Name: Hotel Okura Kobe
Address: Kobe, JP
Price range: From $147

Hotel Okura Kobe, KobeHotel Okura Kobe in Kobe, Japan has a corrected score of 3.6 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), ranked 5 of 23 hotels we score in Kobe. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 3.7 before correction: Booking.com 3.7, Tripadvisor 4.1, Google 3.3. Rooms from about $147 a night (cached, not a live quote).Hotel Okura Kobe is a 5-star hotel situated in a 35-storey skyscraper on the Kobe waterfront. The building sits near Meriken Park, the Kobe Port Tower, and the Motomachi shopping district. It caters to business travellers and families, offering Western-style rooms with air conditioning, minibars, and Wi-Fi. On-site facilities include an indoor swimming pool, a gym, tennis courts, and a sauna. Guests can dine in the hotel restaurants or use the business centre. While the location provides views of the Rokko Mountains and the harbour, there is an additional charge to use the gym and pool facilities.What stands out

Waterfront location near Meriken Park

On-site tennis courts and sauna

Spacious Western-style rooms

Family friendly facilities

Watch out for

Extra charge for gym and pool

Better-scored in Kobe

Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland, Kobe: 4.0 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), from $358 a night. Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland is a five-star waterfront hotel in Kobe, Japan, opened in 2008 and part of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.

The Orient (Former Oriental Hotel Kobe), Kobe: 3.9 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $251 a night. The Orient is a five-star boutique hotel housed in a historic 1870 building in Kobe's former Foreign Settlement, close to the port, Nankin-machi and the City Museum.

Fairfield Inn Hyogo Awaji Higashiura, Kobe: 3.9 ± 0.3 (fair evidence, 4 of 4 platforms), from $264 a night. Fairfield Inn Hyogo Awaji Higashiura is a three-star hotel situated in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, close to the coast and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.