A beautiful building in a quiet location, and despite my minimal Japanese skills I was welcomed in and had a much needed peaceful rest on the futon. The owner is kind and patient and helped being me into conversations with other guests in the morning with a nice hot cup of coffee. She even gave me a freshly made onigiri when I checked out that was a lifesaver on the road later that day. Be aware there are no stores nearby, so you will need to bring food with you from a convenience store or similar.

“Cozy and very functional. A full house with all the amenities.”

“Nice accommodation with a friendly host”

Very friendly host, lovely traditional Japanese house in a beautiful traditional village.

“Magic House”

The owner takes all the credit here. Very warm welcome in person, extremely accommodating and helpful. Clean and roomy space, relaxing bathing facilities. It was rainy by the time we left and the owner offered to drive us to the nearby train station.

“Amazing place to stay for the money.”

The room was very comfortable. The host was friendly and even made me breakfast even though the room did not include breakfast. She also made me 2 rice balls for lunch.

Located in a quiet village off biwa lake, but not too far, we biked to there as we were doing round biwa trip. Owner offers free pick up from nearest train station. No worry that you don't have a car. But the place is for someone who like quiet stay. The nearest supermarket is 10 minutes bike away. It is village house fashioned into a guest house. There is washing machine 200 yen per wash+dry! We washed our bike clothes. The bar like lobby allows cooking and meeting other guests. Owner is very friendly. My friend was too tired to continue biking, she wanted to take a taxi to next guest house, owner provided a very doable solution: asked another guest whom we chatted at dinner time, also a biker in her home country to bike with me, saved my friend carrying her bike, and at the same time satisfying this guest 's plan to bike around. She went back by train. I said she was imaginative ! Everyone was happy. She answered email, ie our needs promptly as she stays in her house a little away.

“They did not specify tat the kitchen, toilet, fridge, living areas r share facilities. Also tat u hv to pay for the wash”

Cody

“Wonderful house near Biwa”

Really nice house, feels quite traditional and authentic 🇯🇵 Super kind hostess, well-equipped kitchen, with all appliances that you may need, and really beautiful pottery cups and plates. I wish I was there for longer!