Hotel berhampiran Ferris Wheel Amuran, Kagoshima

This is a new hotel with bunk beds which can accommodate 4 to 6 persons. The beds were spacious and a good size. We stayed in the executive bunk family room which can accommodate 6 persons. It may be a bit tight for 6 persons but just right for our family of 4. There is full size washing machine cum dryer in the room which is very useful for washing our clothes. The hotel serves a buffet breakfast with a good spread but as there is no dining area, you need to pack your breakfast into bento boxes and eat them in your room. But we saw a sign which says breakfast will be separately charged from Jan 2024 onwards. Now, breakfast is complimentary and included in the room rate. The hotel also does not have car park but there is more then sufficient coin parking right next door which cost 600 yen from 2000 to 800. The location is quite central and a short 5-10 min drive to Tenmonkan. There is also a good ramen restaurant across the road from the hotel, Rai Rai Tei which is worth trying. Just a tip, we got a much better room rate on Rakuten than the usual Agoda, *********** sites.

Hotel is quite a distance from the Kagoshima station. As there were 4 adults, we decided to cab upon arrival. With 4 luggage’s it was abit challenging, 2L and 2M luggage sizes. Thankfully our cab driver allowed one of us to hold the lighter luggage in our lap and took us all to the hotel. Leaving we encountered a very rude taxi driver outside the hotel. He bullied us and took one luggage and put into his trunk. Signalled another cab to come pick the rest of us and literally threw our second luggage to the other cab. Shocked us. He insisted only 2 passengers and one luggage and demanded ¥1,000 fare not meter. Very very bad experience with Japanese taxi driver outside Kagoshima Washington hotel. Hotel wise staff tried very hard to converse in English and very helpful as we arrived on New Year’s Eve. Room was small and clean.

南九州一の繁華街天文館に位置するビジネスホテルですが、「レム」を名乗るだけのことはあって、目覚まし時計で起こされるまで寝たという、私には珍しいほどよく眠れました。市電やバスが直ぐ前の道を走っているのですが、騒音も全く気になりませんでした。 １泊朝食付きでしたので館内のタリーズでいただきましたが、なかなかよくまとまった充実したものでした。ホットドッグ・パンケーキ・トーストからチョイスできました。

My wife and I really loved the Onsen with a view of Sakurajima as published. Onsen cleanliness was good too. Buffet breakfast was so complete with both Japanese and western style. Free shuttle is quite frequent although still took some time to get to town nonetheless. But overall we loved our stay!

Mixed feelings. Hotel is 20 minutes walk (streetcar stop also close to Hotel) from railway station and close to the city center (incl. Tourists Informationen) with many restaurant options. Upgraded business hotel with bathrooms but nothing nice in top (eg no bar, onsen, Spa). Staff speaks limited English and even standard services (e.g. mailing / delivery service) not available but the convenience store saved me. Top floor with nice view and restaurant (European style) and breakfast is also served there. For an upscale business restaurant the breakfast was quite average and lesa good then the pictures in the website, maybe the limited the service because of the sport festival. Takeaway breakfast available if you leave early. Room are small and become overall quite after 22:00. For the price I paid I would have expect more especially if compared to other hotels chain like Dormy Inn, JR Hotela or Ana Crown Plaza which offer more value. Overall nothing bad but also nothing nice.

５段階評価です　 立地　４ 駐車場はタイムズ東千石３が夜間500円でした 清潔感　５ 広さ　４ ただベッドや浴槽が少し小さめですが、安いからいいかな 浴室　４ ５階でしたが水圧は普通、ただシャワーベッドの水圧が痛めでした 朝食　４ 7：00〜１階の居酒屋でカレー、鶏飯、白米から選ぶ定食で大変満足しました スタッフ１人で回してたので配膳に時間がかかつてました Wi-Fi ３ 下り５上り２５でした、有線LANを無線化しても下り１上り１６と不便でした

在天文通地區，周邊吃喝很方便，斜對面是空港巴士，去鹿兒島中央站可出門坐有軌電車，十分鐘車程樣子。房間和之前在熊本的大和魯內比小了很多，給我們沙發鋪了加床但是就完全無法放行李箱了，所以還是自行收起來了。1.2米的雙床中間有個牀頭櫃無法拼在一起，所以兩大一小睡比較擁擠，房間三天清掃一次，垃圾可以放門口，連礦泉水都沒有，前台在二樓，電梯衹有一部經常要等很久，價格倒不貴四晚兩大一小才兩千出頭，如果有下次可能不太會選這家。房間照片沒拍，傳幾張幾家周邊推薦的吃喝店吧

