Refre Hotel

Jen and Pete went above and beyond to make our stay enjoyable and comfortable. As soon as we arrived to the hotel, Pete gave us a detailed tour of all the facilities and recommendations on what to do around the town. The private onsen was amazing and really clean. In fact the hotel was super clean and our room was a great size as well! Loved how breaky was included and the there was a great selection of food too. Lastly, the hotel is in a great location- walking distance to the main strip of restaurants and convenience store.

From the moment we got there, everyone was super kind and welcoming. We really enjoyed the lengths our hosts went to make the stay worth it, including a tour of the facilities, daily breakfasts, ski resort recommendations, and a ride to train station.

I don’t think there’s anything that could have been better, we really enjoyed our stay!

Excellent hospitality from Jennifer and Peter!

Amazing stay. The owners, Jenni and Peter, are fantastic hosts- free room upgrade, wonderful homemade breakfast and they even picked us up from the trailhead at the end of a hard days hiking! Onsen fantastic too.

super friendly family run hotel, authentic and clean Onsen, beautiful breakfast

the limited number of rooms mean that you are lucky to get into book

The hotel is beautiful, the staff are wonderful and the facilities were fantastic. We adored our time and this hotel felt more like a 2nd home.

Couldn't fault it at all!

Jen and Pete were fantastic hosts! Gave us loads of great recommendations for dinner (booked places for us) and helped us choose where to ski in late March '23. Jesse and Mim were extremely friendly and we loved having a chat with them in the lounge/bar; also gave great recommendations for ski resorts and bar culture. The onsen was so incredible and felt less intimidating than a public one as we could book it for 1/2hr as the two of us. Onsen was so magical!! The room was Japanese influenced and we felt super comfy in the space. Hotel is in a great location, walking distance to one of the base lifts for Akakura Onsen. They also were more than happy to drive us to Akakura Kanko which would have been a bit of a walk in our ski gear. Refre is so close to the main street, which had lots of convenience stores, bars and restaurants. Drying room was well equipped. Laundry facilities only 600 yen to use and easy to figure out. Pete drove us to Myoko-Kogen station about 10 mins away which was super easy. Being Aussie we loved the breakfast as we hadn't found breakfast alike ours in Melbourne when we were in Tokyo; good variety of T2 teas, cereals and great sourdough bread to have with our choice eggs, bacon, spinach, mushrooms. We had a fantastic brief stay :)

Was faultless!

Jean and her husband are very warm and friendly

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