Tsuruga Besso Hinanoza offers a luxurious Japanese hot-spring experience on the shores of Lake Akan The spacious rooms include a private open-air bath, a living area with sofa, free Wi-Fi and a flat-screen TV Rooms at Akan Tsuruga Besso Hinanoza mix traditional design with modern facilities, featuring tatami -woven-straw- flooring and shoji paper screens but also a DVD player and full Western bathroom Akandake-jinja Shrine is just 150 metres from the hotel, and Ainu Kotan Folk Village is 750 metres away Kushiro Airport is an 80-minute bus ride from the property Guests remove their shoes at the entrance, and use a kimono and Japanese socks within the hotel The hotel has a quiet “listening room” for musical enjoyment and a relaxed library Two free-use internet terminals are provided A Japanese breakfast and multi-course kaiseki dinner are served at the restaurant The Bar pours drinks at a long counter made from a single tree