Family Home Taisho Guest House

Please keep in mind the below are very typical in Japan and aren't meant to be anything against the Guest House. It's meant to be informative for those who've never experienced Japanese buildings or housing before.

The stairs did a number on my knees and I found it easier to scale them in socks than the slippers provided, especially after a very long walking day. As others have mentioned, they are indeed very steep. Please take care, take them slow, and utilize the railings. They were a tremendous help especially when taking luggage up and down. I wish the last few steps by the slipper rack had a small railing added in. I would highly suggest assigning rooms to family members/guests according to their needs and ability to climb the stairs as we did. The 5th floor bedroom does have a sink (and a single gas stove? I assumed for rooftop parties or something. Late night ramen?) but not a bathroom. Due to circumstance, I had to move between two floors to use the bathroom which wasn't very fun despite the bedroom being very comfortable.

One other thing was the 2nd floor dryer. It doesn't dry loads very well like common Western dryers, so be highly aware of that and stick to the instructions on the machine or utilize the air drying racks. A thicker long sleeved shirt and jeans took longer than I wanted to dry even among lighter pieces. I'd suggest being really mindful of your loads or look for a coin laundry with more industrial dryers if it bothers you. The washer works perfectly fine.

Very steep stairs leading to the rooms, there were a good few areas that could have been cleaned better.

Very noisy at night, especially the first 2 floors, so if you're a light sleeper you'll need to go up

U apartamanu se osjecao miris ustajalosti i vlage. Napisano je da na prvom katu ima jedna dvokrevetna i jedna cetverkrevetna soba, međutim, to je jedna soba odvojena samo paravanom. Tako je zapravo to jedna soba sa 3 bracna kreveta, sto nam je izazvalo neugodnost, jer nije bilo privatnosti. U sobama se jako cuje buka sa ulice, a sobe na prvom i drugom katu nemaju zavjese, ne mogu se zamraciti, pa je uz buku sa ceste gotovo nemoguce spavati. Vrata od kupatila su dijelom staklena i sve se vidi kroz njih.

Last floor there’s no toilet or bathroom, you always have to go down. 4th floor there’s no sink or anything to put your toiletries. There’s no full size mirror everywhere. And it’s quite noisy. Everyone who slept on the 3rd & 4th floor need to use earplugs. You only sleep good on the last floor but you have no toilet. Also there’s only stairs.

Nói chung xứng đáng 9-10 điểm nếu tối ngủ ko bị tiếng ồn của phương tiện giao thông. Đêm đầu một số thành viên trong gia đình không thể ngủ được vì tiếng ồn, có lẽ chủ nhà nên trang bị kính cách âm thì hoàn hảo.

A caution if you're travelling with older people - each bedroom is up another flight of stairs. We got a good workout.

The room in the third floor was Japanese type so understandably, it didn’t have curtains. The sunrise time was early, I think before 5am, so it was too bright and you’re gonna be forced to wake up early. But if you’re an early riser, or don’t mind the bright sunlight, it shouldn’t be a problem.

The bedrooms were LOUD and BRIGHT. You could hear motorcycles, ambulances, even people talking outside well past midnight. Only the top floor bedroom was good for sleeping.