Fukuyama hotellia

Plussat: Amazing location and very modern facilities. Individual hot tub/ onsen with fantastic view. Can also reserve private onsen (much larger) with same view. Breakfast and especially dinner will be the best you will have on your trip unless you go to a REALLY expensive Kaiseiki restaurant in Tokyo or Kyoto. Even then I'm not sure it will be better. Really nice to get away from tourist circuit. I think we were the only non-Japanese couple. Although we had to use our phone translation app to communicate with staff it was not a problem at all. Yes it's expensive but for what is offered it's worth the cost. Splurge for a night if you can squeeze it in your itinerary, you won't regret it.

Miinukset: Nothing at all. Wish we could have stayed longer.

Plussat: Although most staff had limited English they went out of there way to be helpfull and we did communicate. The room was well appointed and the view was gorgeous. The meals were excellent.

Plussat: The hotel is very close to the station and shopping in the area is convenient. The Richmond is modern, the rooms were larger than a usual Japanese business hotel, and comfortable.

Miinukset: Options on western choices for breakfast were somewhat limited.

Plussat: Location as very good, close to the Station.

Miinukset: Non-Smoking Room only for additional 4000 JPY whilst Hotel was not fully booked.

Plussat: Baby friendly hotel with staff!

Plussat: Hotel is very convenient located, just next to the station and castle park. Staff was extremely helpful and polite. Very nice breakfast! Both western and Japanese style. Clean rooms with comfortable beds.

Plussat: Very friendly staff, environment is comfortable. Breakfast is fine. They provide free soft drink and coffee. Also powder for bath.

Miinukset: The size has obvious gap compare to picture. A little bit disappoint, but it is clean and quiet.

Plussat: The pleasant staff, nice sized room which had beds for 3 for 3 of us, not 2 as often we find when traveling as a family of 3.

Plussat: Big twin room. Super clean. Nice staff and helpful. Various and good buffet breakfast (continental - chinese - japanese). Discount to the super onsen just front of the hotel.

Miinukset: Bit noisy if the room is front of the avenue. No snack available in the machine or room. Bit far of the JR line but 5min by bus (stop just front of the hotel!). 10-12min by foot. Not really english staff or english manuel for air co but easy to understand.

Plussat: The breakfast is good for business hotels.

Miinukset: The staff's English needs to be brushed up.

Plussat: business hotel style with huge room

Miinukset: a bit old style

Plussat: Amenities like tooth brush, shaver, etc are centralized at the reception. You take what you need at any time. Unlimited drinks are served by drinks machine at lobby. Feel free to take the Buffet Breakfast to your room if you wish, but do bring the whole tray back to the serving area. Do your own trashing and stack up the tray, cutlery, plates and bowls. This is very typical Japanese civilized way of self-clean up. And parking is free.

Miinukset: They do not have mattress if you have a 3rd party in a double room. Make sure you book triple room if you have a child with you.

Plussat: Only 3 min walk from the station. Great room...bigger than usual (we opted for larger room) with fab castle view. Nice layout, very comfortable. Good to be able to get a coffee or soft drink (free) on ground floor. Breakfast mainly great choice of Japanese, but very good breads if prefer western.

Plussat: Right next to train station, across road from castle and close to restaurants.

Plussat: Excellent, large room with a chair and table for reading and looking at the view of Fukuyama Castle!

Plussat: The view of the Castle from our window!! Proximity to station but quiet Good food choices in station mall

Plussat: The location is fantastic right by the castle.

Miinukset: Buffet breakfast was all japanese we ended up eating out instead.

Plussat: location, comfy, breakfast, clean

Plussat: Breakfast is good.

Plussat: The room was large and well- appointed, with lots of space for luggage, hanging clothes and drawer space. The bathroom was basic, but better than most biz hotel bathrooms. The castle view was fantastic, it was just right there in your face. One of the best "this or that view" rooms on this trip of more than 60 hotel stays. I love fresh air at night, so I really appreciated that the window opened all the way, kudos to this hotel for that. The breakfast had a small selection, but it was delicious and with a couple of unusual items, very good. Steps from the station, it could not be more convenient.

Miinukset: Nothing, really- they have done well with this property.

Miinukset: In a line it was an amazing stay even though for just a night - Everything was attended to and looked after with a smile right from an iron board to checkout which were both done in less than a minute - Cleanliness was top notch as was the overall hospitality

Plussat: the location

Miinukset: there was no english news channels.

Plussat: Hotel is next to the main station and easy to access. Room is fairly clean, spacious, and the bed was large and comfortable. The hotel staff was very pleasant and helpful, and the price was reasonable.

Miinukset: Nothing!

Plussat: Close to the station and food options. Bed was comfortable and the room spacious enough to lay the luggage on the floor completely open.

Miinukset: A bit warm as the temperature control didn’t do much to reduce the heat that seems to be centrally controlled.

Plussat: Room was very good and breakfast was also very good. Total value for money.

Miinukset: Only the bed size was small.

Plussat: Location Good size rooms Price

Miinukset: Nothing much Laundry machines are a bit rubbish that’s it Breakfast is a little exspensive

Plussat: Good location.

Plussat: The staff was very friendly and helpful. The hotel is across from the Fukuyama Station and close to Hiroshima Prefectural Museum and a Castle.

Miinukset: There was nothing we didn’t like.

Plussat: I can’t say anything positive other than the location close to the station.

Miinukset: This was a dreadful hotel. The worst thing was the awful smell in the tiny room, from the bathroom overnight. It was totally awful and made us feel ill and unable to sleep. The hotel was not friendly or welcoming and I would not recommend this hotel.

Plussat: + Great location near the station + Tea making facilities on the floor + Nice onsen

Plussat: Free espresso coffee all day in the lobby. Good breakfast. Great location. Nice rooms.

