Suginoi Palace Hotel, Lake Awasa

The Suginoi Palace Hotel is set amid natural gardens, perched on the side of a hilltop on Mount Takasaki, famous for its numerous monkeys. It is close to Beppu's hot springs resort area and has a commanding a view of the Kunisaki Peninsula, with its many stone statues of Buddha, and Shikoku's Sata Peninsula off in the distance. The adjoining Suginoi Palace is a huge bathing complex with hot-spring baths which hotel guests can use for free.