I think this place is really nice!
But I think there are some things that need to be made clear. The main issue is the washing situation. For those not knowing what a half bath is, it’s just a toilet. There are no washing facilities actually in the Airbnb (no shower/no bath). So basically you have to use the local Onsen (which is great and allows people with tattoos). This would be ok except they open at 2 in the afternoon. So if you want to get a morning wash in before your day of tourism, you can’t. I think this should have been made more clear beforehand personally. And it’s not open on Fridays. There are other Onsens but we couldn’t use them as me and my friend have tattoos. This caused us a lot of inconvenience, and kind of dampened the trip a little. You can wash yourself in the kitchen area but bending over the kitchen sink most mornings was not what I imagined. On the plus side, the towels that are provided are both nice hand and bath towels so you don’t have to pack those and there are lots of toiletries provided such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, soaps and shampoos so if I’d known this before I wouldn’t have packed them. And the coffee they give is delicious!!
The place is a beautiful traditional Japanese style house and really great for giving you an authentic Japanese stay. However this was also an issue as the walls and ceiling were paper thin and when the neighbours above are just talking, you can here it. They also stomp around a lot and sometimes did it after midnight and in the early morning which wasn’t great. Overall this was an average stay and we really appreciated being able to use an Onsen as two tattooed foreigners. However, just the noisiness and the washing situation was very off-putting. I think if everything had been made clearer about the place, washing facilities and what exactly we were staying in, we would have felt a lot better about the experience and stay. Overall ~ it was okay.