STAR GATE HOTEL KANSAI AIRPORT

The hotel was perfect in terms of the view—ocean-view rooms on the upper floors only. However, I was bothered by the noise from planes heading to/from Kansai International Airport and the high-speed elevators, which is common in tall hotels. It seems flights do not operate between 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM, and the elevator noise wasn’t too loud, so I was able to sleep during that time. If you can sleep on public transport, it probably won’t be an issue at all. Requesting a room farther from the elevators might help a little, but when I stayed at Prince Hotel Ikebukuro before, it didn’t make much difference, so I didn’t request it this time. Breakfast had a wide variety of options—I even had an ikura rice bowl in the morning. The in-room bath was clean, but I’m deducting one point because there is no hot spring facility.

As we’re in an older age group, choosing Stargate Hotel Kansai Airport for a relaxing stay was the right decision. Changing the breakfast buffet to the brunch buffet made it feel like we enjoyed it twice as much. I’m glad we planned our cousins’ get-together.