as well as an open-air bath with natural hot spring water, a sauna, and rentals of baby bath chairs and bathtubs for children. This inn is also recommended for a onsen debut.

meal is at the buffet and grill restaurant "Treeside Buffet". For dinner, Japanese, Western and Chinese menus such as teppanyaki and smoked are lined up, focusing on Hokkaido ingredients. For breakfast, you can enjoy dishes such as Utoro's specialty "Appe rice" and omelettes. The restaurant also has children's chairs, aprons and cutlery. Please enjoy the blessings of Hokkaido to the fullest.

Inside the building, there is a children's space "Asobi no Mori" supervised by "Bornelund" equipped with a ball pool and cyber wheels. Even if the weather is bad, or if you have a little time to spare, come here and move your body to the fullest and make everyone smile! There is also a theater lounge where you can experience nature while staying at the hotel, so you can heal the fatigue of raising children and traveling.

We have introduced hotels in Hokkaido that will support you when traveling with children with services and fun facilities that are great for babies and kids. Whether you're worried about meal or taking a bath, a hotel like this will give you peace of mind. Children have fun and moms and dads are refreshed! Enjoy your trip to Hokkaido with your family.