{"id":34068,"date":"2023-09-10T12:36:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T04:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=34068"},"modified":"2023-09-10T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T04:36:38","slug":"the-blossom-hakata-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/09\/10\/the-blossom-hakata-premier\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blossom Hakata Premier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My first place of stay this 14 day work trip to the cities of Fukuoka, Matsue and Osaka. This is a four star establishment in Fukuoka, and &#8211; coincidentally &#8211; roughly opposite Royal Park Fukuoka Hotel that I stayed in during the 2019 visit. I stayed here 4D3N, and here are my notes for it:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The hotel looks and feels <strong>modern<\/strong>, right from the main entrance at street level (take the lift up to L(obby) level), the restaurant I had my breakfasts each morning, and the rooms themselves. Hakata Station is a manageable <strong>6 minute walk<\/strong> away along wide pavements. Roughly opposite the hotel and also a 5 minute walk away is Canal City. This shopping mall isn&#8217;t quite the size of JR Hakata Station but it&#8217;s quieter, prettier, and has adequate dining options &#8211; including the level 5 Ramen Stadium which sees some of Kyushu&#8217;s best ramen stalls clustered together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The hotel doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s primarily for business travelers though: I saw a couple of young families with toddlers and infants, and the guests I ran into in the lifts or restaurants were routinely also a mix of young and elderly couples and families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The room I was booked into was a <strong>Moderate Double Room<\/strong> that sleeps up to two persons. The room is well big enough for solo travelers, adequate for couples, and possibly also Ok if you have a single child about. The standard amenities are also in the room: including a small mini-fridge (no complimentary cold drinks there), two bottles of mineral water, a combined toilet and shower stall, ironing board, and a safety deposit box that was too small to keep my laptop. There are plenty of power sockets everywhere in the room, and a couple of lights can be adjusted in intensity to suit your needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In-room WIFI<\/strong> was fast enough for streaming on Netflix, and also supported multi-device connections with no complaints; I had four connected devices each time (two phones, a tablet, and a laptop). The air-conditioning worked very well and has a working themostat for me to do micro adjustments to cooling temperature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Breakfast<\/strong> starts at 6:30AM, and was included in my room package. The BF restaurant is at level two and offers a view of sorts of the quiet street part of the hotel faces. There&#8217;s a decent spread of items, including cold and grilled meats, pastries, local food types, and a variety of hot and cold beverages. It&#8217;s not spectacular, but breakfast for me every morning was a quiet serene affair, though this might also be in large part because I was routinely the first guest to arrive for BF each morning!<\/p>\n<p>The room rates at the time of booking was about SGD180\/night without BF: which is a little on the expensive side for hotels that are this distance away from Hakata Station. Nonetheless, it was a comfortable stay for me, and I had absolutely no complaints of it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34070\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moderate Double Room with a Queen-sized bed that I had.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34071\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175544.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175544.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175544-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175544-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175544-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175544-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What looks like a 50&#8243; HD TV. Not many international TV channels though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34072\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175607.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175607-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175607-240x336.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shower stall that has a proper door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34073\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063505.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063505-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063505-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063505-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063505-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breakfast starts at 6:30AM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34074\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063525.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063525-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063525-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063525-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_063525-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The level two restaurant also presents a view of the side-road beside the hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34075\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_064025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34075 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_064025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_064025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_064025-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_064025-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_064025-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_064025-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quite breakfasts for me each morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34076\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_093121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_093121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_093121.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_093121-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_093121-240x336.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blossom Hakata Premier hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first place of stay this 14 day work trip to the cities of Fukuoka, Matsue and Osaka. This is a four star establishment in Fukuoka, and &#8211; coincidentally &#8211; roughly opposite Royal Park Fukuoka Hotel that I stayed in<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/09\/10\/the-blossom-hakata-premier\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  The Blossom Hakata Premier<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[679],"class_list":["post-34068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traveling","tag-fukuoka-matsue-osakajapan-2023","wpcat-17-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230907_175529.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34068"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34081,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34068\/revisions\/34081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}