Kurashiki hotellia

Plussat: Perfect location in the old town, lovely staff, very clean, comfortable beds (futons). Overall a great place and I recommend it highly for kurashiki!

Plussat: very friendly staff, very cozy and comfortable to stay, historical and very cultural area, the public bath nearby was really nice!! simple and delicious breakfast. Overall it makes you feel like home staying here

Miinukset: Walls are quite thin, you can hear so much outside and inside the house at night, but understandable as it is a house with quite a bit of history.

Plussat: super friendly staff, feels like a family!:)

Plussat: Great great staff

Plussat: They now have a/c heaters installed, super new and worked really well. Clean bathrooms. The small hangout room had a kotatsu. Was hard to leave the kotatsu at times.

Miinukset: They include a free drink from their cafe from 11am-5pm, but it's so busy 100% of the time we never went for it. Would have liked to try happy pudding one of the days there. Maybe next time.

Plussat: i think this hostel gonna be your best and the only choice in kurashiki!!! the best staffs, the environment, the breakfast!! all the best

Miinukset: not even a bit

Plussat: Anyone could acquire a heritage house in the middle of touristic spot and run an accommodation business. Some might be skilled in building restoration techniques and able to create a new heritage building within a month. But they won't be able to imitate the hospitality spirit that this guesthouse delivers. This team of professionals who mostly play multiple roles in the business seemed happy doing their jobs, and some were exceptionally good at reading my needs and emotions before I even asked for anything. The well-kept heritage building itself provided a unique cultural experience and the staff made me feel at home. It was also quite impressive to watch how bedrooms turn into a cafe every morning. I am willing to visit Japan again just for the sake of staying at this place again!

Plussat: The property is tremendous, stylish, sparkling clean and well maintained. The location is great and the experience could be fantastic.... had it not been for the controlling and nosy owner. The gentleman treats Westerners as barbarians and is clearly worried that the guests could disrespect the place. I have travelled extensively all over the world and never caused nor encountered trouble. The owner followed us during the stay, constantly reminding us of detailed rules. He literally stood over us or watched us whenever we used the communal space. We felt very unwelcome. The check out process was unnecessarily stressful. I was reminded at 9.30 am that we must vacate the place by sharp 10am and then I was followed around to make sure we leave on time (which we were planning to do anyway). Very unpleasant experience - guests seem an unwelcome nuisance which is a shame as the property has a great potential. :-(

Miinukset: The owner and his passive aggressive behaviours.

Plussat: It is well located near the canal and tourist area. We had a great self cooked dinner by the owner. The room was big enough for the three of us and quiet.

Miinukset: The room was very dusty. Bathroom facilities were clean, though shared.

Plussat: Extrenely kindness of staff. Location: in the middle of historical city

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: Host was was very helpful & welcominb

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

Plussat: In the Historical Bikan Site tourist area. Basic Japanese guess house. Shared bathrooms. Yuji the owner speaks some English and very friendly and helpful. Located in an alley next to Denim Street and Swan Restaurant.

Miinukset: No towels provided. Please get one from local shop if you don’t have one.

Plussat: Excellent location, staff were wonderful and so lovely! Enjoyed staying in a ryokan, would highly recommend for the experience!

Plussat: Yuji-inn is ideally located in the historic district of Kurashiki, and offers a great value for private rooms. Recommended for families or couples wanting to see the area.

Plussat: Location in the historic quarter right alongside the canal. The traditional dinner and breakfasts.

Plussat: Traditional Japanese breakfast. Very high quality and very tasty, but well you need to like it that way. ;) Great many course dinner in your own room. Enjoyed it a lot. The Onsen was great and too and the employees were very nice and courteous.

Miinukset: Our room had a view of the air conditioning, no garden view no view of outside. I told the staff that was a completely unacceptable room and asked for another I was told that other rooms were already given to others. Completely unacceptable. Why does this booking site tease us with beautiful garden rooms when in reality you end up with servant’s room on the third floor?

Plussat: The hospitality, customer service, attention to detail, and the food were absolutely wonderful. Mostly the food! And the location is excellent.

Miinukset: I liked everything!

