Reviews from guests who stayed at this hotel, shared by our hotel supplier. Score based on the latest 19 reviews.
Thomas
Canada · Couple · August 2026
+Kind, friendly host! She picked us up at the end of day one on the Kumano kodo, took us to a grocery store to buy food, and back again the following morning to start the hike again. Lovely, spacious, clean and quiet guesthouse. Short walk to swimming hole. Wonderful experience!
Faeez
United Kingdom · Solo · June 2026
+Ishii was a fantastic host, the food was great and the stay was super cozy!
Ericka
Philippines · Couple · April 2026
“Beautiful guest house! Highly recommend!”
+The host was very nice. Offered to pick us up and drop us off again at the Kumano kodo route and went with us to buy supplies at the grocery. The room had everything - even dryer for your clothes. It was super cozy and the place was unbelievable! Will definitely book again!
−It was a little off route from Kumano Kodo - add 3km walk if you won’t be picked up. But other than that, it was a perfect stay!
Caroline
France · Couple · April 2026
+The decoration, the comfort of the futon, the welcome, the calm with no passing road
−The price is high as only one room with no kitchen , no place to sit and the place is far from everything with no restaurant, no supermarket around(more than 20km) Very commercial, even the drinking water has to be paid! The size of the room is small as the bed is taking all the place The owner is living at the 1st floor so it can be noisy No common place to sit No kitchen
Veronique
Australia · Group of friends · December 2025
“Comfortable stay with a thoughtful host.”
+The owner was concerned about our plans for the next day and explained thoroughly what to expect. She also gave us options in case the weather were to change (which happened). This valuable information determined a good outcome for the following day.
−There was no lock on the front door.
Athena
United States · Couple · September 2025
“We had a restful and peaceful stay here on our journey on the Nakahechi route of the Kumano Kodo trail. The host was inc”
+We had a lovely stay and the host was so kind and accommodating. The room was incredibly thoughtfully arranged and comfortable, with plenty of amenities and that made the stay really pleasant and restful. The provided food energized us for our journey and communicating with the host was seamless, especially through coordinating changes in plan and pickup times.
Norton
United States · Group of friends · May 2025
“Exceptional”
+Extremely clean and beautiful place, extremely comfy and cozy, host is so so kind, helpful and accommodating. Location is just stunning!! We had an awesome time.
Daniel
Australia · Family · April 2025
“Thank you so much for having us, Aki.”
+Tranquility and love for art and nature.
Jayachitra
United States · Solo · April 2025
“The host was very responsive. Prompt pickup and drop offfrom the Kumano kodo trail Excellent dinner Had a good time w”
+Cute, clean , compact, comfortable
Wong
United States · Business trip · April 2025
“Excellent comfortable stay with great amenities and delicious dinner and breakfast options!”
+Ishii-san was so helpful and answered all our questions about the bus system. She also helped us go to the grocery store in addition to picking us up from the Takahara rest stop. She was very helpful and sweet and accommodated our early start too! Highly recommend getting dinner and breakfast! Both were so delicious and beautiful!
−I wish this had been directly on the Kumano Kodo trail, which we were there to hike. But it was nice to see the different parts of Takahara.