Originally Posted by KI-NRT

I don't know what your budget is, but given that you can afford Guntu, I'll throw out Kobe Minato Onsen Ren as the best option for you. It's a real gem.

The hotel serves tasty and healthy buffet for both dinner and breakfast, and service is warm and polished.

It offers great value for what you get. Even the base rooms are 50 square meters in size, and yet it's no more expensive than a base room at a Sheraton.

What really separates this hotel from others - they have their own hot spring source that's piped in from 1150 meters directly underground on the premises, not trucked in and continually filtered and recirculated like the ones at most other non-luxury properties. It's the real deal.

And, if you opt for the Harbor Suite, you get an in-room free-flowing onsen bath that's very large, and it's semi open-air, even.