How to choose a hotel to go to Hokkaido?

Sapporo, Otaru, Hakodate, Asahikawa and other places have hotels operated by chain hotels with different prices, and there are also cheaper business hotels (about 4,000 yen) and youth tours to choose from. In Furano and Meiying areas, B&B is the best choice to experience the local life and the rural life in Hokkaido. Although the peak season price will reach more than 4,000 yen per capita, it is better than hot spring hotels and high-end resort hotels. B&B is usually a tatami room, which will feel like living in someone else's house. Because Japanese wooden houses are generally soundproof, remember not to disturb others when you live in B&B.

Hotels in Hokkaido can be booked through popular booking websites. If you are familiar with Japanese, you can also use Japanese accommodation booking websites such as Jalan(www.jalan.net) or go to hotels in official website to make reservations. When applying for a self-help travel visa in Japan, travel agencies generally require to use the travel agency channel to book hotels, so it is necessary to plan the route in advance and actively communicate with the travel agency, otherwise it will be more troublesome to change the visa. If you travel to Japan with a business visa, the flexibility of hotel reservation is correspondingly higher.

Most hotels in Japan will provide toothbrushes, toothpaste and disposable slippers, and hot spring hotels will also provide bathrobes, but some homestays may not have all toiletries, so it is necessary to prepare personal toiletries for staying in homestays. Most hot spring facilities in Japan need to buy towels or rent them for a fee. It is recommended to bring your own towel to wash hot springs, which saves money.

Note: Japanese service industry has no habit of tipping, and there is no need to tip employees.