Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, Kobe
Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel can be easily said to be masterpiece architecture in Kobe. If you wonder why, then here is the answer. Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel was designed by the Takenaka Corporation and it resembles an ocean liner. It is located at the head of a pier surrounded by the sea. This hotel located at 5-6, Hatoba-Cho Chuo-Ku Kobe, 650-0042Japan is very close to the Meriken Park. The hotel was opened in 1995 just 6 months after the Great Hanshin earthquake destroyed almost half of Kobe. Reaching Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel never takes much time because its location is such that you can reach there within 15 minutes from any JR railway and subway stations.
Situated in the Kobe waterfront which is known as Harborland, the hotel is such a beautiful sight that you can find it in many picture postcards of Kobe. The center of the ‘ocean liner' is hollow; it is airy atrium which is a beautiful garden with palm trees and bubbling fountains The area around the hotel is full of restaurants, museums and shopping malls. Therefore, while staying in this hotel you can enjoy shopping, eating various cuisines and go for various sight-seeing tours.
Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel has 331 guestrooms. All the rooms have balcony attached to them. Therefore, every guest can see mind boggling view of the ocean from the room. For this feature the hotel has a resort like appearance.
Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel has 6 restaurants and 2 sky lounges so that you do not have the problem of not getting your choice of dish. These restaurants provide range of foods starting from traditional Japanese to Chinese and typical Western. There is an indoor swimming pool in the hotel, therefore those of you who love swimming can take a splash in the water for relaxation or enjoy sunbathing near the poolside. You can enjoy walking since it will not take you much time to reach any place like shopping mall or even the main city of Kobe. But if you do not want to do that, then, Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel provides its guests with free shuttle service after a gap of 20-30 minutes to both Sannomiya and Kobe stations.
