Kurashiki hotellia

Plussat: Well situated guesthouse with sleeping on traditional japanese futon. It will take few minutes of walk from JR station Kurashiki but around will be houses of old centre with many art museums and gallery. Small wooden lockers in each room, same as AC and fan. Owner could give you some advices about surrounding area or near cities.

Plussat: The location was in the heart of where everything was, it was super convenient to get to places. Yuji-san was very helpful and friendly, he spoke English which helped a lot. The space was great, everything was tidy and clean.

Miinukset: Nothing. Everything was fantastic.

Plussat: Location is in the middle of Bikanciku where is the tourist spot. Very cheap compere the other accommodation near that. Kind staff, good hospitality. Feel like coming back to home. This is the second time to stay there. We will come back again.

Miinukset: More modern style toilet would be easy. But nothing complain for money value. It’s all good!!

Plussat: The hostel is in the touristy Kurashiki district. The street that’s famous is just steps away. The hostel is a old Japanese style house. It’s quite cute. The AC works really well. Free water, tea and coffee. You can order some food from the owner. The owner was nice, he took our luggage up the stairs for us. Bunch of mangas if you can read Japanese!

Miinukset: The futon bed was really flat. If you have a back problem you might not enjoy the sleep. The toilets are Japanese style. They have only one western style toilet downstairs. Two shower/bathrooms, one for male and one for female. In the female one, as you are taking a shower the water comes up. The drain is clogged or something. So when you’re done your feet are still in the dirty water. No kitchen that you can use. No key to the rooms. You can lock only from inside, so you can’t really leave any valuables when you leave the hostel to look around town.

Plussat: Clean, well located and exceptionally kind and well informed owner, Yuji and his wife, who went out of their way to make is comfortable and help us restaurant recommendations and short trip ideas.

Plussat: Yuji-inn was in a great location, and the room was basic but clean and comfortable. The owner is very helpful, and all the shared spaces are super-clean, and nicely designed. It's great value for a location right on the edge of the historic canal area, but also easy walk to supermarket, train station etc.

Miinukset: Not a bad thing, but be aware that it feels a little more like a hostel than a guest house - all facilities are shared, no towels provided, no room locks (small safe boxes where you provide your own lock) and the house is closed during the day (although we were given a code so we could get access).

Plussat: The owner of this Inn is a really friendly and welcoming person. He tried to get to know us a little bit by having a friendly conversation whenever we came back to the Inn. It is hard to describe but he made the stay a lot more enjoyable. The Inn also has a room for everyone to come to with a place to sit, TV and manga. They offer dinner for a small price. (slightly cheaper than restaurant) The room we had was enough for 3 futon to fit in and have a little extra space.

Miinukset: The wifi did not reach the upper floor where the sleeping rooms were located at.

Plussat: The hosts is great, he helped us a lot.

Plussat: Great location, near canal. Also, hostel do food catering for reasonable fees. Nice food and host.

Miinukset: Hostel is in an alley, hard to find as Google map is not really accurate. Please provide guest with a landmark, and also indicate it is in an alley. Was raining on arrival day, no fault of hostel...just mother nature wasn't being kind!!! But had good photos the next morning, no crowds and sunny morning.

Plussat: Fantastic host!

Plussat: Ihanassa kaupungissa perinteistä majoitusta futonilla. Ei omaa vessaa tai kylppäri, mutta ei tarvinnutkaan. Ehdottomasti kokeilemisen arvoinen.

Plussat: In the center of Kurashiki Bican Historical Quarter, great location

Plussat: Traditional

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: The food was amazing! The hotel was beautiful, and the staff was friendly.

Miinukset: The only disappointment we had was that the historic area of Kurashiki was more touristy than we had expected.

Plussat: Very authentic experience. Quite pricey, but is more than made up by the great dinner & breakfast. Large beds with own toilet & shower + access to a very beautiful onsen in wood.

Miinukset: Nothing - just book it to taste the real Japan Ryokan feeling!

Plussat: Staff was super friendly, kind, and helpful. Breakfasts and dinners were amazingly delicious. Location is excellent, close to train station and in the center of historical area. Highly recommended!

Plussat: Public bath is also very clean. The entire place is well maintained, despite it being an old building.

Miinukset: There was no bathroom in the bedroom. So once the public bath is closed, we'll have to wait for it to reopen to take a shower/bath.

Plussat: When you want to take a walk at night the ryoukan offers some cute night lanterns to light your way in the dark.

Plussat: Wow! Cool experience staying in a 400 year old Japanese hostel! The building is beautiful and quirky with friendly staff and a great atmosphere. It is located in the heart of Kurashiki's canal/old district with lots of bars/restaurants/shops near by.

Miinukset: might be difficult if you are a light sleeper with so many people in the same room.

Plussat: Everything. So you meet friends from all over the world and share the night in one of the ancient shops in the historic area. Staff are really friendly and they recommend us to local restaurant and bath.

