Kominka Sharehouse Hooju

Very nice traditional Japonese house.

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.