Teradomari Cape Onsen Hotel Asuka

We stayed as a couple in April, mainly to try the new-style made-to-order buffet. We arrived well before check-in, but thanks to the staff’s kindness, they gladly opened the guest-only lounge for us.The lounge had just been renovated in April and was bright and spotless. The free drinks included delicious coffee with your choice of flavors such as nuts or orange, and the snacks were very Niigata-like (including kaki-no-tane rice crackers). At the entrance, there was also a copy of “Globe-Trotter Travel Guide: Niigata Edition” placed casually. We relaxed here after bathing as well.Dinner was our first time using a buffet ordered by smartphone, but it was easy to use and service was fast—best of all, freshly prepared dishes were delivered without leaving our seats. The ingredients were packed with seafood: premium domestic bluefin tuna, nodoguro (blackthroat seaperch), snow crab, pufferfish, scallops, abalone, and more! The meat dishes and wild mountain vegetables were also excellent. One note: if you order too much at once, everything arrives on large plates and won’t fit on the table—so it’s better to order in several rounds.Breakfast was a standard buffet style, but it also included sashimi, tempura, and a DIY seafood bowl station—and unlimited Yasuda Yogurt drinks. My wife enjoyed customizing her meal in different ways: spring cabbage menchi-katsu breakfast curry; tare-katsu omelet sandwiches; Tsumari soba with tempura; Onsen egg; okra; grated yam toppings… There was also takeaway coffee at the entrance to the venue. The cute toki-bird dishware was lovely…Lastly—just my personal impression—the Accommodation is showing its age a bit overall, so it may be about time to replace the shower heads in the large public bath.We’re looking forward to the summer menu as well.Thank you very much for this stay.

It was my first stay, and the location was great—perfect for visiting everywhere I wanted to go on my trip. The sea-side Room was also very nice. I was satisfied with the made-to-order dinner buffet as well, since I didn’t have to keep going back and forth.