Hotel Live Max Yokohama Kannai — Hotel in Yokohama

Where do I start. This was the scariest hotel I've stayed in Japan.||||It works (sleep, shower, wifi) and it's a bargain if you really just need a place to sleep. It's next to the main Isezakicho Street which isn't the prettiest, but has a lot of good cheap eats!||||I saw the $19/night price and I have never seen a hotel that cheap. Crappy capsule hotels go for that price. I booked it right away and learned that $40-50 is the sweet spot for a safe/clean hotel on a budget.||||I started laughing as I got off the bus and was surrounded by adult entertainment. There were signs saying "Girl School #2" or "40/50s ladies" and I'm sure they weren't actually schools. Don't worry, it's totally safe. I just rolled my luggage through many touts welcoming men into their establishments. They don't bug you. The immediate location of the hotel is in the red light district, but if you walk 1 min, you'll be where everyone else is. So location is bad, but good.||||The hotel was dark. You'll know what I mean as soon as you walk into the hotel. I felt like I walked into some nightclub from the 80s. Lights were flickering. No joke. The hotel desk was manned by someone that works at a pachinko shop, but they are professional and do what is needed. Cleaning lady was nice in the morning.||||Old keys for old doors. I was really scared when the elevator door opened and it was a dark hallway. The room smelled old or it used to be a smoking room at one time but it's clean. Older bathroom, older carpet, but it works. AC doesn't have temperature settings, just has Strong or Weak. Shower doesn't have temperature settings so just fiddle with it.||||They accept late checkout for 1000 yen which lets you stay until 12pm. ||||Overall, it's stayable. I think I would pay the extra $10-20/night more to stay somewhere...

Quiet and nice, my room on the 8th floor seemed to have been recently renovated. Room was quite large compared to competing hotel chains. Staff was great and they had translated information sheets for things that wasnt obvious for non-japanese speakers.

Walking shopping/restaurant street right outside and it has 2 different stations about 9 minutes away on foot. Chinatown about 25 minutes away on foot.

Self service laundry and drier available. If you dont have soap it costs 50jpy at the reception. The machine itself takes 100jpy coins. Expect to pay 400-500 for a regular load washed and dried.

If I visit Yokohama again I would have no issue staying there for a second time.

Slight negatives: There was no safe in the room. Key system is a phyiscal key.

Reception is on the second floor and there are two entrances. If you enter from the wrong side and you dont know this you might end up a little lost. The signs showing the way to the reception are only on the walking street side, so enter from there.

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The room was nice. Bed was comfortable. Pretty clean. Water pressure in the shower was very good and the water was very hot! They gave the standard hotel amenities, and had a washer and dryer in the hotel. The receptionist was very kind and the hotel even accepted my luggage a day early when the airport failed to bring my luggage in time. Overall a good experience! Some people did mention a red light district nearby the hotel. That is true but you can avoid it just by going through the front that’s on the same block as the 711 and McDonald’s! The neighborhood was very quiet and I’d return if I was in the area. Also as a solo female traveler i found it...