Hotel Aomori (Review)

Located less than 2 kilometers away from Aomori JR station and the tourist office, Hotel 🏨 Aomori is at the center of the city and allows to easily discover:

• Mutsu Bay, which is a few hundred meters away; and,
• Shinmachi and Yasukata shopping districts also a stone’s throw away.

Slightly off Aomori’s hotel district that settled around its station, the hotel therefore enjoys a good price for value, with standard rooms that are comfortable, clean and located at the upper floors of a modern building, offering an unobstructed view on the sea and the Mounts Hakkoda.

The hotel feels quite spacious, with brightness permeating to the lobby, which is quite enjoyable. The high ceilings, the shiny tiles and the polished stone walls warmed by the touches of wood can be admired from a small waiting lounge. The rooms occupy the 6th to 16th floors, with corridors flooded by natural light.

A large choice of rooms and suites

Encompassing 17 floors, Hotel Aomori is big enough to offer a large and comprehensive array of rooms. All have the following amenities:

• Air conditioning;
• Wi-Fi Internet connection;
• A private bathroom with a bathtub and a WC (washlet);
• The usual toiletries (towels, hair dryer, soap and shampoo, etc.); and,
• A desk with a TV, a tea set and a mini-fridge.

All the room categories offer enough space to keep a suitcase open:

• 61 Single rooms, for solo travelers, with superficies varying from 19 to 29 m²;
• 76 Twin rooms with Western-style twin beds, with superficies varying from 30 to 35 m²;
• 32m² Double rooms with a king size bed for couples;
• Several barrier-free rooms of a 30m² superficies for people with reduced mobility;
• As well as Japanese-style rooms with a tatami flooring and futon bedding, on a 31 to 62 m² superficies;

The hotel also has a more upscale offer with suites, namely:

• A few 30m² elegant suites laid out in the Western style;
• 1 more luxurious Japanese suite of 91 m²;
• 1 Deluxe suite (89 m²); and,
• 1 Royale suite (125 m²).

6 restaurants and cafés to try at the hotel

Hotel Aomori has 6 venues established at 3 different floors to cater to their customers. All the places are not continuously open, but there is nonetheless always a place to eat open during the day:

• Swan is a classical restaurant and café located near the lobby, with a continuous service, very convenient for a meeting;
• Delica Swan is more of a tea room and has good sweet confectioneries, including home-made deserts;
• Michinoku is a Japanese restaurant at the 5th floor, open for lunch and serving dishes that are typical of Aomori;
• Ryotei is a luxurious Japanese restaurant, also at the 5th floor and only upon reservation;
• Le Bois is the panoramic restaurant of the hotel at the uppermost floor, specializing in buffet serving (breakfast, lunch and cocktails);
• Montagne is the night bar of the hotel, also at the uppermost floor for the view, with a subdued atmosphere in the evening.

Moreover, Hotel Aomori has several banquet rooms that can be privatized for all types of business or family events (wedding, anniversary, seminar, etc.)

Hotel Aomori doesn’t particularly stand out for its interior decoration, but is a well-maintained business hotel providing a pleasant stay and managed by an obliging staff.