The Paradise Garden Sasebo

Other options are the Deluxe Twin (36.0 sq m, up to 2 guests), the Deluxe Double (18.0 sq m, up to 2 guests) and the new building's Twin Room (23.0 sq m, up to 2 guests). Beds are doubles in the main building and semi-doubles in the new building. The suites and barrier-free rooms have bathtubs; all other rooms, including the Japanese-style, Japanese-Western and connecting rooms, have a shower room with no bathtub. In both buildings, onsen water runs from the guest-room taps. There is one barrier-free room in the main building (4th floor) and one in the new building (1st floor). A humidifier is included in the room equipment. Children's roomwear (pajamas) comes in 90 cm, 110 cm and 120 cm-and-up sizes and is available to borrow at the front desk, in limited numbers.

The 8 private-hire baths come in 3 types: hinoki-wood, stone-tiled and rock baths, all for a fee. Sign up at the main building's front desk. Hours are 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays (last entry 9 p.m.) and 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends and holidays (last entry 10 p.m.). Each bath holds up to 2 adults plus 3 children of elementary school age and under. The fee is 3,500 yen on weekdays and 4,000 yen on weekends and holidays for 50 minutes, with additional guests at 1,200 yen per adult and 600 yen per child (each for 50 minutes). The private-hire baths (family baths) lend towels, bath towels, shampoo, conditioner and body soap free of charge. Plans with a guaranteed private-hire bath let you use your chosen bath for 50 minutes, but the number of baths is limited, so you may not get your preferred type or time. For overnight stays, guests aged 12 and over pay a separate onsen bathing tax of 150 yen.

On the Huis Ten Bosch 1DAY Passport plan, passports are included for adults only; children's tickets are bought separately at the Huis Ten Bosch ticket counter. The plan has no rate for junior high and high school students, who book at the adult rate. The 1st floor of the new building has a coin laundry corner (paid), with detergent and other supplies available.

The hotel has Paradise Bowl, a 36-lane bowling alley, and karaoke rooms. Karaoke costs 500 yen per person per hour for elementary school age and over. Bowling is 400 yen per game for staying guests (shoe rental is a separate 400 yen), and under the prefectural youth protection ordinance, guests under 18 can bowl only until 10:30 p.m., even with a guardian.

At Onsen Ichigo-en, the strawberry farm on the grounds, you can pick strawberries with 40 minutes of all-you-can-eat. The plants are grown on raised beds, so you can pick without bending down and get around with a stroller. Staying guests pay 2,400 yen for adults, 1,900 yen for elementary school children and 1,200 yen for ages 3 to 5, and tickets are sold at the hotel front desk. The season runs from late February to early May (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., last entry 4 p.m.) and shifts with the harvest. Picking is not held on some days, so please call to check before you go.