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Pros
Traditional style/look in bedroom
Free bicycles
Cons
Lots of rules and passive aggressive notes
Nothing is included – everything costs extra except bikes
Long way from trains/ferry/restaurants/shops
Very restrictive check in times
Lots of sound bleed to other rooms even when other guests were trying to be quiet – locks and doors are stiff and squeak and bang
Hot water ran out after 1 shower
Not very clean by Japanese standards
No staff to ask for help
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Traditional House Akane on 15 Jun 2019
Thank you for your feedback. We will share this review with all staffs and try to provide better accommodation to all guests. Thank you so much for staying at our place.
Nice clean place, but with a lot of rules that make it a bit strange - and less than user-friendly. Check in isn't until 5pm, they won't even keep your bags, and struggling with their key/storage locker thing was the last thing we wanted after a day of travelling here. It IS a traditional house, very clean which is great, but all too easy to hear other guests.
Overall, the guesthouse is clean and comfortable. It felt like home. The staff was friendly and nice. Location is a little bit far from the city center but it can still be found easily if you follow the instruction of the guesthouse. There is a large supermarket nearby so it is pretty convenient. Wish there were more restaurants in the neighbourhood.
Glad we chose this guest house where Miuki could not have been more helpful with information on welcoming us and giving us lots of local information which made our stay very enjoyable. Thank you and we had similar interests in the arts and we are sure we will be back again in the future. Keep in touch and hope Miyuki makes it to UK
Relaxing stay at a beautiful traditional style roo
Our host was friendly and was there 15 minutes before check in deadline to guide us and show us the room even though we were close to being late. He recommended a local onsen to relax at that was enjoyable and the people there were friendly and for those interested they sold gyu nyuu at the vending machines. Banana strawberry and regular. Along with detailed train instructions via email it was easy to find even after leaving from the ritsurin gardens and then heading there. Would stay another night after the futon and private room is Japanese traditional and very comfortable
Osman
Thank you for staying our TA!
I’m glad to here that you had a good time!
We hope you'll visit us again!!
Thank you very much for staying at our facility, The Traditional Apartment.
We are extremely pleased to receive your kind words through your review.
Our staff will carefully examine your comments and opinions to improve the customer care and service.
We will keep doing the best efforts to providing pleasant experiences to our customers.
Response from Traditional House Akane on 7 May 2019
Thank you so much for staying at our place! We hope you had a good time in Takamatsu!
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
2 Apr 2019
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Daisuke on 6 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for staying at our facility, The Traditional Apartment.
We are extremely pleased to receive your kind words through your review.
Our staff will carefully examine your comments and opinions to improve the customer care and service.
We will keep doing the best efforts to providing pleasant experiences to our customers.
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
2 Apr 2019
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Daisuke on 6 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for staying at our facility, The Traditional Apartment.
We are extremely pleased to receive your kind words through your review.
Our staff will carefully examine your comments and opinions to improve the customer care and service.
We will keep doing the best efforts to providing pleasant experiences to our customers.
Grande chambre avec vue magnifique sur les îles. Personnel très aimable et serviable. Bel onsen.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Daisuke on 8 Mar 2019
Thank you very much for staying at our facility, The Traditional Apartment.
We are extremely pleased to receive your kind words through your review.
Our staff will carefully examine your comments and opinions to improve the customer care and service.
We will keep doing the best efforts to providing pleasant experiences to our customers.
Quatre jours dans l´intéressante ville de Takamatsu, son magnifique Ritsurin Koen et son accès aux îles de la mer de Seto. L’Akane Traditional House est adaptée aux petits budgets, dans un esprit « routard ». On y découvre une vraie maison de style japonais, dans une ambiance décontractée, mais un confort un peu frustre (salle de bain partagée, cloisons fines, insonorisation faible...). La distance entre le logement et le centre-ville (ou la gare) est trop importante pour être parcourue à pied dans la chaleur de l’été : prévoir des taxis. À ce propos, les informations du livret d’accueil concernant les bus manquent de précisions (notamment : photocopies peu lisibles). Accueil souriant, mais non professionnel, sans doute par des étudiantes, et non par les propriétaires, contrairement à ce que le nom du lieu laisse présager.
Frederic
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018
Response from MIYUKI on 6 Oct 2018
Thank you for your stay.
We had a great time! Thank you so much.
Have a nice day :)
Miyuki& All staff
Thank you for your stay.
We are sorry that my explanation is difficult to understand.
We made movie"HOW TO GO TO AKANE"
If it is alright, please check our YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6fmuARhRi0
I arrived there in the evening, and there were a few Chinese guests staying there already. Who you share the room with matters. They were OK. The hostel had a Taiwanese trainee helper. She was mostly just watching You Tube or something on her mobile device at the dining table, keeping guests from using the space. The Japanese hostess seemed to be busy managing more than one hostels in the area, so you may not be available for you all the time. But when she is, she is friendly and helpful. In the hostel, I found more storage cupboards for staff than for guests in both the bathroom and the kitchen. I had an impression that things are designed for staff's comfort rather than guests' comfort. The level of cleanliness was acceptable but not the best. The bath mat that looked and felt like a stone tablet was not my favorite. I much prefer ordinary fabric bath mats. Despite some impactfully negative aspects such as the bathroom being a bit molded and dusted, my stay at this guest house as a whole was not a bad one. It's within a few minutes walk from the nearest bus stop, large-scale supermarket, and the local fish market where you can eat freshest local seafood.