Name: Arima Kirari
Address: Kobe, Japan
Rating: 8.9

Japan

Tokyo

Osaka

Kobe

Kusatsu

Kagoshima City

Kyoto

It was my first time staying in the Roppongi area, and the location is extremely convenient. The hotel is just a two-minute walk from the station, making it easy to get around Tokyo. The neighborhood is lively and well-connected, which is perfect for shopping and sightseeing.

Check-in is self-service, which was quick and efficient. Amenities such as toiletries are available on the lobby floor for guests to pick up, and there is also a vending machine on the floor for added convenience.

One downside was the cleanliness. I found a hair on the bed and a fruit seed on the floor, which was a bit disappointing and could definitely be improved.

The highlight of the stay was the massage chair inside the room — it was absolutely perfect after a long day of shopping and walking around Tokyo. It really made a difference in helping me relax and unwind.

On the second floor, there is a hotel restaurant as well as a well-known BBQ restaurant. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to try them during this trip, but it’s great to have dining options so close by.

Overall, a very convenient stay in a prime location, with the massage chair being a standout feature.

This is my first time traveling in Japan, I have been to two hostels earlier before this hotel, I can say that Daiichi Inn is my favorite and definitely worth the price. Very clean, the room is perfect size, nearby Ikebukuro station which is easy to travel around. Many restaurants and shops. The staffs are really polite and can speak English. You need to tap the keycard in the elevator to go up to the floor. Safety 👍🏻 I will come back to stay here again if I visit Japan next time.

This is my second stay here, and it offers great value for money. The surrounding area has convenient transportation and shopping. The hotel provides a luggage room for guests to store their bags. There are hot springs open to the public on the 3rd and 4th floors; hotel guests can get a ticket for 500 JPY, while the public price is 1500 JPY. With the current favorable exchange rate, that's only about 22 RMB (what more could you ask for, haha!). After a long day of walking, a dip in the hot spring is incredibly relaxing~

Great location (restaurants, kombini and several train/subways lines within a couple minutes walking). The room was very clean (walls and ceiling had a few marks). It had a nice view towards Akihabara from the 16th floor. The room is fairly sized for a Japan standard, comfortable for a single person although a bit challenging to handle a large suitcase. I wish there wasn't the massage chair in the room in favor of more open space.

The location is quite close to Shimbashi Station, but it's still a 5-6 minute walk. It's not particularly close to the center of Ginza; walking there takes about the same amount of time as taking public transportation. However, it's very close to Don Quijote! Most of the good restaurants in this area are near the station, in Yurakucho and Shimbashi.

The room is a bit small; we could barely open two suitcases. The best part is the separate wet and dry areas in the bathroom, and the large bathtub. It was very comfortable to soak in it every day after coming back. The soundproofing in the room was also quite good; we hardly heard any noise.

Coming from Haneda Airport, I took the Keikyu Line directly to Takaracho Station. It's about a 200-meter walk from Exit A5, taking roughly half an hour in total. However, it was quite a hassle as I couldn't find an elevator, which was tough with a big suitcase. The hotel is pretty close to Nihonbashi on foot, and about a ten-minute walk to Tokyo Station for the Shinkansen. The Ginza shopping area is around 900 meters away, and Ginza-Kyobashi Station's Exit 6 is right outside the hotel entrance. The room size was moderate; opening a 28-inch suitcase was a bit tight, but that's typical for hotels in Japan. The breakfast here was excellent, considered quite rich for a chain hotel in Japan.

This a last minute booking, decide to come back early from Nagoya. I have another booking with a bigger room and they actually upgrade me for this one night so that I do not need to change room after, so considerate of them. Very much appreciated.

