my family and i stayed at gasthof hotel for 4 nights. the staff were really friendly and helpful. we took the gormet plan which is rooms plus breakfast and dinner. we had to make reservations at either takezo or kikuya for dinner (they are restaurants within the hotel). on the first night, as all reservations were full till 9pm, we could only have dinner at 915pm, however the staff were really apologetic about it, and they even wrote us a note and gave us 3 bottles of complimentary shochu. the food at the restaurants were also very good. however the menus are written all in jap, so ordering was a bit of a barrier. (takezo has a simplified eng menu featuring some dishes but you have to ask for it). the rooms though small, were very cosy (the interior deco of this hotel is really good) and the beds were very comfortable to sleep in. its a great place to stay, and also within walking dist from kagoshima chou station.

My family and i stayed at this great hotel for 3 nights. It is ver easy to walk to from Shin Osaka station and is very warm and homely. Thebuffet breakfast has mostly asian selection as well as eggs. I really miss this hotel, and definately will stay again on next trip to Kagoshima!

I stayed here 3 nights and wasn't sorry to leave.
Most of the rooms there appeared to have a standard sensible layout - but not mine. It was located where the corridor bent through an odd angle and as a result had a strange layout. I guess I should have asked for a different room and then I wouldn't have had to put up with the narrow gap between the TV unit and the corner of the bed and the complete lack of any desk or chair!
More annoying was the draught coming from the small frosted-glass window and the music playing in the corridor....
I didn't notice it the first night - I guess I fell asleep quickly after a long journey to Kagoshima - but the next night I could hear the awful Christmas themed muzak (this was in mid-November) which the room door didn't quite completely block out and went on all night.
The only plus points I can think of were the friendly staff, cheap price and decent variety of food available at the breakfast buffet.