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28 Δεκέμβριος 2022
Let's go through arrival, both good and bad points.
You cannot arrive before 3pm because there is no staff and the code to the door is on the inside, so make sure you take that into account. After check-in you get the door code and can come and go freely.
In the lobby, there are tablets set up for automatic check-in using your travel document information, which will then tell you your room and door lock combination. There are two microwaves to heat food, and replacement towels and bottles of water are given every day.
The room itself is very nice. Tatami mat floors and an all-plastic Japanese bathroom with a deep bath, and a toilet with bidet wash and warm seat. Very nice in winter!
However, the area is very poor and run-down with a lot of elderly residents on social assistance or living on the streets. When going out in the morning, there would be lots of broken glass from smashed "one-cup" sake bottles. There are two "100-yen karaoke bars" beside the hotel, one evening an old drunk man stumbled out and started urinating on the wall of our hotel next to the main entrance. When he saw I was looking at him, he yelled at me and started following me down the street to the convenience store, cursing about foreigners.
There are two coin laundry nearby suggested by the hotel but they usually have some old men smoking in them, so the smell gets into the clothes. We ended up going to another coin laundry near the subway station.
Overall, the hotel is very nice, automated, and convenient for transport to JR Shin-Imamiya and Doubutsu-en Mae subway station and the Tsuutenkaku tourist area, but is maybe better for couples and not families with children. It's too bad as the staff are very nice and helpful.
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