The hotel's location is great, quite close to the subway station, and it's convenient to walk to Ginza. In my opinion, the one major drawback is that the staff's English proficiency is absolutely terrible! On both occasions I've stayed here, the front desk staff could barely speak English during check-in, requiring a translation device, which wasted a lot of time and effort. Even more ridiculous, when I called from my room to request an extra pillow, the staff member who answered couldn't understand English. We repeated the English word for ”pillow” at least ten times, and even spelled out the letters one by one, but it was still useless – we simply couldn't communicate. Overall, the hotel has a good location and the rooms are generally decent, but the English level of the staff is genuinely the worst I've encountered in any Japanese hotel.

I chose to stay at this hotel for a weekend. First, the location is great – very convenient for getting to Ginza, and there are plenty of dining options nearby, plus it's right next to a theater.

The room was a bit cramped. It would be fine for one person, but for two, it would be quite awkward. There was a massage chair in the room, but I didn't get around to using it during my two-day stay. The bathroom has a shower, which was acceptable.

The breakfast offered a good variety of dishes, but the portions for each item were very small, which made me a bit hesitant to serve myself. I can understand that they might be trying to avoid waste. On the bright side, the bread was replenished very promptly, and there was a coffee machine where you could make different types of coffee.

Near the front desk, there were complimentary tea bags and lotions available. Overall, the service attitude was excellent – very friendly and polite. Next time, I'll opt for a larger room.

This is a stylish hotel in a good location.  The hotel is about 10 minutes walk from JR Tokyo station, however as I had a lot of luggage with me I took a taxi from Tokyo station, which cost about 1000 Yen. The entrance to the hotel is a little hard to see - there is an entrance at street level with an automatic sliding door. The door opens to reveal the entrance to a restaurant, you then have to turn left to find the lifts which only go to the 14th floor, where the reception is. After checking-in there are a different set of lifts that go to the floors where the guest rooms are. The reception area, as with the rest of the hotel is stylish - there was a lady dressed in Kimono to help guests at the lifts!
I had booked a single room , but I was upgraded to a double room free of charge. This room was a good size by Tokyo standards, with a separate toilet and a separate shower room with a bath. The washbasin was in the entrance hall, not in the bathroom.
There was no desk or office chair in the room, but there was a table and corner sofa. There were power and USB sockets by the bed.
As I wanted to use a laptop, I had to move the table close to the bed, so that I could plug the laptop into the power socket sit on the sofa. This wasn't the most comfortable arrangement!
I would also have preferred to have the wash basin in the bathroom rather than in the entrance hall. The floor tended to get wet where I walked from the entrance door to the bed area.
Even though this is a stylish hotel in a good location, with good staff and facilities I wouldn't stay here again. I need a work desk and chair to use a laptop which this room does not have. It is a boutique hotel rather than a business hotel, more suited to guests that don't need to work from the room.

We stayed at Hotel Hankyu Respire Osaka and overall had a pleasant experience.  The location is excellent, the hotel is modern and the staff were friendly and helpful throughout our stay.

Our only issue was that the room was too small to comfortably accommodate our six pieces of luggage, which made the space feel tight and a bit difficult to move around.  For travellers with lighter baggage, this may not be a problem, but it’s worth noting for families or anyone travelling with multiple suitcases.

Aside from the limited luggage space, the hotel offered a smooth and comfortable stay and we would still recommend it for short visits or transit nights.

The service of Hankyu Gran is professional.  The location is close to Osaka station, department store, shopping mall. I just stayed in the area surrounding the hotel is very enjoyable. The onsen at the hotel is of a very high standard.  It's operated for 24 hours. I enjoyed it after a day.  Recommended!

The location is incredibly convenient. It's very close to the airport shuttle stop, and Sanbang Street is right across from the hotel. There are tons of great food options nearby, and the subway station is just a short walk away. Department stores and electronics shops are also within a five-minute walk, making it super easy to go shopping.

Service: If you check in with a staff member, it can be very slow. Some front desk staff seem unfamiliar with their duties and can be quite stiff in their demeanor. However, the room service staff were excellent. Due to the prime location, I would definitely stay here again.

