Nagoya B's Hotel — Hotel in Nagoya

Our stay at this hotel came just after Mount Fuji (both in this article and in reality). We were looking for a bit of comfort, spa facilities and to essentially just starfish all night after having climbed up and painfully made our way down an actual mountain.||Station Shuttle||The hotel offered a free shuttle from the Nagoya main train station. It’s still like a 10-minute walk to the stop, and in all fairness, it departed from where and when it had said. We, however, were not on it. We hadn’t realised just how far the stop was from the station, nor the need to leave the station and cross through a different shopping centre. ||To get to the stop, you leave Nagoya station, cross over the road and head to the right. Go through Midland Shopping Centre, and exit just to the left of Luis Vuitton. There are some concrete balls (modern art) on your left and the shuttle departs from the road facing you (16:20 and every 20 minutes). ||The heat unquestionably makes the process feel more complicated and longer than it probably is. We saw the shuttle bus depart just as we made it. Never mind.||The Room||The bed was fairly hard and wasn’t very comfortable. Being given just one pillow each was standard in Japan. We found spare pillows available from shelf on floor, but none of them were soft. Some were full of beans. No, I’m not joking.|On the positive side, we were able to connect to Netflix on the TV and a small notice told us it would automatically sign you out at checkout. Super rare.|Kevin found the given PJ's very comfy indeed. And I liked the door colour/design. I don’t know why, it just stood out to me.||The Common Areas||We visited the massage chairs which were on the spa floor of the hotel. We enquired about a massage but the only timeslot available was after midnight and this was too late for us. The massage chairs were an experience. From the doorway, you could turn left or right, and there were two rows of massage chairs. On the right side, the left-hand row of chairs were like torture devices: clamping and squeezing until your body pops. The instructions are naturally in Japanese and in code. Unless you own one/frequent regularly, I can’t see how anyone would understand how to operate. I selected several different options, strengths and hardnesses but nothing seemed to make a blind bit of difference. Not good. On the right row (still on the right side of the room), the chairs were bearable for the full 10-minute session.||The Breakfast||Breakfast was nice, although there wasn’t much choice. I absolutely adore soup and they served this creamy soup whose flavour I wasn't familiar. It was pretty nice (like a creamy miso or something?). They also served: curry pie which was essentially a sausage roll with curry powder, a pizza(?) bread roll with creaminess and tomato purée sauce inside, croissants, pain au chocolates and bread bun. Some yogurts were...

Our stay at this hotel came just after Mount Fuji (both in this article and in reality). We were looking for a bit of comfort, spa facilities and to essentially just starfish all night after having climbed up and painfully made our way down an actual mountain.||Station Shuttle||The hotel offered a free shuttle from the Nagoya main train station. It’s still like a 10-minute walk to the stop, and in all fairness, it departed from where and when it had said. We, however, were not on it. We hadn’t realised just how far the stop was from the station, nor the need to leave the station and cross through a different shopping centre. ||To get to the stop, you leave Nagoya station, cross over the road and head to the right. Go through Midland Shopping Centre, and exit just to the left of Luis Vuitton. There are some concrete balls (modern art) on your left and the shuttle departs from the road facing you (16:20 and every 20 minutes). ||The heat unquestionably makes the process feel more complicated and longer than it probably is. We saw the shuttle bus depart just as we made it. Never mind.||The Room||The bed was fairly hard and wasn’t very comfortable. Being given just one pillow each was standard in Japan. We found spare pillows available from shelf on floor, but none of them were soft. Some were full of beans. No, I’m not joking.|On the positive side, we were able to connect to Netflix on the TV and a small notice told us it would automatically sign you out at checkout. Super rare.|Kevin found the given PJ's very comfy indeed. And I liked the door colour/design. I don’t know why, it just stood out to me.||The Common Areas||We visited the massage chairs which were on the spa floor of the hotel. We enquired about a massage but the only timeslot available was after midnight and this was too late for us. The massage chairs were an experience. From the doorway, you could turn left or right, and there were two rows of massage chairs. On the right side, the left-hand row of chairs were like torture devices: clamping and squeezing until your body pops. The instructions are naturally in Japanese and in code. Unless you own one/frequent regularly, I can’t see how anyone would understand how to operate. I selected several different options, strengths and hardnesses but nothing seemed to make a blind bit of difference. Not good. On the right row (still on the right side of the room), the chairs were bearable for the full 10-minute session.||The Breakfast||Breakfast was nice, although there wasn’t much choice. I absolutely adore soup and they served this creamy soup whose flavour I wasn't familiar. It was pretty nice (like a creamy miso or something?). They also served: curry pie which was essentially a sausage roll with curry powder, a pizza(?) bread roll with creaminess and tomato purée sauce inside, croissants, pain au chocolates and bread bun. Some yogurts were...

Nagoya B’s Hotel is situated along the Nishiki-Dori (Road) and right in between two major subway stations. It’s a bit of a walk from either station; if you’re coming by subway*, Fushimi Station could be confusing to navigate too. However, if you are checking in after dinner, I doubt you’d want to leave because the spa facility here is absolutely superb.

The “B’s Salon” is not large but it is very well-equipped. Other than the standard sento pools, there are sauna rooms, bedrock bathroom rooms, massage chairs, a manga room, a gym, an internet counter, and a mini pantry. You could easily spend 2 -3 hours here rejuvenating yourself. I lazed for over two hours and didn’t want to leave. (I was eventually forced to because the spa closes at 1 am)

The guest room itself is slightly retro in décor and on the smaller side, but is otherwise clean and well maintained. You can choose your own pillows too.

Breakfast offers a small selection of pastries with soup and coffee. It’s not very filling, to be honest, but for the price of the room, it’s a spectaculaar deal. I will definitely stay here again the next time I visit Nagoya.

B’s Hotel has a shuttle service to...