Beautiful homey feel, huge kitchen, quiet and well-situated. Friendly host I had the pleasure to meet, and other guests were great to get to know a bit as well. I lucked out and had a full dorm room to myself. The hot water being instant and very hot is s great feature as well. A cool historic old/defunct "Japanese School" building next door, where it seems there is ample additional parking, though I managed fine taking the free bus from Hilo and walking a couple of quiet roads from a general store for about one mile. Definitely a great value and a nice experience.