Nagasaki
This polished hotel, with spacious rooms and decent-size bathrooms, is about seven minutes' walk from Nagasaki Station and right across from a tram stop…
Must-see hotels in Kyūshū
Kyūshū
Rooms at this spotless seven-room ryokan across from the sand baths have private facilities, in addition to pretty indoor and outdoor baths and meals…
Fukuoka
If you want to make an impression, you can hardly do better anywhere else in Japan. The lobby restaurant of this César Pelli–designed hotel soars like its…
Kyūshū
A quick walk from JR Aso Station, this clean, modern, popular 30-bed hostel has English signage, a balcony with mountain views, a coin laundry, warm staff…
Kumamoto
The classic Japanese-hotel experience, Kumamoto's premier place to stay has crisply uniformed staff, minimalist-cool design, soothing marble, fine-grained…
Fukuoka
Recently refurbished and hidden on a side street, the 84 rooms here are tiny (small as singles, super-tight as doubles) but clean and good value for the…
Beppu
This spanking-new guesthouse sits on a quiet side street near Beppu Station. Spotless, bunk-bedded dorms are mixed and female only, and there are some…
Kyūshū
At Kurokawa Onsen's oldest ryokan (in its seventh generation, run since 1722, though rebuilt in the mid-20th century) all 10 rooms have a rustic…
Karatsu Dai-Ichi Hotel Riviere
Kyūshū
Sister to the Karatsu Dai-Ichi, the Dai-Ichi Riviere lives up to its name: situated on the banks of the Matsuura-gawa, the hotel has lovely views of the…
Fukuoka
Across from the station, this shiny, spotless 503-room hotel has decent-size rooms but really scores points for its common baths and sauna (in addition to…
Kyūshū
This seven-room minshuku is no frills but spotless and has onsen baths and washlet toilets. Some rooms have balconies. It uses home-grown produce in its…
Fukuoka
Ensconced amid the fountains of Canal City, this massive yet sumptuous property's warm, light-filled rooms synthesise traditional Japanese aesthetics …
Kyūshū
Seven minutes on foot from Karatsu Station, this hotel doesn't win style points, but it has clean rooms and friendly, accommodating staff. Some singles…
Kyūshū
Across from the Nishitachi district, this 213-room hotel is excellent value, with a great breakfast buffet, spacious, decently appointed rooms, free…
Kyūshū
This friendly, cowboy-style roadhouse-inn has attractive, clean tatami rooms with shared facilities, a large jacuzzi, a stay-and-ride package for horse…
Kyūshū
On a hillside 1.5km from Dazaifu station, this 129-room, '80s-vintage hotel is showing a bit of age and has so many added-on buildings and corridors that…
Kyūshū
This hostel has onsen, 14 rooms with sleeping space for 80, and a green-and-orange exterior so bright it's likely visible from space. The friendly owners…
Beppu
On a hillside above town, the sprawling, skycraping Suginoi offers the tiered rooftop Tanayu rotemburo (outdoor bath), the Aqua Garden onsen swimming pool…
Kagoshima
This large hotel (351 rooms, 14 storeys) provides good value in the heart of Tenmonkan. Upstairs from the lobby with its wall of shōchū (strong distilled…
Kumamoto
Done up in the style of Kumamoto-jō, this hotel has a charcoal exterior, white plaster and dark beams, and brooding tansu-style furniture in the spacious…
Kyūshū
This 10-storey hot-spring hotel, in multiple buildings on the mainland, offers inspirational views of Hirado from its restaurant, public baths and many…
Fukuoka
This boxy, inexpensive yet modern lodging has neat and clean single and twin rooms with private bathrooms. 'Family' rooms sleep up to five at ¥3900 per…
Kyūshū
This reasonably priced luxury hotel is a 15-minute walk (steeply uphill) from the foot of the gorge. Japanese- and Western-style rooms have balconies and…
Kyūshū
About 6km from Kurokawa Onsen, this friendly hillside hostel is a good base for hiking Kujū-san and other peaks in the area, which can be viewed from the…
Nagasaki
Adjacent to Chinatown, this hotel's worth it just for the location. Rooms are crisp and neat, with quality mattresses, and there are large, gender…
Route Inn Grantia Aoshima Taiyōkaku
Kyūshū
On the hillside midway between Aoshima and Kodomo-no-kuni stations, this hot-spring property offers excellent value, with Japanese and Western business…
Kyūshū
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…
Kumamoto
The best stay among the hotels around JR Kumamoto Station, this 150-room tower has a comfortably contemporary design, some English-speaking staff and…
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Nagasaki Gloverhill
Nagasaki
Near Glover Garden, Ōura Cathedral and the Dutch Slopes, this sprawling hotel has three types of room: Standard, which is relatively plain, and Superior…
Kyūshū
This spartan but friendly six-room inn, just across the gorge from the shrine, has forest views and shared onsen. Day visitors can stop here for a lunch…
Youth Hostel Sunflower Miyazaki
Kyūshū
Near the prefectural office, this institutional, 20-bed hostel has Japanese- and Western-style rooms and doubles as a community centre during the day …
Kagoshima
A shōchū welcome drink aside, old-world European coziness meets urban Japan at this unusual 48-room hotel, with good-size rooms, hardwood panelling and…
Beppu
About the only 'resort'-y things about this red-brick tower are the indoor and outdoor onsen. Still, despite the small room sizes it's worth a try for the…
Nagasaki
At this Portuguese-themed hotel near the Dutch Slopes, Ōura Cathedral and Glover Garden, rooms are spacious and light filled, beds are comfy, and staff…
Kyūshū
The name of this new guesthouse means 'to come together' in Japanese, and its relaxed, 20-bed facilities make that easy. The friendly owner leads…
Shirakumo-no-Ike Camping Ground
Kyūshū
This picturesque summertime campsite next to Shirakumo Pond is about a 600m walk downhill from the post office, then a few hundred metres from the road…
Kumamoto
Away from the town centre, this institutional-looking hostel has dorms and private rooms (Japanese and Western style) and a 10pm curfew. There's a…
Kyūshū
In a residential area about a five-minute walk from Nishitetsu Dazaifu Station, this hostel has shared baths, clean Japanese-style dorms (separated by…
Beppu
The big kitchen and living rooms are great places to hang out with fellow travellers at this arty, funky and welcoming hostel. Other positives: ¥200…
Richmond Hotel Nagasaki Shianbashi
Nagasaki
You can't be closer to the heart of Shianbashi than this travellers' favourite. Deluxe, spotless rooms are large by Japanese standards. There's a cheerful…