Miinukset: Nothing at all.

Plussat: The location was great and the staff were super friendly

Miinukset: The rooms had no lock and the storage lockers were not large enough to store luggage. The property was also fairly noisy - quiet hours didn’t seem to be enforced so if you didn’t have ear plugs you were in for a bad sleep.

Plussat: Really enjoyed the atmosphere here. Met some lovely folks including extremely helpful and friendly staff. This guest house also led me to other guest houses in other cities, where I had more great memories, so I think it was some kind of a starting point for me, although it was the last stop of my 12-day trip. I left my trip map here as a present - wish you like it!

Plussat: EVERYTHING I really loved the staff, so kind and friendly. I felt like home, like I was living there. It was easy to learn how japanese daily life is. The futon were VERY comfortable, and the room was perfect. This place is in the middle of the historical town, perfect place to stay and visit.

Miinukset: The only thing I dind't like, it was there are only one rest room. How I miss this place, would stay here again

Miinukset: It was noisy at night as people’s phones kept going off or they were talking and since the space is so small, you can hear everything.

Plussat: breakfast is ok, but quite crowded in the restaurant. The room is spacious and there are quite a lot of parking spaces.

Miinukset: The air-conditioning in the room is not very good, either too hot or too cold.

Plussat: The breakfast was delicious and love the cafe latte

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: location was great. room was clean. when we found a problem with bathroom, a staff gave us a great service.

Miinukset: didn't like the breakfast.

Plussat: Breakfast was Ok if very basic.

Miinukset: The location is depressing, very ugly surroundings with no information in English as to where to eat.

Plussat: Clean, breakfast is good. Greatest is helping us to send luggage to next hotel by courier.

Miinukset: Bit far from train station, especially while you are taking several big suitcases.

Plussat: Front desk staff can communicate in English and was helpful.

Miinukset: We stayed for 2 nights from Wed to Fri. We're allocated a room on the 4th floor at the Annex (not the main building). - The decor of that floor (and our room) is a bit dated and dark and smells there had been people smoking. - The tap mixer of our wash basin broke after the first night, but the front desk was helpful and offered to switch us to another room. The mixer was fixed when we returned that night so we didn't change room. - On the second night of our stay, we noticed that a group of guests (attending a conference at the hotel that day) were occupying some of the rooms on the same floor closer to the elevators of the Annex and the whole floor was filled with smoking smell. The smell even went into our room, which is located further down the corridor. The smell of smoke continued the whole night and was very disturbing. - The dinner buffet appears to offer a good variety but the food was all cold and looked like it'd been laid out for 3 hours; food quality is average fast food quality; the presentation is like a canteen style. The ambiance of the dinner hall is not nice, as said, like a canteen which usually accommodates budget group tours. The service was not good either. We decided to have dinner elsewhere on the second night. - Breakfast was in comparison better as we have lower expectation for breakfast. - With our overall experience, we're surprised that the hotel can claim a 4-star and it's not good value for money.

Plussat: Food is very nice , breakfast and dinner buffet are excellent with high quality of beef and seafood

Miinukset: Hotspring is not that good with expected in the photo and equipment inside the hotel a bit old and not much activities can do around that place.

Plussat: Very good dinner and breakfast buffet, Good onsen (hot springs) with free and delicious after onsen drink (Honey citron tea), large and comfortable room, excellent view, very good free traditional Japanese show after dinner, reasonable price

Miinukset: Hotel add Chlorine into onsen.

Plussat: nice hotel with a good location and great staff.

Miinukset: our room was right by the construction and also the AC didn't function very well so room was very warm.

Plussat: Hotel's building is very historical and its atmosphere is great but the room is modern and super clean. I loved that they have also a big bath so I relaxed more in there.

Plussat: The location is perfect near by the historical area. The hotel is also historical building but its facilities are clean and new so we stayed comfortably and relaxed.

Plussat: Excellent location, very nice public areas, very interesting building.

Miinukset: Very small room.

Plussat: Staffs are nice and friendly. Most of them can communicate in English. Nice surrounding area.

Miinukset: Room is pretty old, bed sheet is not so clean. Dont expect much from the facilities.

Plussat: Great location in the heart of old Kurashiki. Room was newly renovated, and although compact, everything was well planned to make the best use of space.

Plussat: The location is great, very close to the historical center. The staff was also very nice, as we got a smokers room by mistake and they changed our room without any major issue. The building is very interesting and accessible by taxi. The breakfast was not included (normal in Japan), but there are plenty of options nearby.

Miinukset: The rooms have a decent size, but the second room we got had with two single beds. Whoever books the hotel for the location probably knows that walking from the train station to the hotel may take a bit of time with luggage, but you can enjoy the historical town as well. The rooms are very simple.

Plussat: About 3 blocks from JR station, next to Ohara Museum and Bikan Historic District. Beautiful hotel with quality, tasteful and traditional classic furniture and wonderful seating areas in public areas. Our room was beautiful, very roomy and tastefully furnished. We really loved Kurashiki and the Kokosai Hotel. Wishing we had stayed longer.

