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A riverside hotel located in the heart of Kitakyushu City, featuring the flowing Murasaki River and the greenery of Katsuyama Park. The interior, unified with a Southern European style, offers a truly relaxing space. We provide 50-square-meter deluxe rooms, as well as Western and Japanese-style rooms. At the restaurant connected to the riverside garden, you can enjoy meals in a resort-like atmosphere. Additionally, the hotel is characterized by its traditional and unique shrine and a chapel with a 15-meter-high ceiling.

Kitakyushu City, a place associated with Musashi and Kojiro, offers excellent access—just a 3-minute walk from the Shinkansen exit of JR Kokura Station via the elevated walkway. Rising 132 meters above ground, RIHGA Royal Hotel Kokura is a high-rise city Hotel with sweeping panoramic views of Kitakyushu, from the Kanmon Straits to the east to the Genkai Sea to the west. Spacious guest rooms are complemented by restaurants and bars, banquet halls of various sizes, a health club, and more. As part of Kitakyushu’s convention zone, it is ideal for a wide range of purposes.