LiVEMAX RESORT Hakone Ashinoko

We had the room with the private onsen. It was amazing. The quality of the service was great in every area that comes to mind. Both dining and breakfast buffet were incredibly good. Lots of options for every taste. Would definitely repeat and recommend to friends.

This hotel is so full of mold that I got sick and had to leave after one night. I recommend that the facility is shut down pending major renovation. The staff were kind and treated me well, I think that it is a management level issue. The carpet in my entrance was soaking wet at all times and both bathrooms in my room smelled heavily of mold. I gave it a chance, but after sleeping I went down to breakfast and realized how severe my mold allergic reaction symptoms were so I went back to my room where I found that the clothes I had left outside of my suitcase overnight had gotten wet from just being in the room and upon entering the room my allergies increased so I packed and left. After getting fresh air my symptoms improved rapidly which underlines that the problem was at the hotel. I am surprised that rooms this expensive are so terrible.

Hotel falling apart with black mold and water damage everywhere. False advertising of room quality. We left soon after checking in.

The pictures online don’t do the surrounding area justice. It’s tucked in a beautiful woodsy area. The staff was okay. Their attitude was a bit underwhelming. We knew we couldn’t go to them if we needed something or had questions. There was definitely a huge language barrier which made it hard to understand the amenities. We were very confused about how the women and men’s baths worked. We understood that from a certain time in the morning women were allowed and then men after?? So we thought it was a unisex bath?? I don’t really know it wasn’t explained well and we didn’t know if tattoos were excepted. We ended up just using our private one in our room which was nice. The room and hotel itself seems a bit old and run down. Also, we had a huge room and the bathroom was SUPER small. The smallest we’ve seen since our stay here in Japan. It was nice for a night but I wouldn’t spend the money on more than one night here. I think it’s something to experience just for the private bath in the room for a night maybe two.

We weren’t allowed to use the public onsen because our tatttoos, which is common, but still annoying. The private onsen was nice, but the room’s drain was gooey and there was a band-aid left by the tub. Not the end of the world, and still worth it for the price and the nice spring waters.