Hotel Kikunoya

Despite the overall mediocre experience in the accommodation it was worth spending a night on Miyajima and experiencing the island when the day visitors are gone. The accommodation is a short walk from the temple and on a quiet street (though that didn't help given the annoying hallway music issue mentioned below). Breakfast was plentiful and good and the indoor onsen was a good way to start into the day.

What really annoyed us and made the stay quite uncomfortable was that very annoying music played with chimes was played on speakers throughout the hotel hallways from 6AM to 11PM and was very audible in our room (we were on the second floor). Additionally, the water in the outdoor baths of the onsens was cold in the morning which was quite a letdown. And when coming back from dinner the receptionist didn't manage to find our keys for a full 5 minutes and seemed quite helpless in the situation (it didn't help that he didn't speak any English). Given these issues the value for money really wasn't great (even when considering that accommodation on Miyajima is expensive to begin with and we were there on a weekend).