{
 "slug": "amane-resort-seikai",
 "name": "Amane Resort Seikai",
 "url": "https://ryokancatalog.com/inn/amane-resort-seikai",
 "location": "Beppu",
 "prefecture": "Oita",
 "region": "Kyushu",
 "geo": {
  "lat": 33.2846,
  "lng": 131.4914
 },
 "tier": "—",
 "score": null,
 "score_scale": "1-10",
 "unscored": true,
 "confidence": null,
 "evidence": {
  "units": null,
  "op_stays": null,
  "member_stays": null
 },
 "kinrt_rank_claim": null,
 "rooms": null,
 "property_type": "Modern ryokan",
 "style": null,
 "features": {
  "in_room_onsen": null,
  "meals_in_room": null
 },
 "summary": "Seikai is the larger, original half of Beppu's two-inn Amane pair, and it holds the complex's big communal onsens, the French dinner restaurant and the buffet breakfast, which makes it the family-friendly counterweight to Gahama next door. Jalan guests rate it 4.8 across nearly 1,600 stays. KI-NRT has only crossed over from a stay at Gahama for its restaurant and breakfast, and nobody in the thread has written up a stay at Seikai itself.",
 "aspect_scale": "1-5",
 "aspects": {
  "cuisine": {
   "label": "Food",
   "score": null,
   "text": "Dinner at Seikai is French, while the kaiseki table is at its sister Gahama, and guests at either inn can eat at both. KI-NRT, staying two nights at Gahama, wanted to try both kitchens, and he called Seikai's breakfast buffet wonderful and a big hit with his kids. Jalan guests give dinner and breakfast 4.7 each and describe a tasty French dinner and a breakfast they enjoy."
  },
  "onsen": {
   "label": "Bath",
   "score": null,
   "text": "Seikai has the pair's large communal onsens, which Gahama lacks, and KI-NRT found them unnecessary for adults but great fun for kids. An ocean-view sauna was added in 2023. Jalan guests give the bath 4.7 and repeatedly praise how clean the baths are kept."
  },
  "service": {
   "label": "Service",
   "score": null,
   "text": "A complimentary golf cart runs on demand between Seikai and its sister Gahama, a one-minute ride, and guests at either inn can use the facilities and restaurants of the other, which KI-NRT counted as a requirement. Nobody in the thread has written about the service here. Jalan guests give it 4.5, their lowest mark, and describe friendly staff in aloha shirts; many are marking an occasion, and how the staff handle it decides the review."
  },
  "room": {
   "label": "Room",
   "score": null,
   "text": "Seikai is the larger, original half of the two-inn complex, and some rooms have their own open-air bath. Nobody in the thread has described a room here. Jalan guests give the rooms 4.8, their highest mark, and clean rooms are a recurring note."
  },
  "setting": {
   "label": "Place",
   "score": null,
   "text": "Seikai stands in Beppu, where hot-spring steam rises from the ground all over the city and you can smell the sulfur, which KI-NRT calls an awe-inspiring sight, though in the end he finds Beppu just another city, pleasant but no more, and the famous Hells very touristy and a bit fabricated. The property shares a parking lot with a big Nitori furniture store, and its sister Gahama is a five-minute walk across it."
  }
 },
 "transit": {
  "cities": [
   {
    "city": "Fukuoka",
    "hours": 2.5,
    "time": "~2h30",
    "transfers": 0,
    "estimated": true,
    "text": "Ltd exp Sonic Hakata to Beppu (~2h10), then ~15 min taxi to the inn."
   },
   {
    "city": "Kagoshima",
    "hours": 4.3,
    "time": "~4h20",
    "transfers": 2,
    "estimated": true,
    "text": "Shinkansen to Kokura, Sonic down to Beppu, then ~15 min taxi; no direct link."
   },
   {
    "city": "Nagasaki",
    "hours": 4.75,
    "time": "~4h45",
    "transfers": 2,
    "estimated": true,
    "text": ""
   }
  ],
  "note": ""
 },
 "photos": [
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_amaneresortseikai-0-07565796.jpg",
   "tag": "setting",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_amaneresortseikai-1-965c8839.jpg",
   "tag": "room",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 266
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_amaneresortseikai-2-2d360a64.jpg",
   "tag": "interior",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 266
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_amaneresortseikai-3-d3e7da6e.jpg",
   "tag": "bath",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 225
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nc_amaneresortseikai-4-b0380fd3.jpg",
   "tag": "food",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 240
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "website": "https://www.seikai.co.jp/",
  "map": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13076699033148569728",
  "jp_site": {
   "source": "Jalan",
   "score": 4.8,
   "reviews": 1597,
   "url": "https://www.jalan.net/yad316259/kuchikomi/",
   "as_of": "2026-07-11"
  },
  "flyertalk_reviews": [],
  "flyertalk_discussion": [
   {
    "post": 79,
    "author": "KI-NRT",
    "url": "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35031956-post79.html"
   },
   {
    "post": 250,
    "author": "KI-NRT",
    "url": "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/36063877-post250.html"
   }
  ],
  "tripadvisor": []
 },
 "as_of": "2026-09-07"
}