We arrived in Kofu on a hot day in July after having spent several days on the old Nakasendo in the Kiso Valley, so were especially appreciative of all of the modern conveniences of the Dormy Inn Kofu Natural Hot Spring. We took a taxi from Kofu JR Station - arrived early and were able to leave our luggage, which was waiting in our room when we checked in later. The shower in the room was augmented with a full sized "sento" hot springs on the top floor, complete with three soaking pools and a sauna (all sex segregated) which were available to use as many times and as long as you wanted (except for a few hours after midnight). Down the street we found a delightful brew pub "Outsider Brewery" and sat at the counter, served by a bi-lingual wait-staff. We decided not to go for the hotel breakfast, but instead had free coffee (available downstairs in the lobby) in the room with food items that we had bought the night before and kept in the small room frig. The room itself was typical of a Japanese business hotel, with the added benefit of a door between the inner bed area and the room entrance area with a closet, wash basin, and separate toilet off of which was the shower. We borrowed an iron from the front desk.