VirPort
The closest hotel room to the pools on site
About this hotel
VirPort's entire pitch is proximity: it sits closer to the resort's water park than any other hotel wing, with direct indoor connectivity into the aquatic facilities rather than a covered walkway or shuttle ride. Superior non-smoking rooms carry a seaside-inspired design, while the Welcome Baby Rooms were the first of their kind certified in Fukushima Prefecture, built for guests travelling with infants. A free-flowing sulfur spring bath sits inside the hotel itself, on top of guest access to the resort's two largest shared halls, the open-air Edo Love Story Yoichi bath and the Hot Spring Large Bath Palace. Lanai Suite rooms round out the range in wine red and navy blue tones, and a Mediterranean Riviera design theme runs through the building, with floor-by-floor variation that sets it apart from the more conventionally Japanese Hotel Hawaiians next door.
- Direct indoor connection to the water park
- Welcome Baby Rooms for infant travel
- Free-flowing sulfur spring bath on site
- Lanai Suite and Superior room options
Our take
VirPort is the clear pick for a family whose main constraint is the walk between the room and the pools, whether that is a napping toddler who cannot handle a long return trip or simply a group that wants to be in and out of the water park with minimal friction. It suits this less well for a group chasing the widest choice of onsen baths, where Hotel Hawaiians' three separate halls give more range, or one wanting outdoor tent-style space, which points instead to Mauna Village.
- ✓Book a Welcome Baby Room specifically if travelling with an infant, since it is purpose-built rather than a standard room adapted for the purpose.
- ✓Reserve early for a stay timed around a toddler's nap schedule, since the short walk to the pools is the hotel's main draw.
- ✓Try the in-house sulfur spring bath before queuing for the resort's larger shared halls, especially in the first hour after the pools open.
Why we love it
- Shortest walk to the pools of any wing
- Fukushima's first certified Welcome Baby Rooms
- In-house sulfur spring bath
- Mediterranean Riviera design that varies by floor
Why guests love itThe distance from room to pool is the whole story at VirPort: a toddler's nap-time meltdown by the pool exit turns into a two-minute walk back rather than a resort-wide trek, and that alone changes how the second half of a pool day goes with young children. The in-house sulfur bath became the default evening wind-down instead of a planned outing, and the Welcome Baby Room setup meant nobody was improvising with hotel towels and a suitcase for an infant's bath time.