Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel

The staff were very helpful and friendly. It was convenient that a buffet dinner option was available for a fee within the hotel. The hotel restaurant also sold lovely cakes. The souvenir shop within the hotel sells some cute souvenirs. The 13th floor onsen and 12th floor lounge, both with a view of Sakurajima, were superb. It was very convenient to have the free hotel shuttle bus to Kagoshima-Chuo JR station. The hotel room's ambience music was very soothing.

🏨 I chose this hotel mostly for the views over Sakurajima and it did not disappoint. For the extremely fair price it was a great view, both from the room in my case and from the hot bath. Staff was great and extremely accommodating, and they seem to spoke a variety of different languages. It was possible to leave luggage for storage before checking in. The hotel is huge, and seems to be oriented to weddings or other similar events, but for a solo stay it still was a good choice. 📍 The location is not overly convenient, but there are free shuttle buses to/from JR Kagoshima-Chuo station and to Tenmonkan. Unfortunately, they have limited operation time, check the hotel for the timetable. At the time of my stay, the first bus from the hotel left only at 8-30, not early, and the first bus from the station left only at 13-00. There are however very convenient city buses, especially no. 16 that connect both to JR Kagoshima-Chuo and to the ferry terminal / aquarium. On the positive side — there's a large convenience store just outside the hotel. There's also even a souvenir shop at the premise of the hotel. 🚪 The room was big, and as mentioned, with a great view of Sakurajima from the balcony in my case. The noise isolation was great. There even was a radio built in the bedside table with options of spoken word and background music. 🛀🏽 The bathtub in the bathroom was of a very good size to be actually used as a bathtub. 🍱 Breakfast was exceptional, a huge buffet with a tremendous variety of options rarely seen in such amount elsewhere. 🛜 Wi-fi worked well in the room and in the common area. ♨️ There's a common hot bath with a great view over Sakurajima (obviously the view is there when it's not dark). It's a nice bath, not very crowded. There are small lockers for items like keys and phones.

Every room has a nice view of Sakurajima (as does the public bath). This is a great location if you want a nice in-hotel onsen with good views. The bath was especially soothing after active days walking around town. We really enjoyed having hotpot at the hotel's Shichisai restaurant.

The lobby looks refurbished and the staff can speak different languages.

They had a great French hotel employee. He showed me the room and gave a superb service in general. I could asked him everything about the hotel and Kagoshima (and did a lot). The view from the hotel Onsen was amazing and I found out the hotel was also known for that by local people. Breakfast was western style and Japanese. Everything fresh and very good. Biggest plus: every hour there is a free shuttle service bus from the hotel to Kagoshima Chuo station. I used it every day.