Check In Matsuyama — Hotel in Matsuyama

I visited Matsuyama with my wife and a female Japanese friend, so we required double and single rooms. We weren't not too demanding, as we only had one night in Matsuyama so we only needed somewhere to rest our heads after sightseeing around town.||||The single room our friend was given was perhaps the smallest room we'd ever seen - barely a step-up from a capsule. Literally, the room had a single bed with a tiny amount of space on the floor for luggage, with the toilet and shower opening directly off the room (ie. there wasn't a separate 'bathroom' as such). There was no window - it was as if they'd converted a broom cupboard into a single room. We all had a laugh when we saw it, and were thankful that we hadn't committed to more than one night.||||Our double was barely that much larger, and was quite a squeeze with 2 people and all our luggage. At least our bathroom was separate.||||The room sizes weren't a problem in themselves, but as the rooms were about the same price or more as a Toyoko Inn, without breakfast and TV (300yen extra for TV), we thought it was a bit of a rip. t was also quite noisy late at night. On the plus side, the hotel had onsens for men and women, and the location was quite good, being in the heart of the entertainment district and walking distance to the castle (but not Dogo Onsen, which was a brief tram ride away). It was also reasonably clean.||||Overall, this was just an average business hotel with miniscule rooms and offering poor value. Look elsewhere.||||As for Matsuyama, we really enjoyed our stay there - the castle and its views were spectacular, while Dogo Onsen was a great experience. We heartily...

I stayed here with my partner when we visited Matsuyama in January 2011. It is just outside the Okaido covered shopping arcade, and about 12 minutes walk from the Matsuyama castle ropeway.||We got a double non smoking room, which was pretty cramped but not as small as the the one in the Urbain Hiroshima. The bathroom was clean, and had the usual features you would expect in a Japanese business hotel (washlet toilet, sink, bath/shower combo, shower cream shampoo, razor etc). ||If you are a non smoker, make sure you request a non smoking room as most of the hotel seems to contain smoking rooms.||We didn't have the 700 Yen breakfast as we could get a better value breakfast at one of the cafes in the Ocaido arcade. There is also a convenience store downstairs, right by the reception where you can get drinks, food and snacks.||There are communal baths upstairs in the hotel (separate ones for men and women) but we didn't try them out. ||There are also free internet terminals in reception which were very useful.||Overall I would recommend this place if you are looking for a cheap and well located place to stay in Matsuyama. For 1 or 2 nights, this...

This hotel was pretty amazing for the price. The location was just far enough away from noise to be quiet but still within walking distance to the mall and team nearby. I had a room of 4, which was TINY. I think we got the only Japanese style room in the hotel, which had tatami and futon. It was cosy and we had to move the table and things to fit all our luggage but we worked it out. And they had seperate keys for all four of us. Awesome! The bathroom was tiny and a little dirty but it had been cleaned to the best of its ability. What we found out without realising when we booked was that there was an ofuro in the hotel for guests!! And its all just included and available! How amazing. The bath itself was awesome, two 42° baths (inside and outside) and one cold one. It seemed really clean and tidy and the amenities in the hair station were awesome! Breakfast was also awesome on the top floor. Spread was extensive and delicious. View was really cool. The decor of the whole place threw me off a little? Like tacky expensive? And the halls getting anywhere were mazes and I got lost a couple of times. But...