Kagoshima Little Asia Guest House
Good luck finding cheaper accommodation anywhere in Japan. This very basic but clean and superfriendly hostel is a stone's throw from the station.
Good luck finding cheaper accommodation anywhere in Japan. This very basic but clean and superfriendly hostel is a stone's throw from the station.
Excellent value and well located, the attractive and comfortable rooms combine Japanese and Western features. A breakfast buffet is available (around ¥840).
Just outside Tenmonkan and across from a park, this family-owned inn traces its history to 1904.
Old-world Europe meets urban Japan at this unusual 48-room hotel, with good-sized rooms and chunky wooden furniture. Near the station and with triple and interconnecting rooms, it's a good choice for families.
Creaky, kindly and over half a century old, this friendly Japanese Inn member has been looking after Lonely Planet readers for years and will give you a taste of Kagoshima hospitality. Plus, it's filled with the personality of its keeper.
JR Kyūshū Hotel Kagoshima
Rooms are small but bright in a nightlife-friendly location, and rates include a generous Japanese–Western breakfast buffet.
This surprising 14-room urban oasis is only four minutes' walk from the station. There's a small elegant lobby with a good Satsuma-cuisine restaurant attached.
Well-appointed business hotel near children's park.
Adjacent to the ferry terminal, this light-filled property faces the puffing volcano in one direction, and central Kagoshima across the bay in the other. Most rooms are Japanese style.
Slick, modern and Euro styled, and offering excellent value. The rooms are compact, but the beds, showers and warm decor make up for it. Rates are cheaper booked online (in Japanese).
Popular with wedding parties, this smart 156-room hotel in Tenmonkan was recently refurbished to a minimalist design and with occasional Japanese touches like ranma (carved wooden panels).
Less than 500m from the ferry terminal, this large, ageing but cheery hostel has dorm and Japanese bunk-bed rooms, plus onsen baths. Curfew is 10pm.
This wonderful mid-century seaside ryokan is slowly being refurbished. All 38 rooms have private facilities and a water view, and some pricier new rooms have private earthenware rotemburo on the balcony. Meals emphasise local seafood.
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