Shinojima Cheap Vacations

Matches the description. Would come again!

The building is beautiful. But it is located next to a busy road, very noisy to sleep at night. They even provide cheep ear plugs which are useless. Need taxi service to get to the old city and downtown. Walk is through industrial part of town. Food is mediocre, with unlimited cheep candies. Extra fee for a private onsen with no view and road pollution, even though they provide cheap juice. Not worth the high price of stay. Tried to cancel the second night due to sleepless night, but the owner refused refund. The only good thing are the nice employees.

We stayed here for three nights and it was fine. We went back and forth between a four and three star rating. We really appreciated them upgrading us to a room with a bathroom (on mistake we booked a room without a bathroom) but overall we weren't overly enthused with the stay. They charged us C$33 per day for a five month old baby and all that was provided was a little bag of toys and an oversized kimono she could wear during the stay. We didn't have the breakfast as it was quite expensive (if I remember correctly something like C$30 each per day). The actual room was a bit worn and outdated but it was clean and we did like how they gave us little cookies every day. There was a nice lobby area with seating and free sake at night. The employees were polite and welcoming so no qualms there. The location was excellent for us - right next to the bus / train station and a 10 minute walk to the old town. I will also say that the laundrymat was free and convenient.

The location is great because of connecting the station and quiet place. Staff are very helpful and the room, view are great.

Excellent location. Very friendly and useful staff. Very posh.

We had a great stay on our mother daughter trip to Takayama. The location was perfect for getting around on foot close to many great landmarks. Our room had a beautiful view and was one of the biggest rooms we stayed in on our Japan trip. The onsen was a treat and the breakfast staff and front desk were so helpful and very kind. We loved our stay!

The building is beautiful. But it is located next to a busy road, very noisy to sleep at night. They even provide cheep ear plugs which are useless. Need taxi service to get to the old city and downtown. Walk is through industrial part of town. Food is mediocre, with unlimited cheep candies. Extra fee for a private onsen with no view and road pollution, even though they provide cheap juice. Not worth the high price of stay. Tried to cancel the second night due to sleepless night, but the owner refused refund. The only good thing are the nice employees.

We stayed here for three nights and it was fine. We went back and forth between a four and three star rating. We really appreciated them upgrading us to a room with a bathroom (on mistake we booked a room without a bathroom) but overall we weren't overly enthused with the stay. They charged us C$33 per day for a five month old baby and all that was provided was a little bag of toys and an oversized kimono she could wear during the stay. We didn't have the breakfast as it was quite expensive (if I remember correctly something like C$30 each per day). The actual room was a bit worn and outdated but it was clean and we did like how they gave us little cookies every day. There was a nice lobby area with seating and free sake at night. The employees were polite and welcoming so no qualms there. The location was excellent for us - right next to the bus / train station and a 10 minute walk to the old town. I will also say that the laundrymat was free and convenient.

Overall can only rate it OK and not sure if would want to stay at this hotel if I do visit Nagoya again. Distance: ok ‘quite’ near to malls and Nagoya station, however if to drag luggage from station to hotel vice versa there is a challenge with the distance. Avoid underground walkway as is up and down stairs. Cleanliness: I was surprised on the hotel eco efforts, sure no cleaning to be done on daily and they will replace towels, provide the tea and bottled water. Do note the replaced new towels are placed inside plastic bag so not sure how this help with their eco claims. The ‘new’ towels are not that clean have spotted hair on the towels in the plastic bag 3 times during my 5 nights stay. Amenities are the very basic ones. Room: central aircon and super super hot, basically like no air ventilation. I was given a corner room facing the road and I must say sound proof very bad super noisy from the road traffic. The saving grace will be the staff at the reception, very helpful team.

早餐與澡堂很棒。早餐有鰻魚飯，米飯是用釜鍋煮的。澡堂有熱水與冰水，很舒服。