Marriott Lake Biwa,Japan

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I thought I should do a review on this hotel because it is a recent Marriott addition and is less than 30 minutes by the slow train from Kyoto.It also gave me some hope that all is not lost in the recent merger.
First the room.

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We had been upgraded to an onsen room on the top floor of rooms.

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We love these Japanese rooms with the shower and tub in their own separate space.The onsen was great to soak in at the end of the day.The only problem is that it is continually running.We could not have slept with that noise.You have to ring to get it turned off then back on.
Great views over lake Biwa and the mountains.But there was some evidence of typhoon Jebi.

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It is a refurbished old hotel.The lobby,restaurant and our room at least have been done well.

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The lobby bar in the second picture is used as the lounge.So happy hour from 1730-1930.Two hot dishes each night and seem to rotate at this time from Takoyaki and chicken wings to rice balls and pork in brown gravy.Wine the first night was a choice of a sparkling and 2 whites and 2 reds.Nice Chilean wines.On the other 2 nights just the sparkling and a keg from one side a rough red emerged and from the other an even worse white.
So some pics.

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Plat breakfast was in the restaurant.A big but pleasant area.

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The last of breakfast.

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There is also an egg station where you get eggs virtually any way and including eggs Benedict.

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We did have a car and it was easy, though slow to drive around the area. Unfortunately it rained the 2 full days we were there so we will have to return but happy to do so.