Cannot say enough good things about the Kamakura Prince. This is up to the standard of a California resort hotel someplace like Huntington Beach. Rooms are large, comfortable and gracious, bathrooms huge and inviting, beds very, very restful. The hotel is located some distance from the city center on a little electric train line that is itself a tourist attraction. You quickly learn that the way to get back and forth is to take that train, walk a block to the hotel's congress and banquet hall, and then take the elevator that rises diagonally through the rock to the cliff on which the hotel proper sits. Nifty and convenient. Our only complaint was that the Japanese restaurant in the hotel had no English menu and no English-speaking staff, so we had to go to their French dining room. Frankly, we found the level of English throughout Japan very modest, and once you figure out that your US-issued ATM card won't work anyplace other than a 7-11 and the Post Office, you can be comforted by the fact that there's a 7-11 close to the train stop for the Kamakura Prince.

This hotel has stunning views of the ocean, beautiful building design and friendly staff. The bathroom huge with glass shower, big tub and fully tiled including a warmed toilet seat. The building is wonderful The food however was ridiculous. The lounge has sandwiches the size of my fist for $15 with mystery meat and nothing a westerner can consider for breakfast. The restaurants that were supposed to be within walking distance were all closed on the Monday evening we arrived and the only place to get anything for breakfast was the 7/11 a few blocks away. The hotel restaurant if French and serves full course dinners starting at $60/person. The breakfast is $20 buffet. You can try the Hawaiian restaurant on the water a few blocks from the 7/11 for dinner but the best bet is Peters Italian which is one train stop away towards Kamakura. It's also on the beach. Great food at reasonable prices. Great place to stay, difficult to find reasonable food.

Well, a ten minute walk from the station is fine if it is FLAT, but there is a really steep hill in between you and the hotel. It is a bit isolated from other restaurants/bars/shopping. The rooms are quite big for Japanese standards. The view is great, and the eagles soaring round add to the pleasant seaside atmosphere. The French Restaurant is very good. As with most Japanese Resorts, the Gardens let the place down a little.

I stayed at this hotel as a base for a conference so it was out of ease not necessarily choice. The hotel is set on a hill overlooking the beach and with views over Mount Fuji. The room seemed to be large for Japan with full length windows with the views (that is if Mount Fuji emerges from the clouds). The bed was comfortable and the bathroom was fine (the hairdryer is useless). Within the hotel there is a tea room, a European and a Japanese restaurant. In the immediate area there is a 7/11 and a couple of restaurants but not that much else. The hotel is about 10 min walk from Shichirigahama station (map as you leave the station) which is on the Enoden line and 15 min from Kamakura station which is served by 2 JR lines from Tokyo (about 1 hour). As a base for seeing the sights of Kamakura (numerous shrines and temples) with the Enoden line getting back into Kamakura or to Hase is not difficult and a trip on the Enoden line is certainly something to do if you are in the area. However for 24,000 yen per night I would not say the hotel lived up to the price tag. Also having to pay 1575 yen per 24 hours for internet access seems very expensive.