Matsue Urban Hotel

Opposite Matsue Station, Urban Hotel is a total ugly duckling, resembling a tenement from the outside, but transforming into a sleek, modern hotel inside, with slick capsules, thick mattresses, and clean, modern furnishings that extend to the spacious, well-equipped shower rooms. English-speaking staff are professional, and the only slight letdown are the drab private rooms. Buffet breakfast is ¥1060.