The location is about 15 minutes' walk from the nearest subway station, Hikarigaoka Station. Shuttle service to this station is infrequent.
Next to the Hikarigaoka Station are all the amenities of Ima Main Shopping Mall that supports the mainly the public residential areas. Amenities such as restaurants, supermarkets are available around this subway station.
Within walking distance of 5 minutes of the hotel are a 24 hr convenience store, Familymart, and a 24 hr fast food restaurant, McDonald's. There is a Japanese restaurant about 50 m from the hotel whoch is very popular with the locals.
The hotel staff can relate in English. They cater to your basic needs but not beyond. The keys to the hotel room, the elevators, the locks on the door and lightings in the rooms are of the 70s era. However, it is well maintained.
In my opinion, this is a hotel maintaining itself in basic cleanliness and basic service but is behind the times in service and amenities. The location is poor. It fails to make up with its inconvenient location with the frequency of its shuttle service to the subway station and malls. The staff, though English speaking, are not friendly and do not make you feel welcome after a tired trip far away from home. The price of the rooms does not commensurate with what you get. Use this hotel only because it is one of the very few hotels in the area.