Polar Resort West Karuisawa3 - Vacation STAY 29856v

The house is beautiful, clean and luxurious. High tech water and room heaters. You can even fill the bathtub from the kitchen. Love the bathtub! It's so well-designed and has a window where you can look out or breathe in the clean crisp forest air. Beds and linens very comfortable! Kitchen amenities are top-knotch : toaster oven, microwave, pour-over tea kettle, a 2-burner electric stove, a large sink, an awesome fridge, nice pots and pans, coffee machine etc. The amazing washer cum dryer clothes washer is a definite bonus, as after 2weeks of travel, I needed clean clothes. The bathroom doubles as a drying room if you set the mode to clothes drying.....omg so gooood! Everything was nice, but my absolute favourite is the beautiful surroundings of this little house, where the forest and it's animals melt your stress away. Yes, you can get awoken by the resident pheasant, the bird that sounds EXACTLY like the grandfather's cuckoo clock and the loving pair of pigeons cooing in the trees, but this beats city noise hands down! Attractions like the Prince shopping plaza and Church street, as well as cafes and grocery stores are minutes away by car or bicycle. It does rain a lot so driving is advisable. Highly recommended for a getaway!

There is very little to dislike about the house. Perhaps some bars or hooks in the downstairs bathroom for towels and clothes would be great. Kitchen drawers and counters seem to have crawly black bugs in the woodwork or drainage system. Annoying, as I'd to smash quite a few in the mornings. Only the one bathroom downstairs for shower and bath and 2 toilets (one downstairs and one upstairs). I can imagine that would be a problem for a bigger group of people. Bedrooms get too bright as there are no blackout window treatment. Some side tables with soft lighting for bedrooms would be desirable too.