The 10 Best Luxury Hotels and Ryokans in Kagoshima, Japan

Kagoshima is one of the most famous vacation destinations in Japan, and many people visit Kagoshima to enjoy its superb hot springs and gourmets. The island also has wide varieties of accommodations to choose,and today we’ve listed up several hotels in Kagoshima that worth to try.

1. Richmond Hotel Tenmonkan

Tenmonkan is the busiest downtown area in Kagoshima, and it accommodates many restaurants where you can enjoy eating the local cuisines and purchasing local souvenirs for your family back home.

Richmond Hotel Tenmonkan is located in the middle of that area, and it is located within 2-minute walk from the Tenmonkan tram station. Decorated in simple but elegant ornaments, Richmond Hotel Tenmonkan is highly praised by the guests for its great service quality and hygiene.

There are 125 rooms at this hotel, which all of them are divided into 8 different types. The price range of these rooms are from JPY 9,000 to JPY 15,000 per night, and this hotel is also equipped with coin laundry facility as well.

Richmond Hotel Tenmonkan also offers semi-buffet style breakfast using fresh local ingredients directly taken from the market as well!

2. Myoken Ishiharaso Onsen

Myoken Ishiharaso Onsen is one of the most famous onsen in Kagoshima, and everyone loves this place for its great scenery and relaxing hot springs!

Located nearby the source of the natural hot springs, Myoken Ishiharaso Onsen offers mineral rich hot springs that are good for your health. At this onsen resort, you can find many different types of hot spring baths such as the main public bath, public open-air bath, dry carbon dioxide bath, and rooms with private open-air bath as well.

All of these baths have great effects such as promoting the blood circulation, smoothing your skin, and loosening your stiff muscles as well!

Myoken is also famous for its delicious breakfast and dinners, made with Kagoshima’s finest & freshest local ingredients. The restaurants at Myoken provides semi-private dining room for its guests, so you can enjoy precious dining experience at Myoken!

3. Ibusuki Bay Terrace HOTEL & SPA

Ibusuki Onsen (hot springs) is located nearby the bay, and is famous for its great collection of resort spa hotels!

Among of those hotels, Ibusuki Bay Terrace HOTEL & SPA offers one of the best sceneries of the ocean and the city, which both of them can be viewed from its public bath. The night view of from the public bath is exceptional, and you can enjoy staring at that view while relaxing your body in the open-air bath.

This hotel accommodates many types of onsen such as ceramic bath, a bath with warm ceramic balls. Offering various types of rooms such as Japanese, Western, & fusion style rooms, this hotel is very famous among the locals and the tourists as well!

Accommodating many sightseeing spots like gardens and temple, Ibusuki Bay Terrace HOTEL & SPA is a perfect all seasons vacation destination! This hotel also has a restaurant that uses home-grown vegetables as main ingredients for the foods as well!

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4. JR Kyushu Hotel Kagoshima

If you’re looking for a hotel nearby Kagoshima Station, then JR Kyushu Hotel Kagoshima! With direct connection from Kagoshima Station’s central ticket gate, JR Kyushu Hotel Kagoshima offers the best access to Kagoshima Station.

You can find many shopping arcades nearby the station, and you can access Kyushu’s major towns and Ibusuki Onsen easily from Kagoshima Station as it accommodates shinkansen lines and local train lines as well.

The hotel has North and South buildings, which both of them are decorated in natural colors. All of the rooms are equipped with big comfy beds!

The hotel also offers ladies room for ladies travelers and coin laundry facility for its guests. You can also find a convenience store on the 1st floor of this hotel, which is very convenient as you can grab many things easily!

5. Kirishima Hotel

Kirishima is another famous onsen (hot springs) city in Kagoshima besides Ibusuki, and it is famous for its high quality natural onsen water, which is rich in minerals that are good for our skins and blood circulation.

Kirishima Hotels accommodates a huge area of onsen, and it offers ladies, men, and unisex baths (ladies only from 19:30 to 22:00) to the guests as well.

You can enjoy soaking your body in sulphur, alum, and mineral salt onsen at Kirishima Onsen, which is very rare as not so many hotels accommodate these onsen in one area.

