Hotel Metropolitan Yamagata

We were looking for a hotel where we could drop our bags on the way from Zao Onsen to Ginzan Onsen and then return to stay for the night. In the morning, we were able to take a short train ride to hike up Yamadera and then return before checkout and catch our train to Tokyo. This hotel was perfect because it was literally connected to the train station and right by a big department store/food hall for good local souvenirs and bentos. It was a very nice, large, modern hotel and we did not hear any noise from the trains. Private bathroom and shower. Very good deal for the price.

Location is 10/10, right at the Yamagata station and can connect to the station and a convenient store directly from the lobby without going out of the building, very convenient! The room is really large and nice with many thoughtful little details. The windows are facing a small garden for the room type we booked, so very nice lighting and beautiful view. Two options for breakfast you can choose from Japanese Teishoku or Western buffet.

Loved our large comfortable room in the renovated South tower. It is the biggest room we've ever had in Japan. It had the style of a luxury hotel but at a bargain price. Great beds, great views and a very convenient location connected to Yamagata Station concourse and a pedestrian overpass to the centre of Yamagata City. Perfect base for buses and trains to Kaminoyama Onsen, Zao Onsen, Mt Zao Ropeway, Okama Crater, Omoshiroyama Gorge, and Yamadera Shrine.

We stayed three nights in the Standard Triple Room. Room size is comfortable for a family of three. The room is clean and neat. Room view was good and wide. The hotel is linked to a shopping mall, some restaurants and local food gift stalls for souvenir. Yamagata Train Station is also linked together. Can try the famous pork chop rice there if you have time. A convenience shop at the ground floor, very convenient. They provided choices for breakfast, either Japanese set or Western set. One of the waitress spoke good English and explained very details for each choice, in very good manner. Breakfast also included coffee, tea and juices. Their lobby was big. They have a coin laundry room but has only two washers (with dryer function, of course not dry enough), no individual dryer provided. So we drove out to use the coin laundry shops nearby. Opposite of the hotel has many local restaurants too, we tried the chicken dinner buffet, nice. Their car park is big, pls advise the front desk you need to park your car when check-in and they will tell you how to do. There has a 24 hours big supermarket can reach by feet but may need around 15 mins walk.

Go for an upstairs corner room and, on a clear day, be rewarded with expansive views of the mountains which ring Yamagata, plus a look down on the hustle and bustle of the square below. As part of the train station complex, and with buses around town and further afield, such as to Zao Onsen, location is excellent. It's scarcely luxurious, but reliably clean and comfortable and with efficient and friendly staff. A shout-out to the helpful staff in the nearby tourist information centre, too. A great base for sightseeing in the region.