The Oirase Gorge belongs to the Towada Hachimantai National Park, and offers abundant nature and seasonal scenery.

When the most popular autumn of the year is over and the number of people is low, the area is surrounded by a world of platinum. In the national park area including Hakkoda Mountains located in the north of the hotel and Lake Towada located in the south, there are many popular tourist destinations that are constantly visited by tourists from spring to autumn, but in winter it becomes severely cold. Due to the large amount of snow, the number of tourists is one-third that of other seasons (about 900,000 → about 300,000 * 1).

Therefore, the hotel focused on the lesser-known attraction of this area, “Icefall,” and resumed winter operations in 2017, realizing it in cooperation with “Icefall no Yu,” and Towada City. We have devised various contents such as “Icefall Light Up Tour”.

And this winter, which is the fourth year since the winter business resumed, we are not just looking at the icefall. We have devised this icefall plan so that you can get to know it more deeply and enjoyably and enjoy the icefall throughout your stay.

We will continue to convey the charm of icefalls and winter throughout our stay.
* 1 2018 Aomori Prefecture Tourism Visitor Statistics

An icefall is a frozen waterfall or spring. There are plenty of waterfalls and springs along the Oirase Gorge, and it freezes in winter.

In addition, the Oirase Gorge is a deep U-shaped valley, which makes it difficult for light to reach the ice, creating an optimal environment for icefalls. Since the landscape changes depending on the snow and ice conditions, you can see the once-in-a-lifetime ice art.

The centerpiece of the plan, “Icefall Supper,” starts with an hors d’oeuvre varieties (* 2) that incorporates plenty of seasonal ingredients, and is a plan-limited course meal that you can enjoy slowly in your room without worrying about time. There are menus that you can enjoy looking at, such as the dessert “Baked Alaska (* 3)”, which is based on the image of an icefall that appears in the world of silver.

* 2 Assorted bite-sized appetizers that first appear in a full-course meal of French cuisine.
* 3 A sweet made by placing cake dough around ice cream, covering it with meringue, and baking it.

After dinner, we will offer a plan-limited “icefall sweets”. A dessert that expresses icefalls with bluish meringue and snow cotton hats scattered in snow-covered rocks and mountain streams with apple mousse and cinnamon-flavored crumbles.

The refreshing apple mousse and the sweetness of the cassis jelly inside go well together, and it goes well with the cider that has the image of an icefall.

Approximately 60 minutes before going to bed is the time to warm up your cold body at the plan-limited “Icefall Spa”. In the spa treatment that begins with counseling by an esthetician, the back and shoulders that have shrunk due to the cold are loosened with a white heat-generating pack that resembles an icefall, and an oil treatment gently heals.

Relieve the fatigue of the first day and enjoy the activities of the next day with all your might.

Even beginners of icefalls can enjoy winter with peace of mind, so it is safe to come empty-handed. Even if you go out on a midwinter night, you will find goods for enjoying winter, such as winter clothes (upper and lower) that do not allow the wind to pass through and snow boots, gloves, hats, fleece, etc.

This plan includes not only the “Icefall Hot Spring” in the building, but also the popular programs “Icefall Light Up Tour” and “Snowshoe Hike”. Therefore, you can enjoy the “icefall” throughout your stay from various perspectives, whether inside or outside the building, day or night, food, activities, and hot springs.

■ Day 1
15:00 Check-in
18:00 Dinner “icefall dinner”
20:00 Participate in “Icefall Light Up Tour”
21:00 Enjoy “icefall sweets”
22:00 Take a break at “Icefall no Yu”
22:30 Heal the tiredness of the day at the “Icefall Spa”

■ Day 2
7:30 Breakfast (Buffet restaurant “Aomori Apple Kitchen”)
9:15 Check out
9:30 Participate in “Snowshoe Hike”

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Hoshino Resorts promotes micro tourism as a way of traveling during the with corona period. Micro tourism is a way of traveling within a short distance, as opposed to a “journey” that imagines a distant place or overseas.

We created a service that meets the travel needs of the Corona period and an opportunity to get to know the local area deeply. We will also propose new travel value by developing various initiatives such as tourism that balances the local economy while preventing the spread of infection.

We would like you to stay at our hotel, which is the only hotel along the Oirase Gorge, to rediscover the charm of the area and enjoy a trip full of unprecedented awareness that will deepen your attachment to the local area.

Highest level corona countermeasure declaration

[1] Hygiene management
At Hoshino Resorts, as part of our corona measures, we take the following measures in consideration of our customers’ health and public health.
・ Temperature measurement at check-in
・ In addition to normal room cleaning, cleaning and wiping with alkaline electrolyzed water inside the hotel
・ Alcohol for sterilization is installed in various places in the building
・ Rubbing alcohol for hand disinfection is installed in all guest rooms
・ Alcohol disinfection of fingers for all customers when entering the restaurant
・ High-temperature cleaning of tableware (plates, glasses) and cutlery (80 degrees or higher), disinfection cleaning of meal trays
・ Install partitions such as panels and vinyl sheets on the front
・ Wear a mask when serving customers in the hall
・ Thorough management of staff health and hygiene (temperature measurement and record confirmation before going to work)

[2] 3 Dense avoidance
We are taking the following measures to create a stay that avoids the three “denseness” of closed, dense, and close.
・ Implementation of 3 dense visualization services (partial)
・ Restrictions on admission and entry in places where congestion is confirmed during your stay
・ Manage restaurant congestion and decentralize entry time
・ At the time of check-out front payment, entry restrictions will be implemented as appropriate.
・ Check-in support in guest rooms (Hoshinoya / Kai)

＞[Hoshino Resort] Corona measures summary

Hoshino Resorts Oirase Keiryu Hotel
The only resort hotel located along the Oirase Gorge. The open-air bath where the mountain stream spreads out in front of you and the huge fireplace made by Taro Okamoto create an impressive lobby that creates a healing space. With the concept of “mountain stream slow life”, we will create a truly satisfying stay.
231 Tochikubo, Okuse, Towada City, Aomori Prefecture 034-0398 / 187 guest rooms
＞ Hoshino Resorts Oirase Keiryu Hotel