Originally Posted by
demue
Thanks
Nagasaki Joe - good to have a recent stay report. We are booked there for late Dec 22 (all points as rates are over 100k JPY so far), so hoping Japan will decide to open by then for individual tourists and not just those weird groups. Recent increases in flight capacities to Japan from US / SE Asia from Oct / Nov onwards give some hope (maybe). We shall see.
As Diamond Ambassador I would be counting on the breakfast especially though upgrade I could imagine to be similar to what you received as it would be a busy period I assume. Late checkout at least after noon time could come in handy too (may not need 4pm) depending on which train to Fukuoka we would decide to catch.
There's no telling when the Japanese government will open the country to individual tourism, but I hope it works out for you in December. If so, I hope you'll write a review of your stay. BTW, you might want to take a look at this page in English on their Japanese website, which shows the various offers the hotel is providing. I wish I'd known this before my stay, as the Elements Terrace Garden Beer Fest offer looks really good. The site currently shows offers for the period from May to end of August, but I'm sure they will list the offers for September through April soon.
https://anaicbeppu.com/en/elements-s...ace-beer-fest/