Hostel Kaniwa — Hotel in Hatsukaichi

This is absolutely the best, best, BEST hostel I've ever stayed in. This hostel is literally only about a 10 minute walk away from the ferry (it's so close and easy to find!). When you check in, the staff take your suitcases and wipe the wheels, and then help bring it up to your room for you. I've never had the wheels of my luggages wiped before, which indicates how CLEAN this hostel is. You take off your shoes when you enter, and walk barefoot/in socks throughout the rest of the hostel. They have a kitchenette area for you to cook your own food if you wish. The rooms are so clean and the beds are so comfortable. You make your own bed, and blankets as well. This place didn't feel like a hostel, or a hotel - it felt like someone's home and that's why I loved this place. If I were to visit Miyajima again, I would absolutely stay at this hostel again. It's budget friendly and is just the best hostel experience I have ever, ever experienced. They don't take groups of 6 or more, so we split our group up. Absolutely stay here if you're traveling solo or with a few friends. This is an...

The hostel is in such a peaceful location, super close to the ferry and it is so lovely to spend time on the island after everyone has left. The rooms are very comfortable and the bathroom facilities are great and very clean. The only things that I found could be improved would be perhaps an offering of even a basic breakfast as it is so difficult to get breakfast on the island early in the morning and also to have some better security as the rooms have no locks, although lockers with locks for smaller items are provided and some of the day there is no one on reception, although I can see that the area is particularly safe. They also allow bags to be left just by reception on the day of checking out, however if no one is at reception then someone could easily walk in the front door and take bags with no one catching them. This being said I would definitely return to the hostel if I returned to...

One of the best hostels I've ever been. Common areas are modern, stylish and huge. Kitchen is very well furnished, a big plus since in the evening in Miyajima there isn't much to do. Rooms are big with comfy beds with curtains for privacy.|Bathroom are clean and the hostel provide with soap, shampoo, hair drier and hair straightener too. There wasn't many people there so the place was very quiet at all times. Being on miyajima Island is much better than sleeping on the mainland, u can appreciate the island before and after the tourists day trips and the best place to do it is sleeping in...