Hostels always depend on the ownership and the community. With bad ownership, it can be uninviting and intrusive, with good ownership, it can be fun and like a friendly community for cheap. In this case, it was the latter. My girlfriend and I had a great time together and the owners were very accomodating with our needs and even spoke English and conversed with me. Very nice people. Plus, the onsen was great. You get to reserve it for 40 minutes and it was well worth every minute. Just make sure you take your shower while you are down there because it is a shared bathroom otherwise.
