Recently had a pleasant one night stay at this hotel - hard to get a feel with just a one night stay but it felt like a relatively solid property.

The hotel is all about the view, so didn't want to take my chances with upgrade roulette so booked a Sakurajima view room and was assigned one on the 18th floor next door to the club lounge.

The room wasn't a huge size but was set out in a practical manner which made it feel bigger. Being under one year old the room was in great condition and had a modern feel.



Only used the club during the evening service and wasn't overly impressed, I guess I didn't really get the concept they are going for. The lounge itself is nice but the evening session is broken into three roughly hour blocks and you have to book your time at checkin. So basically you are surrounded be people trying to eat and drink as much as possible in their allowed time before being kicked out so the staff can clean and reopen for the next session. I guess they had a wide of range of foods but nothing of any note. You can easily have a full meal if you wish - which is what it appears to be set up to do.

Breakfast is on the fourth floor in the restaurant. It was a bit disappointing but had potential. Unfortunately I appeared to arrive at the same time as a large tour group so didn't get to see it at its best.

The hotel has its own Onsen but it was closed during my stay and the hotel had a shuttle bus to another hotel with a onsen.

The hotel also runs a shuttle bus to and from the station. It was too cold for me to stand waiting for a bus and I couldn't be bothered faffing around with the tram so took a taxi which only cost 800 yen. On the way back I took a leisurly stroll along the canal back to the station which took around ten minutes.

All in all I'd definitely go back just for the view.


Exterior

Room

Room

View

View

Room - sliding doors to hide the bathroom area if required.

Bathroom

Bathroom