There are 17 different onsen and few sauna rooms at this hotel, making this hotel a perfect destination for relaxation. You can also enjoy eating Kagoshima’s local foods like black pig, blue sprat, and satsumaage at this hotel as well!

 
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6. Kasasa Ebisu

Kasasa Ebisu is a designer hotel in Minami Satsuma, and it is famous for its unique hotel design. Opened in for the first time in 2000, Kasasa Ebisu accommodates only 10 rooms, which all are equipped with loft twin beds.

Enjoy the breathtaking view of the ocean from the hotel window and the open-air bath, and enjoy your time exploring the marine museum as well! If you love marine activities, you should definitely try fishing, sea kayaking, and stargazing as well!

Kasasa is also famous for its local shochu, and if you are interested in Japanese shochu, why don’t you buy a bottle of “Ichidon”, a famous shochu from Kasasa for your family back home?

7. Hotel Kayoutei

Hotel Kayoutei is one of the most famous hotels in Kagoshima, where you can enjoy your meal in your room. The meals are prepared carefully by the chef using the finest and the freshest local seasonal ingredients only, which are taken directly from the local farmers and fishermen.

At Hotel Kayoutei, you can enjoy the scenic view of the nature from your room and the open-air bath. The rooms are very spacious and has cozy atmosphere.

The hotel is also equipped with natural onsen (hot springs) as well, and you can relax yourself in the public bath, semi open-air bath, and open-air bath as well!

You can also visit Kareigawa Station, an important cultural asset built in 1903. This station is famous for its delicious ekiben, which are only sold on the weekends!

8. Yukyu no Yado Isshin

Yukyu no Yado Isshin is one of the most famous onsen resorts in Kagoshima, which is located a little bit further from the center of Kirishima city. The hotel only accommodate 7 guest rooms, which all of them are separated from each other.

Isshin is famous for its great onsen, which helps promoting healthy skins and enhancing the metabolism of our body.

Isshin also serves delicious meals as well, which are made with home-grown vegetables, fresh caught fish, and Japanese beef taken directly from local poultry.

In the evening, don’t forget to visit the shochu bar to enjoy rare Japanese shochu like Mao and Moriizou!

9. Ibusuki Shusuien

Ibusuki Shusuien is a Japanese ryokan in Kagoshima, and it is famous for its fabulous onsen and tempting gourmet!

Ibusuki Shusuien is ranked no.1 in food & beverage category among 100 hotels & ryokan in Japan for 33 years in a row, so you would definitely have a wonderful dining experience during your stay in this ryokan!

In addition to its delicious gourmet, this ryokan is also famous for its superb onsen. Shusuien uses only the best and freshest onsen water for its public bath and open-air bath, and you can enjoy water foot onsen or sand foot onsen as well.

Offering Japanese style, Western style, and special guest rooms, Shusuien is very popular among the locals and the visitors as well!

10. Dormy Inn Kagoshima

If you’re looking for cheap hotels located in the center of Kagoshima City that is equipped with onsen bath, then Dormy Inn Kagoshima is a perfect choice for you!

Dormy Inn is an onsen chain hotel, and it has many branches all over Japan. Dormy Inn Kagoshima is located within 2-minute walk from Takamibaba Station, and you can access the downtown area and Tenmonkan easily from this hotel.

Dormy Inn Kagoshima also offers natural onsen facilities as well such as public bath and open-air bath (separated baths for female and male) as well! This hotel also offers coin laundry service and weekly/monthly plan for its guests, which is way cheaper compare to other hotels.

Dormy Inn Kagoshima offers one of the best hotel breakfast buffet, served in both Japanese and Western style. In the evening you can try Dormy Inn signature yonaki soba as well!

The hotel also offers one-way shuttle bus service to Kagoshima Station as well, which is available upon reservation!

Let’s stay at hotel in Kagoshima!

Kagoshima is not only famous for its fabulous gourmet collection, but also for its great onsen collection as well. From business hotel to Japanese traditional ryokan; we have introduced you several great accommodation facilities in Kagoshima that is worth every penny of you!