Family-Friendly Hotels in Urabandai & Inawashiro: Lakes and Highlands

When choosing a place to stay with children in Urabandai and Inawashiro, many families are unsure what to base the decision on. Precisely because this is an area defined by a vast lake, high plateaus and nature that changes with all four seasons, whether the location is easy to get around with kids and whether the rooms and dining come properly equipped are points worth checking in advance.

This area is widely known for natural scenery such as Lake Inawashiro, the Goshikinuma ponds and Mount Bandai. From spring through fall it draws travelers for lakeside walks and highland air, while in winter many families come specifically for snow play and skiing. 5 properties here have snow play facilities or sit close to a ski area, which makes the region an easy pick as a winter-season base.

Families with small children have a strong preference for Japanese-style and Japanese-Western rooms, where you can change a diaper right on the tatami and where a baby bed is easy to fit in, and 5 properties in this area offer that type of room. On the dining side, 5 properties accommodate allergies, so it is easy to raise your needs even during the stage when baby food or toddler meals are required. 6 properties also run kids' programs and hands-on activities in-house, giving you an option for rainy days or for any part of the stay you would rather spend indoors.

Fukushima Prefecture also has the Fukushima area, and quite a few families switch between lodging areas depending on the distance to their destination and the sights they want to visit. The Urabandai and Inawashiro area has 6 properties, spread across several areas: Bandai Atami Onsen (hot spring), Urabandai, Mount Bandai and Inawashiro, so you can choose to suit the purpose of your trip.

Another strength of this area is the range of options for different family styles: properties like Hotel Listel Inawashiro Wing Tower that serve meals in your room and offer a kids' buffet, properties like Bandai Atami Onsen Hotel Hananoyu where you can rent a whole detached building or cottage to yourselves, and properties like Urabandai Lake Resort Honkan Goshiki no Mori that have private-use baths.