Plussat: Ryori Ryokan is in a beautiful location in the old town with lots of stores and restaurants and very close to the Ohare Art Gallery, a wonderful gallery. The staff was helpful and friendly, communicating through language barriers, and the food was excellent. The baths were very clean and comfortable.

Miinukset: Everything was lovely.

Plussat: centre location, well maintained historic building,

Miinukset: Not real onsen. meals are a bit over priced

Plussat: Wonderfully authentic Japanese lodging. Staff are most attentive. Dinner and breakfast were superb. Highly recommend.

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: Free breakfast was a nice touch. Welcome drink was a pleasant surprise. No problems with parking, which was also free. Quite near to amenities and food.

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: -Buffet Breakfast are perfect. -Easy parking.

Miinukset: Old room.

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: Everything was really nice and new. Staff counter was polite and helpful in arranging shuttles for us. Room view was amazing. Nice open air rooftop bath. Hotel was decorated for halloween which was cute.

Miinukset: I understand that the octopus dinner performance depends on the season but was still disappointed nonetheless that it didn’t happened. Was also excited to catch the taiko performance that I read from a blogger’s review happens everyday, but for some reason there was no show the night we stayed. My family was a little disappointed as these were the two things I had hyped up when deciding to book Washu Blue. Also, you can’t see the sunrise too well from the women’s bath.

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: The bedroom was majestic! We absolutely felt like royalty as we had the biggest room which felt like a suite! From the chais lounge, to the king size bed, amazing bathroom, champagne glasses, tea pot and desk, we had a fantastic time and wished we were staying longer.

Miinukset: The air con was set to heating so it was a bit warm!

Plussat: Grand lobby and statement.

Miinukset: Beds were fair to poor. Breakfast was mediocre. A bit overpriced.

Plussat: The room was so spacious and the view was incredible! The hotel was located within walking distance from the Bikan Historical area as well as the train station.

Miinukset: The breakfast buffet wasn't great.

Plussat: My wife and I missed a work out room

Plussat: Very well placed right by the old quarters. Great breakfast.

Miinukset: Felt a little pricey compared to other similar stays in Japan.

Plussat: Young woman at front desk who spoke English was excellent and so helpful.

Plussat: Spacious, comfortable and well-appointed room. Excellent location. Highly recommended!!

Miinukset: The breakfast experience was a bit disappointing.

Plussat: Corner room and staff service.

Miinukset: No

Plussat: Nice staff, great location! Really private dorm beds and good clean facilities. Free lockers and easy check in process.

Miinukset: You could hear people unlocking the doors and walking on the floor above you as well as in the dorm.

Plussat: Fantastic location, just steps away from the canals. Loved that the room had a microwave and a washing machine.

Miinukset: No lift to the rooms, which was fine for me but would have been a problem with the elderly relative I had been travelling with the week before. It should have been pointed out in the room details on the hotel description. Also, I specifically indicated that I did not want my room to be cleaned, which would imply that I did not want anyone to enter my room, but was dismayed to find out that someone had come in to replace my towels.

Plussat: The location near the spot for travel

Miinukset: no elevator here but staff very friendly to help move luggage to roomT_T

Plussat: The room and the showers were very clean. The design of the entire hostel is appealing. The food in the restaurant was good.

Miinukset: The door in the staircase was really loud every time someone entered. You should add some sort of dampener. The bed was also too hard for our taste.

Plussat: Nice interior design, it makes me very relaxed!

Plussat: The decoration, big room, wonderful shower.

Miinukset: Third floor without elevator, breakfast till 8:30, too early...

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: Convenient location, confort enough and good cooking for dinner.

Miinukset: Dinner is well prepared amd breakfast is improved a lot.

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: 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: 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: Great location. Bathroom clean and stocked. Big tv, etc..

Miinukset: there was no useful way to control the temp in the room.

Plussat: Very near from station (only 1 minute walk from Kurashiki Station South Exit), convenience stores, restaurants, cafes, and shopping mall. 15 minutes walk to Kurashiki Bikan Garden.

Miinukset: There's no wardrobe in my room. It will be ok if the guest is a backpacker like me. But it will be inconvenient for the guest who bring a big suitcase.

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

Plussat: Easy check in. Easy check out.Fast service. Huge TV in room.

Miinukset: Room was very small.