Miinukset: Breakfast menu was normally expensive and I could not be understood when I just wanted the continental option. Did not have breakfast. But I really liked the beautiful coffee service and pastry in the little lobby coffee and tea bar.

Plussat: Location , location, location.

Miinukset: Property is a tiny bit dated

Plussat: Great location near the train stations very clean spacious room, friendly staff we didn’t try the breakfast. Recommended!

Plussat: It is very close to the historic district which was the focus of our business (1/2 block). One of the staff went out of her way to construct a sturdy tube to mail our art print, because she couldn’t tell us where we could buy one.

Miinukset: The on-site breakfast was only an expensive buffet option.

Plussat: Convenient to visit Old town area & can park a car.

Miinukset: Facilities are a bit old.

Plussat: The staff were very friendly and the location was perfect for exploring the historic quarter.

Miinukset: The fixtures are outdated and seemed a bit run down.

Plussat: The room was very clean and there was a cafe area downstairs where we could sit around and have our meals with chopsticks and other items provided. Staff was helpful and tried their best even though they could not really speak English.

Miinukset: The room was rather small; not much space to place our luggage.

Plussat: Easy proximity to Naoshima art island if you’re coming from Hiroshima. Friendly staff.

Miinukset: No family rooms.

Plussat: Staff is polite and helpful. Relatively new and clean. Good breakfast.

Miinukset: Room is a bit small.

Plussat: I read the reviews of the whiners who had a hissyfit because of the location of this hotel. I was traveling by rental car so it wasn't a big issue with me. Sure, there is a shipyard next door and a refinery across the bay, but the many Chinese tourists staying at this hotel was unlikely put off by a belching smokestack. If you did not take both meals here, you missed out! The Kaiseki dinner was absolutely superb, with two maguro roe dishes and actual Beluga caviar on a sesame tofu. The dinner included a marbled beef dish with special dipping sauce, and a marvelous miso hot plate with a fresh fish fillet. A tempura platter was included and was followed by a flavored rice pot, pickled vegetables, and the 2nd soup of the meal. The dinner is worth 6400 yen at the hotel's restaurant. Breakfast was also spot on with scrupulously fresh dishes and you could even freshly squeeze carrot juice. The hotel also had a nice onsen and working sauna.

Miinukset: You need to keep the window closed as you are downwind of the refinery.

Plussat: Nice view of Seto Inland Sea, room is big, about 3 times that of the 8 tatami beds room.

Miinukset: The place is far away from all businesses. Actually it sits right next to a huge shipyard and there are all sorts of chemical plants near by. The closest eatery and convenient store is about 5km away.

Plussat: It's right outside Kurashiki JR station and just 10 minutes walk from Bikan Historical Quarter, so location-wise it's perfect.

Plussat: Perfect location to train station and walking distance to sites of interest.

Miinukset: Room was slightly small but wasn’t a real problem as it was only to sleep.

Plussat: Perfect location - really just next to the train station, and just a little walk away from the downtown. As we had some travel difficulties and could only arrive in the dawn-early morning, the reception contacted us, and we had no difficulties with the check-in even at 5:30am. Rooms were clean, beds were comfy. There was a water boiler available in our room. We also had the chance of leaving our luggage for a few hours at the reception after checking out, which was of great help.

Miinukset: Unfortunately, as we were last minute bookers, we only could book a 'smoking-room', therefore of course not unexpectedly, the room stinked badly from cigarette. With open windows all the time we overcame this matter - so if this is the only thing keeping you away from booking, good news is that it can be survived. :D The rooms were a bit small, so if travelling with big luggage, be prepared of being squeezed :)

Plussat: Easy access to main tourist street and hotel is practically in front of the train station so perfect to drop your luggage off quickly on arrival and also good if catching an early train when leaving

Plussat: Huge TV

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Priced much higher than other accommodations

Plussat: We had a big triple room just for the 2 of us. Unfortunately it had been used by smokers so we had the windows open to get rid of the smell. Apart from that a good Japanese business hotel.

Miinukset: We asked for a non smoking room but did not seem to get one.

Plussat: Cheap and comfort room.

Miinukset: Need to park a bit far away.

Plussat: I've stayed there a number of times and knew what to expect. It's a decent business hotel type breakfast.

Plussat: The motel did it's job you get what you pay for, there was nothing that was outstanding however it served it's purpose, definitely did not like the smoking floor we were originally asigned to this was rectified luckerly.

Miinukset: Smoking floor NOT good in this day and age especially in a motel, smoking does impact peoples health realise we were visiting but public places in all countries need to give this thought.

Plussat: Good

Plussat: They have free bicycle. Free breakfast.

Miinukset: The bathroom smelled like pee and there were Balaclava mouldy stuff in few areas. The room AC temperature was not adjustable and it was a bit hot. No face products provided (eg. Face wash).