We stayed at this hotel as part of a 3-week trip in Japan. If you want convenience, then I think then it's definitely convenient: it's right across the street from the train station.
It's right on a very busy street - even later at night there were lots of shops and restaurants open and lots of people walking at night (wasn't noisy once you got into the hotel though). Our only complaint was that we had booked a non-smoking room and when we checked-in they said we got a non-smoking room, but our room smelled of smoke.
We had to go downstairs and they gave us 2 cans of de-odorizer. After spraying the room down, we ran out of the room and headed out to the Kobe Harbour for a nice dinner and great walk.
Once the smell of cigarettes were gone (or covered up), it became another standard japanese hotel room - small, clean, efficient - a good night's sleep.
