Matsumoto Hotel Guide - 4 stars Hotels in Matsumoto, Japan

We arrived in Matsumoto by JR Train after completing the Alpen-Route from Tateyama to Shin-Omachi. This hotel is very near the Matsumoto castle and two main shopping districts. Everything you want to see on foot in the core area is accessible from this location. We thoroughly enjoyed Matsumoto as a smaller city in Japan with wonderful shops, restaraunts, and cafes and a very rich historical treasure in the Matsumoto Castle and surrounding park.

Enjoyed out 3-day stay in Matsumoto at the Dormy Inn. Excellent rooftop onsen with outside bath, nice room with good amenities and a great breakfast. Internet was good too with no annoying log in pages. The location is brilliant, a few minutes walk from the station and close to everything central, including the city loop bus which stops almost right outside. A couple of niggles: there's no safe in the room (why not? Bit odd) but you can leave valuables in the hotel safe. They also put the towels in a very strange location, at the bottom of a wicker basket in the wardrobe area, underneath laundry bags. Fine if you know where to look, but unnecessarily annoying on the first morning!

We thoroughly enjoyed our one-night stay. Our dinner was delicious, beautiful, and very pleasantly served.