Be sure to read the listing carefully—I have rated this hotel highly for its reasonable cost, its proximity to the center of the city, and most of all for its tremendous historical value and the chance it gives you to peek into another time and immigrant culture. My bed was very comfortable and the room was beautifully decorated. But as the listing notes there are a number of things many people expect from a hotel room that this old building cannot provide. If you go in knowing what you’re signed up for, including being aware that there is no A/C and that fans are not provided nor allowed, and that the neighborhood where it is located is a bit rough, you should have a great time. The tea room on the bottom floor is truly excellent—they served the best tea I’ve ever had (an herbal chai latte). Be you sure to leave enough time to look at the photos and artifacts in the tea room, including peeking down into the space below the hotel where Japanese Americans left some of their most precious possessions before being sent to internment camps in 1942. If you ask nicely and are willing to pay an additional tour fee, you may be also taken on a little tour of the last surviving Japanese bathhouse in the United States, which is also in the basement of the building.