We stayed at the Kagoshima Tokyo hotel in June while traveling with our adult son, who is currently living in Japan. It helped that he speaks some of the language because the staff there speak very little english. The hotel set us up with a car and driver for a day of touring - there were specific museums we wanted to see and decided this would be the most efficient way to see them all. The breakfast buffet was very good - an interesting mix of Japanese and non-Japanese breakfast items. We were very close to the ferry, which was good for us - there was another museum we wanted to see on the other side of the bay. We were the only non-Japanese we saw in the three days we spent in Kagoshima. I actually caught schoolchildren staring at me, I guess because we were such an oddity! Overall, the hotel was clean and efficient, and I felt it was a good bargain.

Arriving in Kagoshima airport is fun- there are hourly buses into different parts of town. Just outside the airport is a place to dip your feet in the Hots springs (towels available for 200yen). The drive into town is long- at least 1-1/12 hours. The bus drops you off a block from the hotel.
The staff are so friendly (always bowing) and the room is large- get one facing Kinko bay and the volcano- really spectacular views). The internet is free and they do provide a travel adaptor. The bathroom is small, modular and lined with that plastic stuff that they advertise in "re-doing your bath"- adequate but move on ASAP!!
Breakfast was included and very diverse enabling Americans and Japanese to eat well!
Across the raod are a few small eateries- noodle bowls (very tasty indeed)

There are 3 buses an hour to the main bus station (takes about 20-25 minutes) and they are punctual- 08:24 is just that!

Very nice, reasonably priced hotel, on the bay near a ferry. Contrary to what another person said, we did not hear any noise from the ferry, even with our balcony door open, and we slept very well here, on comfortable twin beds, with lots of space, very good free cabled Internet access, and our own private balcony with a spectacular view of the bay and the volcano. We were able to walk a block or so to the ferry, in order to board buses bound for downtown and the train terminal. The bus could get us downtown in about 15 minutes. There was another bus, called City View, which would take us around to all of the tourist attractions, for 600 yen, unlimited travel for a day. This was fun but not so convenient, and sometimes we had to wait a long time for the bus to arrive. When we would get tired of using the bus and hail a taxi, we ended up paying about 1800 yen to get back to the hotel. The hotel's breakfast, for about 1000 yen, was pretty good. We didn't try the hotel's restaurant and instead found some nice places to eat downtown, using recommendations on the internet. However, we did enjoy eating lunch at a delicious ramen place across the street from the hotel, tucked away in a small shopping center with the entrance facing away from the bay. We were disappointed with the onsen at the pool. It had no view, and the water didn't seem warm enough. Also, it was in a neglected messy area near an empty swimming pool, and we decided not to try it.