Kamikochi Lemeiesta Hotel

“Heaven in Kamikochi.”

An absolutely spectacular experience in every way. Of course, Kamikochi is spectacular and the views from the hotel: of the mountains, the forest, the river, and the monkeys are otherworldly. But this hotel shines above the rest in terms of service, friendliness of the staff, cleanliness, and organ… Mehr

An absolutely spectacular experience in every way. Of course, Kamikochi is spectacular and the views from the hotel: of the mountains, the forest, the river, and the monkeys are otherworldly. But this hotel shines above the rest in terms of service, friendliness of the staff, cleanliness, and organization. The breakfast is good with many options, though merely average in taste and quality. The dinners are amazing in every way - a true white table cloth, 5 star experience with delicious food and a great wine selection. They were extremely helpful with our food restrictions. The rooms are very clean with great beds though a little tight due to an extra chair and table. The lounge wear is superb and comfortable. Note that the hallways and dining room are very cold at night. The Bento lunches boxes are disappointing.

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“Best onsen + breakfast / lunch experience in Kamikochi”

We did not book an overnight stay but we availed their onsen + breakfast set and onsen + lunch set over a two day period One of the best decisions we have ever made in this trip. Their onsen is very clean, has an outdoor pool and their lounge have massage chairs The breakfast buffet spread has a … Mehr

We did not book an overnight stay but we availed their onsen + breakfast set and onsen + lunch set over a two day period One of the best decisions we have ever made in this trip. Their onsen is very clean, has an outdoor pool and their lounge have massage chairs The breakfast buffet spread has a lot of options and is damn worth it. Their fish, handmade fresh tofu and soba is amazing. They also have an omelette station if you fancy that Their set lunch has given me the privilege of tasting one of the best wagyu steaks I have tasted during my 9 month stay here in JP (so far). It is so good I forgot to tske a pic. The chocolate cake is decadent yet not overwhelmingly sweet. They use Noritake bone china in all of the dishes, with a Kamikochi design to boot. So elegant! 10/10 will try again though it appears that they no longer offer an onsen to go with the breakfast buffet as per their website

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“erwachten wir mit Geräuschen des River”

Das Hotel befindet sich in einem ruhigeren Teil von Kamikochi, ist das Hotel sauber, das Zimmer war klein, aber gut ausgestattet, mit freundlichem und hilfsbereitem Personal. französischen Stil Abendessen angeboten werden - gute Qualität, aber eher sind kleine Portionen angeboten (ausreichend für D… Mehr

Das Hotel befindet sich in einem ruhigeren Teil von Kamikochi, ist das Hotel sauber, das Zimmer war klein, aber gut ausgestattet, mit freundlichem und hilfsbereitem Personal. französischen Stil Abendessen angeboten werden - gute Qualität, aber eher sind kleine Portionen angeboten (ausreichend für Damen aber nicht für Männer). Das Zimmer war nicht klimatisiert aber zum Glück war es ein kühles Sommerabend nach dem Regen. Das Öffnen der Fenster half aber es ließ ebenfalls kleine Insekten ins Zimmer trotz Fenster Geflechten. Es war sehr teuer (wahrscheinlich weil es Samstag Nacht) obwohl.

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“Mixed Feelings”

Booked this hotel because it purportedly was one of the only 2 hotels in the restricted Kamikochi area with natural hot spring water, and had just been renovated in 2024. Our first choice, Kamikochi Imperial we ruled out because they had no onsen facilities. We chose our room because it was descr… Mehr

Booked this hotel because it purportedly was one of the only 2 hotels in the restricted Kamikochi area with natural hot spring water, and had just been renovated in 2024. Our first choice, Kamikochi Imperial we ruled out because they had no onsen facilities. We chose our room because it was described as a twin room with scenic view bath, as advertised by JAPANiCAN, thinking that we had a private bath. To our dismay, when we asked to see the room assigned to us on the second floor (and we are glad we did), we found that it was a regular bath tub placed alongside the wall looking out to the view outside, not the kind of prefilled private onsen bath we had mistakenly believed it to be. From this and our other experience with the Century Southern website in Tokyo, we have learnt that it pays to be extra careful to ascertain that what they say on the website is really what you are getting. In the end, we chose to pay an extra 12,000 yen per night to upgrade our room to a similar sized one on the third floor which had been fully renovated, in contrast to the original one which we were told was only partially renovated. The check in process was also marred by the inflexibility of the front desk staff. We were there at 1.30 pm, just half an hour before check in, but we were told we had to absolutely wait till 2 pm before we could access the room (and not because the room was not ready yet) and also avail ourselves of complimentary drinks at the cafe. A service orientated hotel would have considered letting us have our welcome drink whilst we were kept waiting, especially as the prices for this hotel don’t come cheap. The best thing that can be said for the room was the view of the scenery outside, and the handy full length ledge along that wall. Breakfast was decent. Dinner- French the first night and Japanese fusion the second, whilst good was not remarkably so, again consdering the half board price we pay. Plus point is that the public bath is new and spotlessly clean, with great loungers for after onsen relaxation. They do offer two other public bath rooms that can be rented for an hour each time for private usage. Because it is in a no-car zone (apart from certain hours), we walked to the hotel from Kamikochi Imperial after lunching there for the start of our stay, and similarly walked to the Imperial for lunch on checkout, before taking a nice stroll to the bus terminal. One of the best things the hotels in this area do is to provide a same day luggage forwarding service, which we took advantage of, by having our cabin bags transported to the Kamikochi Bus Terminal from where we took our highway express bus back to Tokyo, freeing us to fully enjoy our post lunch walk to the terminal. If a public bath/onsen facility is not a requirement, there are other hotels similarly with good views of the Azusa river one can consider, not forgetting the grand dame of them all, the Kamikochi Imperial Hotel. But if you choose Lemeiesta, avoid the second floor rooms if you can, because passersby (of which there are many) can look into the room.

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