Wven though the hotel is in the middle of everything, it was very quiet. Loved the Onsen & massage chairs. The room was bigger than I expected, given that most hotel rooms in Japan are tiny. This one felt like the size of a hotel room in the USA.
My only minor complaint is I had asked them if my friend could check in before I got there and still put the room charge on my card that I used for the reservation. They said yes in the expedia messages, but when she got there, they made her use a machine to check in which required her credit card. When I got there a couple hours later, they could not change the charge to my card. Nor could they split the room charges. Like I said, a small issue, but I would have paid in advance if I had known they couldn't or wouldn't let her access the room before I got there.
Overall, it's a lovely hotel and would stay there again.