Yokohama Hostel Village Hayashi-Kaikan

If you’re a budget traveler this place is very awesome. Clean room, staff was accommodating, near train station. Also a very old school feeling like staying at your Japanese grandmas house

The room you get isn’t the room you’ve reserved. You even have to pay extra to get towels. Horrible, don’t stay here.

部屋の中は臭かった。 周辺には浮浪者のような人が多くいて、入ろうと思えば誰でも入ってこれるので、不安で、あまりよく眠れなかった。

3畳の部屋に布団1式で1晩過ごすには全く問題ない状態。 小型冷蔵庫とエアコンもあるのはありがたい。 シャワールームも設備が新しめで良かったが、シャワーの時間をちゃんと予約しているのにノックで急かされた。(混雑時でも20分は確保されているはず）

Let me preface this review by saying I am old and suffer from chronic pain. As such, I tend to judge hotels hardly if they can't manage to have a remotely comfortable bed. It's why I can no longer stay at capsule hotels like I could in my youth. So, bearing that in mind, if you are young, fit and can sleep on your back/on a flat, harsh surface, you can add a star to my review and ignore the start. Onto the review. This place was a little confusing. The name of the hotel appears to just be the check in part across the street, the actual hostel has another name and is delightfully retro. It feels like it was built in the 70s, if that. It's a bit run down. There's no elevator. The black on brown doors makes the numbering basically invisible, especially with the dank lighting. It's also one of those places where basic amenities are an extra. That being said, if not for the bed which was hard as a rock, it's fine. The showers work. The door locks work. The internet works. And just a short walk from a main street, a bus stop and a train station. Not too bad. Between the state of the bathrooms alone (but also elsewhere) and the fact those who stay are required to strip the bedding themselves upon checking out, I surmise they have no cleaners. Between that and the very haphazard wiring, scary even, especially in the bathrooms; the vibe isn't great. At the right price, it's fine I suppose. But very very low standards.