yes in Canada when I was visiting my just before her passing from cancer. The family was wonderful to us and I still keep in contact with them through Facebook.
Eastman, I travel to Morioka annually for month for the last 4 year. I stay in a renovated Kura fully kitted out with modern kitchen and amenities on Apple Farm 10 minute drive from the eki. Excellent accommodation, excellent host and stay. 4800 yen per night per person. I talked with the owner about bypassing and site and pay them direct. They declined. They explain that they receive 50 % more booking when listed with Air B&B. As for hotels when I am on a overnighter I stay at a Route In seeing that they always have a onsen.
Multiple times, mostly returning to the one I first stayed in, in Harajuku. Lucky enough to have had a superb host. Brilliant way to explore Japan, shopping, cooking and living like the locals. I never liked hotels and wouldn't now use one other than for a single night stopover. Whilst there are AirBnBs, that's where I'll go for my holiday. Happy to pay more to avoid a hotel.
Final visit, after many had been shut down by the government, I stayed in an AirBnB in the middle of the entertainment district in Shibuya, surrounded by strip joints and love hotels. You certainly get a rounded view of Japan staying there, and if you are writing a novel or a screenplay, it's very useful.
I've stayed in a few and they've all been great. Every host has been extremely nice. I usually can find places between 3,500 to 4,000 yen a night in the cities of Shikoku and Chugoku really near to where I needed to be for a conference, event or festival.
There used to be way more AirBnBs available before the Jgovt, once again, tried to make it more difficult for ordinary people to compete with the hotel associations, with their requirement for AirBnBs to have some kind of license being necessary.
You pay more for less. Less safety (who has the key ? no front desk ? security norms ?). Less convenient location (GPS can't find... is there really a village in that forest ? I have to go throught that mud road ?), less service... But you're still glad to get a roof for the night when nothing else was available. It's like Uber. They exploit the shortage of pro offers in peak season.
living like the locals.....in the middle of the entertainment district
Sure, typical local life... Why not staying in a love hotel if that's what you're writing about ?
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Aly Rustom
yes in Canada when I was visiting my just before her passing from cancer. The family was wonderful to us and I still keep in contact with them through Facebook.
John-San
Eastman, I travel to Morioka annually for month for the last 4 year. I stay in a renovated Kura fully kitted out with modern kitchen and amenities on Apple Farm 10 minute drive from the eki. Excellent accommodation, excellent host and stay. 4800 yen per night per person. I talked with the owner about bypassing and site and pay them direct. They declined. They explain that they receive 50 % more booking when listed with Air B&B. As for hotels when I am on a overnighter I stay at a Route In seeing that they always have a onsen.
GBR48
Multiple times, mostly returning to the one I first stayed in, in Harajuku. Lucky enough to have had a superb host. Brilliant way to explore Japan, shopping, cooking and living like the locals. I never liked hotels and wouldn't now use one other than for a single night stopover. Whilst there are AirBnBs, that's where I'll go for my holiday. Happy to pay more to avoid a hotel.
Final visit, after many had been shut down by the government, I stayed in an AirBnB in the middle of the entertainment district in Shibuya, surrounded by strip joints and love hotels. You certainly get a rounded view of Japan staying there, and if you are writing a novel or a screenplay, it's very useful.
Speed
I've stayed in a few and they've all been great. Every host has been extremely nice. I usually can find places between 3,500 to 4,000 yen a night in the cities of Shikoku and Chugoku really near to where I needed to be for a conference, event or festival.
There used to be way more AirBnBs available before the Jgovt, once again, tried to make it more difficult for ordinary people to compete with the hotel associations, with their requirement for AirBnBs to have some kind of license being necessary.
coskuri
Yes. That was OK.
You pay more for less. Less safety (who has the key ? no front desk ? security norms ?). Less convenient location (GPS can't find... is there really a village in that forest ? I have to go throught that mud road ?), less service... But you're still glad to get a roof for the night when nothing else was available. It's like Uber. They exploit the shortage of pro offers in peak season.
Sure, typical local life... Why not staying in a love hotel if that's what you're writing about ?