Rooms with free wired internet, gentle colours and a full private bathroom can be found at Ark Hotel Okayama -ROUTE INN HOTELS-, 800 metres from JR Okayama Train Station. It has 2 restaurants. Okayama Ark Hotel offers air-conditioned rooms with a wood writing desk and green tea maker. Each comes with a flat-screen TV. The en suite bathroom has a bathtub as well as slippers and amenities. Okayama Castle and Kiraku-en Garden are both about 2 km from the hotel. Kibitsu Shrine is a 20-minute drive. Coin-operated laundry machines are provided, and the 24-hour front desk has a luggage storage service. A breakfast buffet with Japanese and Western dishes is served daily. La Peche Restaurant serves Western cuisine, while Akura has a Japanese menu.