JAPANING Hotel Liv Ranroukaku

I was very happy with my stay. The room was fantastic, service was excellent, and the breakfast was delicious. The location was perfect for all the main attractions. Walking distance to the bamboo forest and train station. I highly recommend staying here.

I was assigned a room on the first floor, which was very noisy. The first night I couldn't fall asleep until someone staying upstairs finished her long long super loud phone conversation till mid-night. The next early morning I was waked up by the cleaning lady - she made a lot of noise upstairs when she was walking and cleaning the rooms. She did the same in the second morning. The mattress was hard and not comfortable at all. The hotel did not make my bed although I had given them the permission to enter my room. They also told me the checkout time was 10am, rather than stated 11am.

The room was OK but the shower may get very hot and there is not enough space to put your toiletries. The staff was excellent and more than obliged your request for taxi, food, directions and Internet services.

Amazing hotel with friendly/charming staff (they do not speak English unfortunately). Go for it. The only drawback is the fact it is far away from th ecity center (but close to highly interesting spots in the same time). It is a hotel not a hostel so don't go there if you want to meet people.