Overview

Hotel Parkway places you among the volcanic landscapes, forests, lakes, and wide-open skies of eastern Hokkaido. You stay only a few minutes on foot from JR Kawayu Onsen Station, with Mt. Iou, Lake Kussharo, Lake Mashu, and other major sights within easy reach.

The highlights of your stay are the 100% source-fed hot spring baths and Mashu Tai, a locally raised fish grown in natural hot spring water behind the property. After exploring the lakes, mountains, and forests of Teshikaga, you can return for a long soak followed by a generous Japanese dinner featuring this unusual local speciality.

Accommodation

You stay in a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami flooring, low furnishings, and futon bedding. The simple design gives you a comfortable place to rest after a day of sightseeing around eastern Hokkaido.

The six-tatami Japanese-style room offers a compact and calming space suited to a solo trip or a stay for two. The larger ten-tatami Japanese-style room gives you more space to sit back and relax, making it a practical choice when travelling with family or friends.

Your room includes a television, telephone, hot-water pot, face towel, bath towel, and yukata. Bathing takes place in the shared natural hot spring facilities.

Dining

Dinner introduces you to Mashu Tai, the signature food of Hotel Parkway. Despite its local name, Mashu Tai is tilapia rather than sea bream. Its appearance, clean flavour, and pleasantly firm texture have earned it the name “Mashu sea bream.”

The fish are raised in pools behind the property using abundant natural hot spring water. Water wheels add oxygen to the pools, while the stable spring temperature creates suitable conditions for aquaculture. You can enjoy Mashu Tai as sashimi, in shabu-shabu, or fried until crisp.

The Mashu Tai sashimi course centres on a generous presentation of freshly sliced fish. The meal may also include a whole fried Mashu Tai with sweet vinegar sauce, lamb shabu-shabu, tempura, handmade gyoza, simmered dishes, rice, and pickles. Ingredients and individual dishes may change with the season.

The individually served Mashu Tai course gives you your own sashimi portion alongside dishes such as lamb shabu-shabu, seasonal tempura, fried fish, rice, and pickles. This option gives you a more personal presentation while still introducing you to the property’s signature flavours.

Breakfast is served as a balanced Japanese meal. You can begin the day with dishes such as grilled salmon, tofu, miso soup, and Nanatsuboshi rice grown in Hokkaido. The rice is cooked in a gas-fired pot to bring out its natural sweetness and soft texture.

Onsen and Wellness

Hotel Parkway draws hot spring water from its own source and uses it without dilution or reheating. The natural water flows continuously through the baths, allowing you to enjoy a genuine source-fed onsen experience.

The spring is a sodium bicarbonate spring, also known as a baking-soda spring. This is unusual in the Kawayu Onsen area, which is better known for strongly acidic sulphur water. The spring emerges at approximately 64.2°C and has a pH level of around 7.1.

The smooth water is often associated with softer-feeling skin after bathing. Traditional bathing indications include fatigue, sensitivity to cold, muscle discomfort, joint stiffness, stiff shoulders, minor cuts, minor burns, and some chronic skin conditions.

The men’s bathing area includes an indoor bath and a smaller open-air bath. You can soak in continuously flowing spring water while enjoying the scent of the surrounding wood and fresh outdoor air.

The women’s bathing area also includes an indoor bath and a separate open-air bath. Secure lockers are available in the changing area.

Karesansui is the large rock-lined open-air bath surrounded by trees and natural stone. You can enjoy fresh green foliage during the warmer months, autumn colours later in the year, and open views of the Hokkaido sky. From April 17, 2026, this bath operates as a men-only facility. It closes during winter, normally from December until around the middle of April.

You can use the hot spring baths from the afternoon until the following morning, with a cleaning period during the day. Day bathing is also available during selected daytime hours.

Guests with Tattoos

Hotel Parkway has shared indoor and open-air hot spring baths. You cannot use the shared bathing facilities if you have tattoos.

Facilities

Hotel Parkway includes a lobby and reception area with local sightseeing information, Restaurant Rokutei, private dining rooms, vending machines, a covered outdoor smoking area, and a coin-operated laundry.

At Restaurant Rokutei, you can enjoy your included meals as well as dishes featuring Mashu Tai, noodles, rice, and other local ingredients. Private dining rooms provide a quieter setting for your meal.

Behind the main building, you can see the aquaculture area where Mashu Tai are raised in natural spring water. The spring produces around 400 litres of water per minute, while water wheels help keep the pools supplied with oxygen.

Karaoke Express is one of the property’s most unusual features. This karaoke space occupies a former railway carriage that once travelled through the Kushiro area. The preserved train interior creates a memorable place to sing while looking out toward the surrounding countryside.

Activities

Mt. Iou is close to Hotel Parkway and gives you a direct look at the volcanic forces that shape this part of Hokkaido. You can see rising steam, yellow sulphur deposits, and white volcanic smoke across the mountainside.

Lake Kussharo is within easy driving distance. As Japan’s largest caldera lake, it offers wide water views, outdoor activities, and winter visits from whooper swans. You can also explore areas connected to the Kushiro River, which begins near the lake.

Lake Mashu is known for its deep blue water, steep crater walls, and frequent mist. Several observation points give you broad views across the lake and surrounding mountains.

Kaminoko Pond offers another memorable nature stop. Its clear spring water can appear blue or emerald depending on the weather and light. At Sakura Falls, you may see cherry salmon attempting to jump upstream during the early summer months.

You can also enjoy horse riding near Kawayu, canoeing along the Kushiro River, or a scenic drive to Bihoro Pass for panoramic views across Lake Kussharo and the surrounding landscape.

Additional Features

Hotel Parkway has 20 Japanese-style rooms. Check-in begins at 15:00, and check-out is at 10:00. You can walk from JR Kawayu Onsen Station in only a few minutes. Free parking and Wi-Fi are available during your stay.