The staff here spoke beautiful english and were friendly. The hotel was located very close to the main train station. You could get a tram from the station to all of the main sightseeing spots including Miyajima island. The room was small but comfortable and clean with a real bed and an ensuite. I would stay again.

Subject: Nagoya
Location: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu, Japan, Asia
Title: friendly and convenient hotel in Hiroshima
ID#: 28858597

As non-speaking Japanese Brits with two teenagers in tow, we were anxious travelling to Hiroshima with no knowledge of the area. We had selected the hotel from the internet because it was near the station and fitted our very tight budget. On arrival at the station we were worried we couldn't see the hotel at first . On closer inspection we looked up and right and saw the hotel name about 200yds away. We walked across the road passing a bank and post office and as we discovered later a well;-stocked supermarket .On arrival at the hotel about 3mins walk we were greeted by friendly staff who although had little english had enough to get by and we were given our two twin bedded rooms.which oddly turned out to be on two separate floors. We soon found out why as the rooms had huge windows and a lovely panoramic view of the river and city with almost a180 degree view. Both rooms turned out to be the largest and best in the hotel. They were attractive spotless and a good size. The rooms had all mod cons hairdryer ,kettle trouser press radio tv ,clock, a small table and chair, clothes horse ,large mirror etc.and a compact en-suite bathroom.with sachets of shampoo and conditioner as well as the more usual soap toothbrush and toothpaste. We were very impressed. Breakfast was a western one on weekdays ie toast,eggs,salad, coffee/tea,fruit juice and a Japanese one at week-ends.fish miso soup etc. We found the hotel so easy to stay in as it was right by the tram stop too so we had no problem travelling to the Peace Park and Museums. Also being so close to the station we could catch the JR line train to visit Miyajima. On leaving we were told that we could leave our cases at the hotel whilst we spent the morning sightseeing instead of paying for coin lockers(left luggage) at the station. Wonderful hotel excellent friendly staff highly recommend this place to anyone visiting Hiroshima.

I am sorry about the negative reviews - the 3 of us stayed in a 3 person Japanese style room Jan 09 and were delighted with both the staff and the amenities. Breakfast was great and we will certainly stay there next time in Hiroshima.
Graham - Melbourne, Australia

Good-
Cheap. Close to the eki (station)
Bad-
Dirty, smelled of smoke, and we barely fit in our "large" room. The washer/dryer took money but were broken. More dangerous was the broken elevator that would suddenly close and keep closing even if you are standing in the door. I broke my glasses putting our luggage on the elevator. Staff reply: "Oh, we know about that already"