Hello Hokkaido! Hotel La Vista Hakodate 函馆湾多美迎酒店 / ラビスタ函館ベイ 7 and 8 June 2016

Hello Hokkaido! Hotel La Vista Hakodate 函馆湾多美迎酒店 / ラビスタ函館ベイ  7 and 8 June 2016

One activity you cannot miss in Hakodate is to savour its fresh seafood. Many will head to the world famous Hakodate Morning Market to satisfy their appetite. Another alternative is to stay in a hotel such as La Vista Hakodate which we did for 2 nights.
The website of the hotel: 

http://www.hotespa.net/hotels/lahakodate/

We decided to stay there because of its famed buffet spread. Being big eaters, we can chomp down everything we want and get a good night stay in this top ranked hotel and its famous rotenburo. In fact, La Vista Hakodate's buffet is ranked #2 in the entire Japan as ranked by rocketnews:

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/05/05/japans-top-10-hotel-breakfasts-2016-kobe-hotel-dominates-list-once-again/

This is their secret weapon: 

Free flow of their kaisen don - yum!! We just scooped plenty of their kaisen (seafood) such as ika, ikura and salmon and went for more at least 2 more rounds of their free flow kaisen don.

Apparently the hotel's buffet is so popular that they restrict the number of non-guests to 30 every morning. In fact, we were in the queue for 15 minutes as many came down at about 9 am for their breakfast. Hence it is advisable to have an early breakfast to avoid a long queue. 
However a stay in La Vista can be pretty expensive. We paid about $300 per night. However, a good meal trip at Hakodate Morning Market is not that cheap as well if you want to try everything. To us, La Vista Hakodate and its buffet breakfast is worth every single $.

La Vista Hakodate:
Address: Japan, 〒040-0065 Hokkaido Prefecture, Hakodate, 豊川町１２−６
Phone:+81 138-23-6111