We stayed in this hotel for three nights as we were only in Sapporo for a few days. The property itself is quite convenient as it is 5 minutes walk to the Nakajima Koen station. However, the hotel staff spoke very little english and the rooms themselves are not as clean as I thoguht they would be. I guess I have been spoilt by the other Japanese Hotels that we have been staying in so far (Hilton Tokyo, Grand Hyatt Fukuoka). The room we stayed in had very dirty carpet with stains all over them. The beds and bathrooms were pretty clean but this is definately no 5 star hotel so you get what you pay for. However, there is a Lawsons convenient store opposite the hotel so that was one of the good things about this place as buying breakfast was a breeze instead of having to head to the downtown area. It is also relatively close to the ramen alley which I would definately recommend trying out.

i booked a triple room and was delighted that they had western sized beds which were almost 1.5 larger than the japanese configurations.

we had a mini suite, there was a small lounge area with a large sofa and a coffee table. there were two single beds and an extra cot that was the same size as the normal beds.

there is a wonderful view of a giant ferris that lights up at night from the room that was assigned to us.

the toilet was huge, almost as big as the room, it had separate shower and bath. the bath even had 2 different settings on the jazcuzzi. the shower had 5 shower heads on different heights.

the only draw back was the smell of stale smoke, they had an ionizer in the room which helped to reduce the smell quite a bit.

another drawback is the distance. although it is within an 1/2 hour walk from sapporo station, it is not easy to walk that distance with 9 bags and 3 people. the taxi fare was reasonable, 1000 yen to the station.

the big plus point was english channels!! i got to watch AXN!! and directly at the door is a lawson where you can get snacks at 2 am.