Guest House Sakichi — Hotel in Beppu

The owner couples are very friendly and warmly welcome me as their guest. The house and rooms are seems to be reformed recently, and I especially like the clean bathrooms and the silent dryer. They don’t have their own bath, so the guests have to use the bath in front of their house, and for people who have tattoos can also walk to other onsens about 10min away where tattoos are allowed. Overall I loved staying this beautiful place, but there are no amenities (towels, sleep wears, toothbrush etc) at all, so some prior preparations are necessary to stay here much...

Old house made of timber, hosts were friendly, take note parking is limited, and at 100 yen per car per day, which was cheap. The Downside is 1) Since the house is old, the windows rattle when the wind blows. This made sleeping impossible, especially for light sleepers. 2) Steep and narrow steps, not suitable, especially for Elderly, and and ambulant friendly. 3) Toilet is extremely cold (during winter), and water takes a while to heat up. The host discouraged showering in the house and instead go to the sauna opposite to...

Really beautiful Japanese style house. The owner was really nice and the room was super beautiful. The only downside it’s like a 10 minute walk to the bus station, but I feel like Beppu buses are OK. We took the big room with a small table and cool chairs with the tatami and futon bed There’s 2 shared bathroom top floor and first floor and a shared shower for everyone but we never waited for any it...