The hotel is good overall, the front desk staff are very cheery, polite, helpful and accommodating. The room was about what we expected, we'd already stayed in 3 other hotels in Japan, and this one was probably more like a 'western' hotel than a couple of the others we stayed in. What it needs is a bit of an upgrade though... the centre console in the room was supposed to control the air conditioning or at least the fan, but it didn't. The radio didn't work. But the light switches did, so that was a plus. The weather outside was cool, but in the room it got up to 27C. We informed the desk staff, unfortunately we cannot control the room temperature. The beds were firmer than anything we'd slept on previously, the pillow was two-sided, one side with foam and the other with peas. Not the end of the world, just took some getting used to. In terms of location, it is VERY close to the Kamata station, so access is quick and easy. If you like curry, there's a good Nepalese restaurant around the corner, there's also a McDonalds, and a host of other typical small Japanese noodle houses. Right across the street is the bowling alley. Our room faced the main road and highway and rail lines, so sleeping with the window open to help cool down the room meant a bit of noise, but at home in Toronto we sleep beside the highway so it's not too different. It was relatively inexpensive, and the room was stocked with the usual shampoo, body soap, toothbrush, paste, razors and shaving gel. The front staff were very helpful and took watch of our luggage prior to check-in at 3PM and after we checked out at 10AM a few days later.