Okayama
Where to Stay in Okayama: Best Areas & Hotels (2026)
Where to stay in Okayama: Okayama Station hotels vs Kurashiki Bikan quarter explained, with picks for every budget and trip type.
Tokyo-based technology architect and lifelong Japan traveler. Marriott Lifetime Platinum (822 nights worldwide), 44 of 47 prefectures, ~60 hotel nights a year — usually with family. I verify every hotel before it appears here.
Okayama
Where to stay in Okayama: Okayama Station hotels vs Kurashiki Bikan quarter explained, with picks for every budget and trip type.
Miyazaki
Takachiho hotels with parking for rental car travelers — free lots, gorge access, kagura evenings & Kyushu road trip routing from Kumamoto and Miyazaki.
Miyazaki
Day trip to Takachiho or stay overnight? Honest breakdown of travel times from Miyazaki, Kumamoto, and Nobeoka, plus why the night kagura tips the scales.
Miyazaki
No train reaches Takachiho. Here's how to get there by bus from Kumamoto (3 hrs) or Nobeoka, or by car from Miyazaki City — with last-bus times that matter.
Miyazaki
Takachiho night kagura starts at 20:00—after the last bus home. Hotels near the shrine, winter yokagura etiquette, and dinner timing covered.
Miyazaki
Hotels and ryokan near Takachiho Gorge — honest distances, prices, onsen options, and how to book the gorge rental boat before it sells out.
Miyazaki
Where to stay in Takachiho: overnight ryokan for nightly kagura and the early gorge boat, or day trip from Miyazaki, Kumamoto, or Nobeoka — honest advice.
Kyoto
Compare apartment hotels Kyoto kitchen laundry options by private facilities, family capacity and station access.
Osaka
Compare apartment hotels Osaka for families by occupancy, kitchen, private or shared laundry and Namba station access.
Tokyo
Find Tokyo hotels with connecting rooms that can be confirmed, with group capacity, beds, bathrooms and booking method compared.
Tokyo
Compare Tokyo hotels for families of five by legal occupancy, real beds, bathrooms, kitchens and total room cost.
Shibuya
Compare serviced apartments Shibuya offers by private kitchen, washer-dryer, legal occupancy and station access.