Kobe Luminous Hotel

**The positives: *Standard business hotel room, but with a pretty comfortable bed, a TV which I think was 4K and a fairly spacious, clean bathroom. *Shower was warm and comfortable. *The window opened slightly, which is always nice. *Ample vending machines in the area. *Coin laundry was on the cheap side: 200 yen washes, dryer was 100 yen per 30min. **Neutral: The route from the elevators to the door lead past the front desk, but you're able to walk on the far side of a big column if you don't want to be seen. (Which I don't. I'm...not sociable.) **The negatives (all of which are pretty minor): *Leaky bathroom faucet, although I never heard it. *This hotel has a big disparity between "niceness of the TVs and filthiness of the elevator carpets." TVs: Really nice. Elevator carpets: Pretty filthy. *Area was kinda noisy and a bit busy for my tastes. *Coin laundry was cheap but the machines were also outside. It was February when I was there -- I had to factor in "freezing my butt off" when deciding whether or not to use them (which I didn't). *~Occasionally~ heard neighbors. I think I heard people out on the street (through a closed window) more often, to be honest.

A local hotel, old but clean. Very close to station and only 3 stops to the downtown area. (Kobe and Sanomia) Of course, downtown is still the best choice but this one is good alternative if you can’t find a good price in the city.

Without speaking Japanese, the staff assigned me my room quickly, and replaced a room key I left in the room. The room cleaning was thorough. Everything worked. I would stay at this hotel again.

It's local. It's cheap, but comfortable.

Hotel needs to change carpets of the elevators.