Hotel Kouraku — Hotel in Beppu

Hotel Koraku is a strange mix of business hotel and ryokan, as the bedrooms are Japanese-style (which means sleeping on the floor, on futons), but the lobby and other areas have an ordinary business hotel feel. Although located close to the sea, it doesn't mean much when it comes to Beppu. Instead of a sandy beach with palm trees, there is just a huge concrete barrier for protection against tsunami. Furthermore, the surrounding area is nothing charming: there are just parking lots and other hotels. The only good thing about its location is that there is an airport bus stop (Kitahama) two blocks away. The train station is around 8 blocks away. Our room was dated and not so clean. The futon had a strange, sulfur smell, maybe due to Beppu's water. We did not use the open-air bath facilities because they were closed for maintenance. The bath facilities on the ground floor are old and looked dirty, not a place to enjoy. The breakfast was Japanese-style (fish, rice, miso soup etc), but not so fresh. Some dishes looked like last night leftovers. Overall, I think it is a bit pricey for...

Hotel Koraku is a strange mix of business hotel and ryokan, as the bedrooms are Japanese-style (which means sleeping on the floor, on futons), but the lobby and other areas have an ordinary business hotel feel. Although located close to the sea, it doesn't mean much when it comes to Beppu. Instead of a sandy beach with palm trees, there is just a huge concrete barrier for protection against tsunami. Furthermore, the surrounding area is nothing charming: there are just parking lots and other hotels. The only good thing about its location is that there is an airport bus stop (Kitahama) two blocks away. The train station is around 8 blocks away. Our room was dated and not so clean. The futon had a strange, sulfur smell, maybe due to Beppu's water. We did not use the open-air bath facilities because they were closed for maintenance. The bath facilities on the ground floor are old and looked dirty, not a place to enjoy. The breakfast was Japanese-style (fish, rice, miso soup etc), but not so fresh. Some dishes looked like last night leftovers. Overall, I think it is a bit pricey for...

Stayed as a family of 3 booked suitable tatami mat room thru Agoda ... 2 adults 1 child and stated that child was 12 yrs old . Booking accepted however they would only make up 2 beds and said child had to use existing bedding. Major argument at midnight when we returned to our room after being out as owner would not give us a third sheet or pillow to make up a spare futon that was even in the cupboard. ||Completely unreasonable and trivial considering I paid $270 for the room and there were rooms at half price in the website on the day I had been honest in my booking. After 15 min of heated argument and standing my ground I got an extra sheet from owner but no pillow. ||There are many cool places to stay in beppu but this place is very tired and not worth the price we paid at all....