For tourists, you will like the hotel. It’s centrally-located and reasonably priced. But for me, this is my 2nd Richmond Hotel this week, and like Yokohama four days ago, the check in experience at the Kagoshima Richmond Kinseicho was just as bad. I arrived at the hotel at 1 and asked in Japanese for them to hold my bag until checkin. No problem and I left. I came back about 3:30 to check in. I claimed my bag and gave my name in Japanese. She found my reservation then immediately asked for my passport. I simply said “No”. She looked at me like I didn’t hear her then went to the back room to get another woman who I guess can speak English. Before the second one could say anything I explained in Japanese that I am not a tourist and if she would just check my reservation on the computer in front of her she would have known that. It is insulting to ask permanent residents (I am one.) for identification when checking in, especially our passport, which we do not carry around inside Japan (any more than a Japanese person would traveling Japan). The law specifies we are to be checked in as residents just as Japanese people are. And this, again, is the 2nd time this week I have explained the Japanese hotel law to Richmond hotel staff who should know better. And when this happens, no matter how good your hotel is the stay will not be pleasant because I won’t forget the insult. I’m speaking to you in Japanese and you still assume I am a tourist? How many fluent middle-aged white guys do you see in a year who are tourists? Come on Richmond, use some common sense and stop lumping residents and tourists in the same pile. It’s disrespectful to those of us for whom Japan is home. We are not the same as tourists. I like Richmond Hotels, but I have plenty of hotel choices available to me, and have stayed at Richmond at least four times this past year. Until you stop othering foreign residents as the same as visiting tourists I won’t be staying at this Richmond or any other going forward.

Superb location with shopping (Uniqlo, GU, ABC mart to name a few) and food (Mos Burger) located nearby. Clear view of Sakurajima, everyone enjoyed the stay!

海沿いの広大な敷地にゆったり配置された様子に惹かれてHPより予約。 夕方のチェックインでしたのでロビーは混雑して列ができていましたが サーバーのお茶やお水があり、とても喉が渇いていたので 案内待機時間に頂け助かりました。 離宮は廊下から旅館らしい落ち着いた雰囲気が漂い 入室したお部屋は噂にたがわず高級感あり、部屋の広さは十分、 窓からの松林越しに広がるオーシャンビューは宿泊時生憎の曇り空でも 十分満足できる景色で、ベランダに出て眺めることも可能です。 （但しベランダの位置が低く出た時に転びそうになりましたのでご注意を） 床の間に飾られたカサブランカの生花は見栄えがして素敵なのですが香りが強いので、 夫は苦手として和室にあまり近寄りませんでした。（下げてもらおうかと思いましたが そこまでしなくてよいとのことでしたので） 内風呂は予想よりもしっかりとした造りで、洗面台に置かれた雪肌精の化粧水は 女性にはとても嬉しいサービスです。 朝は新聞も頂けました。 ただどこの宿泊場所でも起こりうることですが夜ベッドで寝ていると、 上の階で子供が走り回る音や隣室で人が集まって大声で話す声が聞こえました。 幸いなことに23時以降は静かになりましたので良かったです。 普通の話し声なら隣室には聞こえないと思いますが これから宿泊する方はお互い気をつけられた方が好ましいと思います。 期待のお風呂は離宮からは近く内部は大変広く、お湯も長く浸かれる温度設定でしたが 温泉というよりは銭湯の大浴場のような感じがしました。 ちなみに夫によりますと男性露天風呂は明るい時間帯での利用は お控えされたほうが賢明とのことです。 お料理は森伊蔵1杯付黒豚しゃぶしゃぶをお願いしました。 掘りごたつ式で大人8人で使用できるような角のスペースにて ゆったりとお食事頂きました。 内容も大変豊富で食べきれないほど、 メインの豚肉は東京なら2～3人前はあろうかと思う量で大満足。 翌朝の和食もバイキングではないのでお膳で落ち着いてゆっくり頂け、 帰り際にコーヒーのテイクアウトもできました。 館内はとても広くゆったりとした造りで大勢の宿泊客がいるはずなのに 窮屈さを感じさせずのんびり過ごすことが出来ました。 おかげさまでとても気分よく滞在させて頂きました。 また指宿訪問の際はお伺いしたいと思います。 お世話になり有難うございました。