The hotel is located a short walk from Ueda Station's north exit (Shinkansen side). Ueda is not a large city, so everything is fairly walkable. Ueda Castle is a short, albeit uphill walk from the hotel. The rooms color wise were much to be desired (brown), but they were clean and comfortable. I regret not making full use of the public bath that was available on the first floor. However, more important to me was the fact that they had a washer and coin dryer to clean my clothes. Really liked the hotel is general.