Ikawa Ryokan — Hotel in Hiroshima

I was travelling with a group, so I didn't choose it myself.||The location is excellent. It is close to the Peace park, a big shopping mall/area and the stop for the streetcar/tram. The is a supermarket and a bakery close by. ||I stayed in the New Ikawa building. The building has both stairs and an elevator.||The rooms are nice and clean. We had a traditional room with futons. There are nog regular chairs or something, but there was a floortable and some cusions. They offered complementary shampoo, bodywash and conditioner. And you could borrow the provided nightshirts.||You can ask for the staff not to clean the room and they will leave out clean towels and such.||If have problems with getting up or sitting on the floor, this place is not for you.||The staff is nice.||There is small area where you can sit, but no additional place to eat as you can't use the dinning area or the microwave for your own food.||I recommend a stay at...

This is exactly what we expected and more. Small rooms, Futon beds on Tatami floors. Rice pillows. Private western toilet with Japanese Amenities (bidet, warm seat). Private shower with very hot water and great pressure. Tea, robes, fridge, disposable combs, toothbrush and water warmer. All available. Breakfast was made and served at the time we previously requested (I got Japanese style, my wife chose western style) and we got a call asking us to come to breakfast. It was delicious and substantial. We needed a cab very early in the morning of our check-out to catch the JR Train and the woman running the Ryokan scheduled it for us ahead of time. Walking distance to Hitoshima Peace Park,...

We stayed here for 3 nights as part of a tour. Room was just OK. Very close to the Peace Park, within easy walking distance, but there was definately something lacking in the atmosphere of the place. As opposed to other Ryokens we had stayed in where you were made to feel welcome, at this one we were almost made to feel as if we were an inconvenience, Not too sure if it was because of a language barrier, but staff were quite short with us. Breakfast finished at 8.00am and if you were not down in the dinning room by 07.30 you would get a call to your room summoning you down to breakfast with just the word "Breakfast". Think there are probably better places to stay...