The hotel is well renovated. The condition of the bedroom and bathroom is clean, modern, easy check-in / check-out. It doesn't take long. Location is not far from Sannomiya Station, about 400 meters. There is Family Mart across the street.
I spent about three days at Kobe portopia hotel.... close to shiminhiroba Station (Kobe) approximately 100 metres and roughly 100 metres to exhibition hall...
Then, there is a shuttle bus from hotel (free) to sannomiya Kobe station... and you can take a bus near Sogo (in front of sannomiya Kobe Station) which is direct to Kansai Airport....
There are a lot of fancy restaurants inside hotel area...
I took “dine” at Shushiman and Gococu...