Top pick for a Hokkaido vacation: The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa.

In my mind, the top Hokkaido vacation hotel is The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa (it also has a super cool name - the Floor-to-Ceiling Window Hotel, because the hotel is full of floor-to-ceiling windows 😎). The hotel is located on a mountain top by Lake Toya, with the sea on one side and Lake Toya on the other. No matter which direction you look, the scenery is breathtaking 🤩. The hotel's hot spring has an outdoor hot spring, and soaking in the hot spring on a snowy day is an amazing experience. There are plenty of restaurant options, including a Michelin-starred French restaurant and a Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant. Western-style breakfast is served at the Michelin-starred French restaurant, while Japanese-style breakfast is a traditional Japanese breakfast set. You can make a reservation for dinner at the front desk and pay when you check out. I recommend staying for two nights so you can try both types of breakfast. The outdoor hot spring alternates between men and women every day, so if you stay for two nights, both men and women in your party can experience the outdoor hot spring (if you only stay for one night, it's okay, the changeover is already done in the morning, so you can experience it in the morning 😉). It's also close to the ski resorts, about a 30-minute drive to Niseko and Rusutsu. There is also a shuttle bus at the JR station at Lake Toya, so you can take the JR to the hotel.