Kominka Sharehouse Hooju

Very nice traditional Japonese house.

有趣的民宿。有150多年的老房子。很有日式房子的氣氛。

木々や自然が豊富で広い庭の古民家は風情が良く、とても魅力的なところなのですが、シェアハウスという形態ということなのか、管理者がほぼ不在、客だけが泊まってる格好なので、何かあった場合の不安材料が多々あるんじゃないかなと感じました。 というのも、宿泊した当日、深夜の全員寝静まってる午前3時頃に突然大きな音がして誰かが入ってきて、ドタンバタンやって騒いだ挙句、暫くしたらまた出ていったなんてことがあり、この間は一睡も出来ませんでした。 この宿に一度でも泊まったことがあれば、その管理上、宿泊手続きをしてなくても何食わぬ顔で入って来れちゃうんですよね。 そういう可能性を考えると、管理方法を見直したほうが良いと感じます。 客も良い人ばかりとは限らないですし、部屋や施設を粗末に扱う人もいると思うので、そう思うとなんだか家が可哀想です。

Avoid, avoid….this place is a doss house. It’s filthy, dark, dank and dilapidated. Outer walls have gaps which let the wind in, making the rooms (partitions) draughty. The walls are paper thin, literally. We were unlucky enough to have a rowdy group one night who arrived around 9.30 pm and continue to make noise till past 1:00 am. One of us had to confront them before they settled down. The next morning the started up again from 6 am. We endured this place for four nights as it was golden week and we could not alternative accommodation (not for lack of trying). There is only one toilet and one shower between all the guests. The place is unsupervised. A young guy will check the guests in and once all arriving guests are checked in he disappears. Two cleaners come in, in the morning, set the robot vacuum cleaner on, change some bedding, do some perfunctory wiping down and they leave. The house has no locks though there are some small, flimsy lockers for your valuables. This is the worst place we’ve stayed in for our one month’s jaunt of Japan. We’ve stayed in self catering, guesthouses, hotels, hostels and capsule hotels. Everywhere else, the cleanliness were of a high standard. This place is the pits, public toilets are many times cleaner. It needs to be fumigated. Better yet, close it down until made safe and clean.