Miinukset: Rooms are a little small as is typical in Japan.

Plussat: Breakfast was OK. Although not many Western options.

Miinukset: Hotel felt a little tired. But OK for the price.

Plussat: I absolutely adore the girl at the front desk. Her customer care skills are at the highest level, she tailored everything to our needs, gave us a bigger room at a new building they opened as a new hotel (Anchor hotel I believe), showed us around and was always very cheerful and helpful. The hotel itself is very nice and clean, the new building, which i in fact a converted apartment building, has big rooms with all amenities imaginable. We even got a balcony which is as rare as it comes in Japan. Location is perfect a few steps from the station and castle with a convenience store inbetween. Breakfast had a huge variety, including a selection of several curry types and a whole cabinet of herbal tea.

Miinukset: The dressing room at the onsen was kept a bit too cool, I'm not sure if it was the cause or if it only contributed but I got swimmer's ear soon after visiting. Another minor inconvenience was that when I went to the laundry room floor the corridor was filled with tobacco smoke.

Plussat: Location and staff is great. Lobby and breakfast is good. Free coffee in lobby.

Miinukset: Room was very small for two people. Also, room and hallway seemed outdated.

Plussat: Great location just moments from the station, so perfect for getting out to places. Basic room but clean and comfortable.

Miinukset: Small room, but what we expected for the price.

Plussat: The swimming pool was okay, but hysterically hot. We could not stay for more than a couple of minutes.

Miinukset: The staff did not speak to us at all. Normally if japanese dont speak english they explain things in japanese and you can sort of figure stuff out. But they were just dead quiet and even when we spoke japanese to then they would not answer, just look embarrassed. It was all very weird! We went out to find food, but the area is filled with clubs with men hanging around outside and did not feel very safe for me and my 11 year old. Cannot recommend this place if you are travelling with children!

Plussat: Good

Miinukset: No

Miinukset: I prebooked the private bath but the front staff gave me the wrong paper with wrong password. :s So I couldn’t get in the right one and the worst is that the staff did not apologize and just said お願いします. Won’t book this hotel again.

Plussat: Our stay was comfortable and the top floor onsen was wonderful!

Plussat: very clean room and premises

Miinukset: Walls were very thin, we could hear everything happening in the corridors. The staff speaks really little English. Area a bit dodgy at night.

Plussat: Onsen on the rooftop and nice clean rooms

Miinukset: Breakfast

Plussat: Nice staff, good breakfast, welcoming atmosphere

Plussat: Everything

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Like it .because have hot spring The dinner is good at 3rd floor More choice

Miinukset: Hotel a bit far far from town But hotel have bus bring us from station to hotel check in ^check out bring us to station Still good

Plussat: Free shuttle to Fukuyama station every 30 minutes, that's where your main dining and central area is! Great view from my room on the 8th level! Onsen available but also have private bathroom/shower in your room

Plussat: The property was beautifully maintained. The staff were very accomodating and hospitable. The food was excellent and well presented and the facilities were very clean and easy to access.

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Large rooms and convenient location from Fukuyama station. Breakfast buffet is alright.

Miinukset: For this price you cannot expect high levels of quality, but all was clean and the rooms were large according to Japanese standards.

Plussat: This Hotel was close to the station, breakfast was OK and the staff helpful and courteous. It is a good value budget hotel. Bed was a bit worn and slightly lumpy.

Plussat: Breakfast was ok for a free buffet, staff were nice room was big . Good location for getting to Onomichi. Sangem restaurant across the road was good.

Miinukset: The mattress felt like it was filled with cement. The duvet was plasticky. I would pay them to never sleep here again. The room was creepy and the lighting was neon LED with no view from any window in the whole building, they were all fogged glass.

Plussat: Great location just opposite to the passenger boat and bike rental and 5 mins walk from train station. Nice harbor view. Comfortable bed.

Miinukset: Room was a bit small but comfortable

Plussat: Location was good. A short walk from the train station and directly opposite the bike rental place. Staff didn't speak English but were very helpful nonetheless.

Plussat: Stayed only for one night after the Shimanami Kaido cycling course but the room exceeded our expectations based on previous reviews. The location is excellent if you are aiming to start or finish your cycling day.

Miinukset: -

Plussat: Location is unbeatable as it is just across from the coastline. Short walk to the main shopping street and the trail to visit Senkoji shrine.

Miinukset: It’s an old property. The room is small like most Japanese hotel chains.

Plussat: Dirty and bad smell.

Plussat: Japanese breakfast was lovely. Great location for starting Shimanami Kaido. 5 mins from station. 1 min from bike hire shop. 2 mins from ferry. Luggage storage.

Miinukset: Room was quite small. But as expected to be honest.

Plussat: The view of the sea was quite great. We stayed there, as many others I suppose, for the Shimanami kaido, in fact after the ride, we had to ask them if they could store the bikes inside and protected and they were fully prepared! They have a garage in which store many other bikes and such! The staff always tried their best to solve our problems while we were there.

Miinukset: I thought I did loose a thing of mine and maybe forgot it there, I noticed it a couple of days after my checkout, so I emailed them asking if they had maybe found it.. But I never received any answer. I get that our stay was over, and they wouldn't have any other money from us since we already paid, but a simple answer with yes or no would've been sufficient.. I mean it would've been plain courtesy to answer anything.. Also when we opened the fridge we found this huge 'monster' in the wall inside it, of course it wasn't anything to be worried about as we found later it was just some fixing paste of a previous hole, but it really didn't look nice on the moment! The staff asked us if we wanted to change room but we refused as we had already unpacked suitcases and were very tired. (and also because it wasn't a real problem, once we in fact found out what it actually was)

Miinukset: Proximity to the bike rental, railway, ferry and harbour . Perfect location.