The hotel's location directly above Shin-Osaka Station is incredibly convenient, with many restaurants nearby making dining easy. However, the service was quite poor. When I handed our passports to the front desk for check-in, speaking in English, a rather unpleasant person from the staff abruptly came over and chastised my son for using the front desk's touch screen. When my son showed his residence card and responded in Japanese, his attitude completely changed. Given their apparent unfriendliness towards Chinese people, I would advise Chinese travelers to think twice before choosing this hotel.

The environment: The view from the hotel room was absolutely stunning! I stayed for three days and two nights, and both the mornings and sunsets were incredibly beautiful. The rest of the time, I was out exploring and eating!

Hygiene: The room was spacious and clean. I booked a triple room, and it was perfectly fine for three people.

Location: Excellent location, within a 15-minute walk to Yodobashi Camera, right next to Lucca, and Daimaru department store. There are also many great restaurants along the way.

Service: The beautiful ladies and handsome gentlemen at the front desk were all very enthusiastic! Even with my poor Japanese, I had a pleasant conversation with them!

Thank you very much, I'd love to visit again! ^_^

The location is fantastic; you can see the hotel right from Fukushima Station. There's a food street downstairs and a Hankyu supermarket (definitely worth a visit if you have time! Lots of great, affordable stuff).

When we checked in, staff helped us use the self-service machine, and our luggage, which we'd sent ahead via Yamato Transport, was brought out to us at the same time.

The front desk area also provides complimentary toiletries like toothbrushes and combs, as well as tea bags, for guests to pick up themselves.

The room is small but has everything you need, though you can really only open one suitcase. 😂

Later, we needed to send our luggage to the airport. Luckily, we found a Chinese-speaking staff member, but we still had to fill out all the forms ourselves. I'm not sure why all the guides I read said the front desk would help with this. Since we can't write Japanese, it took us almost half an hour to fill out the three forms.

There's also a really delicious yakitori place near the hotel! I highly recommend checking it out.

Whenever we're in Umeda, the Hanshin Hotel is always our family's top choice. The rooms are spacious, and they even come with a decent-sized entryway. The cleanliness is consistently excellent. Its location is incredibly convenient, with JR and Hanshin lines right outside the hotel. Just two right turns from the hotel entrance, there's a fantastic ramen restaurant with a very noticeable sign. Highly recommended!

Stayed here 2 days before my Kobe cruise and it was good enough to rebook for another 3 days after we returned. The hotel is quiet new and located on top of the sannomiya station, giving underground access to most trains and shopping malls nearby. It's basically the center of Kobe.

Exits are 1st floor to the street and 2nd floor to station. Reception is 17th floor. Rooms are slightly bigger than most hotels in Japan. Even number room gives you the larger massage machine but room is smaller than odd numbered rooms. These have a smaller massage chair but bigger space and faces the port terminal if you have a cruise ship waiting. 

They provide amenities, coffee and tea at 17th floor.

Did not try the breakfast but there is a convenient store on 2nd floor of the station, near the hotel exit - lots if
 sandwiches and snacks here. There're hundreds of restaurants and malls underground and you'll get lost most of the time so look for entrance A1 and A2 to get back.

Airport bus from kansai stops 200m away and bus to the airport departs 100m from the station. Most of the highest rated restaurants are not more than 400m from the hotel.

I'll definitely stay here again.

This stay was in a Japanese-style room. The layout was conventional, not very spacious, and a bit dated, but the cleanliness was good. The hotel's two elevators are quite small, leading to long waits during peak hours, which is inefficient. Both breakfast and dinner were delicious and noteworthy.

The bathhouse is divided into public and guest-only sections: the public bath on the 2nd-3rd floors doesn't provide towels but has lockers; the guest-only bath on the GF floor offers hand towels but no lockers, so it's advisable not to bring valuables. Overall, the experience was decent.

The hotel's hillside location makes walking a bit inconvenient, but they offer a shuttle service to the station! You can call the front desk to book it!

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