The curfew thing is pretty normal in Japan, especially in business hotels. You can usually ask and make arrangements if you have to come back after a certain time, but in general there is a curfew.
After the curfew, there is usually only a single staff member on site - and they are "on call", so will sleep unless there is an actual emergency. The doors will be locked, and you will have to call the hotel (or call the staff member by intercom) to get in.
As for the day out times, it is when they do cleaning. As they will clean in the rooms people are staying in, it is a safety measure to make sure that no one is hanging around to slip in and possibly steal something.
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I've heard of pretty set check-in/check-out times... (although a lot of places I've stayed at have been lenient to say the least), but I've never heard of what you're talking about. I've stayed in many hotels and Onsens in many different prefectures of Japan and I've never encountered this. Maybe this is the exception and not the rule?
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It`s a cheap business hotel thing. You won`t see it in normal hotels, ryokan, or onsen.