Green Guesthouse — Hotel in Kagoshima

Obligatory "did not actually stay here," but I believe my experience can still be useful for those wanting to know what they can expect if they should choose to try and book this place.||TAKEAWAY #1: You must get be able to make it there before 10 PM, or else you must take the initiative to contact them the day of to tell them that you will be coming in later.||I booked this place via Hostelworld, put down that I would be getting in around 11 PM or a little earlier since my flight didn't arrive to the nearest (only?) airport until 9:30-ish. My understanding when booking the place was that I would be fine so long as I made it there before midnight, but there was no formal indication anywhere on the website as to what was the latest time I could be there to check in. I finally arrive at 10:20 PM and found that, not only was it was all locked up, but my reservation was already canceled. If I had known that I needed to still contact them the day of, regardless of the information I put down in my reservation, I would have done so when I arrived at the airport, which could have saved me so much of this trouble I had.||TAKEAWAY #2: You must pay any remaining portion of your unpaid booking fee in cash.||Yes, you should carry cash just in case wherever you go in Japan because you might not be able to use any other payment method. However, I have actually found that, at least at the time of writing this in April of 2024, the number of places which don't accept major international credit cards are very few, especially so for hostels and hotels. Given that I encountered some troubles getting some of the cash I was supposed to have during my travels, I would have had to rely on credit card for any outstanding fees that needed to still be paid for my stay here. This, at least, was listed on the Hostelworld site, but could be easily missed by not hitting the [More...] button to read the hostel's full About section. Keep in mind that, if you were looking to get the cash necessary for the hostel at the nearby airport by exchanging currencies, they are not 24/7, and when I got there, they were all closed.||TAKEAWAY #3: There are nice hotels very close by on the main road north...

Obligatory "did not actually stay here," but I believe my experience can still be useful for those wanting to know what they can expect if they should choose to try and book this place.||TAKEAWAY #1: You must get be able to make it there before 10 PM, or else you must take the initiative to contact them the day of to tell them that you will be coming in later.||I booked this place via Hostelworld, put down that I would be getting in around 11 PM or a little earlier since my flight didn't arrive to the nearest (only?) airport until 9:30-ish. My understanding when booking the place was that I would be fine so long as I made it there before midnight, but there was no formal indication anywhere on the website as to what was the latest time I could be there to check in. I finally arrive at 10:20 PM and found that, not only was it was all locked up, but my reservation was already canceled. If I had known that I needed to still contact them the day of, regardless of the information I put down in my reservation, I would have done so when I arrived at the airport, which could have saved me so much of this trouble I had.||TAKEAWAY #2: You must pay any remaining portion of your unpaid booking fee in cash.||Yes, you should carry cash just in case wherever you go in Japan because you might not be able to use any other payment method. However, I have actually found that, at least at the time of writing this in April of 2024, the number of places which don't accept major international credit cards are very few, especially so for hostels and hotels. Given that I encountered some troubles getting some of the cash I was supposed to have during my travels, I would have had to rely on credit card for any outstanding fees that needed to still be paid for my stay here. This, at least, was listed on the Hostelworld site, but could be easily missed by not hitting the [More...] button to read the hostel's full About section. Keep in mind that, if you were looking to get the cash necessary for the hostel at the nearby airport by exchanging currencies, they are not 24/7, and when I got there, they were all closed.||TAKEAWAY #3: There are nice hotels very close by on the main road north...

Good: First, the staff kindly welcomed me in and explained house rules to me. That was the only good part of this place. She allowed me to use the first floor from 11ish to 15pm until check in time. She was super nice 🤩

Bad: The whole entire building smells bad Also it seems like there are multiple old ladies and man moved in to this guesthouse. Once I walked in to the female dormitory room, there were pile of clothes hanging from their bed. And there was man watching baseball and News in the shared living room from the morning. I tried to say hi thinking they were travelers at first but they avoid eye contact and ran back to their bed. apartment shook a whole entire time 😫

I felt unsafe through out my stay. Like someone else said, I felt like I was homeless. I would not recommend this place if you are looking for some fun and clean stay. I think it’s better to book hotels by paying...