Tsuruga Manten Hotel Ekimae

The hotel is a short 100m from the train station, you walk along but don’t even have to cross the small road leading to the hotel. The friendly staff checked me in to Room 713, a nice twin room on the top floor with views south and overlooking the station. There are warm wood tones and the feeling is pleasant. The bedding was very comfortable and the room was quiet. There was minimal noise from the station, even with the window opened. The work desk was large and there were lots of places to hang towels, shirts to air out, etc. The onsen was excellent. The bathroom is a standard biz hotel affair with one- piece counter / sink, compact tub / shower. Breakfast was very good, mostly Japanese style, well- prepared and tasty. The staff were great throughout, very helpful and eager to please. There are a lot of restaurants in the area, mostly Japanese – fish, yakitori, and so on. About a ten minute walk away are two Italian restaurants which looked really good, but they were booked up. A few days later I checked back in and got Room 603, a single. It was a lot smaller than the twin. IMO, the twin is worth the extra charge.