Offering spacious rooms with free WiFi and wired internet and an attached bathroom is Ark Hotel Kumamotojo Mae -ROUTE INN HOTELS-, 500 metres from Kumamoto Castle. It has 2 restaurants, while breakfast buffet venue, Rokka Restaurant, features views of the castle. Ark Hotel Kumamoto-jo Mae provides air-conditioned rooms with a desk and satellite TV. Rooms are equipped with a fridge, coffee/tea making facility, air purifier and a hairdryer. The hotel is 4 km from JR Kumamoto Train Station. Kato Shrine is 500 metres away. Suizen-ji Joju-en Garden is a 15-minute drive. A shopping arcade is only 200 metres away. Rokka Restaurant serves local cuisine, Japanese- and Western-style dishes.