Dormy Inn Sapporo Annex Hot Spring

Dormy INN is one of my favorite brands of hotels. They provide all these little extra services during your stay to make you more comfortable - free ramen as a night snack, open bath on the top floor, free laundry services (dryer is pay per 15 minutes), and free shuttle to the Sapporo JR station in the morning after you checked out. All considerate additions to just a hotel stay. The room is regular Japanese standard size, which is not very big, but OK with me as I was traveling alone. All bathroom amenities provided, plus more if you are using the public bath on the top floor. The public bath is indoors. This hotel is located right on the Tanuki Koji Shopping Street. Besides shopping along the pedestrian only street, there is no lack of eateries anywhere you go around the neighborhood. The hotel provides a map of restaurants nearby and gives you suggestions if you tell them what you like. The free morning taxi from the hotel to the Sapporo JR station requires booking the night before you leave and it's only one directional when you check out from the hotel. I took a taxi from the Sapporo station on arrival to the hotel and it cost slightly close to 1100 yen during busy hour traffic. A cheaper way to get to the hotel would be by train on the Namboku Line. Two stations from the Sapporo JR station + seven minutes walk from the Susukino station after you get off the train. If you are not bringing a huge suitcase, this is quite doable.

I could see the open bath area getting crowded if a lot of people should decide to use it at the same time. Not an extremely large facility.

Room was tiny. Service was good and complimentary ramen was a plus. Location was great