“A great location to explore Arita and Sasebo and the Saikai National Park.”

Spacious, clean, easy to find, very comfortable

“they only can charge this high because they got the location.”

the location is convenient.

Plenty of bedding.

“A well located guesthouse”

Great location.

Location, near to Arita statin.

Host was happy to accommodate a larer checkin as we had xae troubles.

“Great location”

Great location

“Probably okay for 1 night”

Firstly, it is not represented well by the photos. The communal area depicted on the first floor is no longer arranged like that. It appears to be for the use of staff only. The window in the toilet is broken and there is mould developing on the wall. Secondly, it was really unclean. There were various hairs all over the floor and bedding in my room, and I killed a cockroach on the first night. I saw one member of staff when I checked in, who gave me a small hand towel and then locked a pile of proper towels in a cupboard outside my room. I assume I needed to ask to use them and pay a small fee, but I did not see a member of staff once again on my whole 5 day stay, until I was checking out when he appeared to avoid me. This is the worst hospitality I've experienced in Japan so far. The communal areas are kept ridiculously hot, hotter than outside and it was 29 degrees out! In the daytime and evening, I was sweating just by tying my shoelaces in the hallway, it was really gross. There are multiple signs threatening to call the police, for example of you unplug the fridge (which is in your room, very loud, and freezes everything), or if you take a kettle into your room. While I don't think that customers should do these things, calling the police is super extreme and demonstrates a total lack of hospitality. I imagine these issues have arisen because there is no real communal space. The second floor washroom (2 sinks) is also the only 'kitchen' space available and is poorly equipped and laid out. The only place to plug in the kettle or rice cooker is a single outlet above the microwave, which is awkward and if people are using other appliances with the only 2 outlets, it seems unreasonable to call the police on someone for boiling the kettle in their room. There is also basically hentai porn in some of the manga on the shelves, which made me super uncomfortable as I've seen reviews on here from people who stayed with their kids.

“i think that for the price this is amazing deal, you can check in earlier or leave your luggage at the place if u need t”

thank you for a lovely stay, i was a bit scared because of all the negative reviews but i must say i was pleasantly surprised! Everything was clean and tidy and even though the house itself has some history it felt somehow nostalgic like i was sleeping at my grandparents house! Also when i arrived i was greeted with a cold water, which was an amazing gesture given the hot temperature outside :p

“Follow the rules and you'll be fine”

The location is an easy walk to the centre of town. The location was quiet. The room was old but comfortable. The auto-sensor lights that automatically turn on in the corridor.

I liked this little hotel. The room was in a traditional style. There was a nice bathroom and a washing machine. There was a kettle, but there was nothing else for cooking. The location is excellent. The administrator is friendly. The internet was working well

“Location”

Location

The location was great. The room was big and the bathroom facilities were good

“The perfect place to spend a couple of nights in Arita”

Lovely large room with comfy futon and interesting objects and decorations. A range of books and cute tiled sinks.

I stayed one night. Japanese style guest house, most of the time no one was in the reception. There are few security cameras inside that followed the guest (a bit creepy) A good price !

“Good location, unfriendly service and unclean facilities”

The location is very good.

“A good place if you need a bed near the station”

I was abit concerned after reading the reviews, but to be honest I had a pleasant stay for 1 night. The room was quiet (thanks to the other guets) and spacious enough, with AC, a little table and a fridge. The location is great if you need to be close to the station. There is a convenience store with a good restaurant next to it at about 5 min on foot. You get a key for the building and one for your room.

Comfi place close to station and a good ceramics museum. And different from other reviews, I did find a restaurant nearby. Same goes for a convenience store.

The staff was nice. The room clean.

“Owner harasses the guests, very uncomfortable”

The place is quite old, but we liked that there were many books. It is quite close to Arita station.