Name: Minshuku Ryokan Tanpopo Hotel
Address: 21-7 Houei-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8016, Japan
Rating: 6

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Minshuku Ryokan Tanpopo Hotel

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We stayed there for one night and we had a nice time there. We enjoyed the Japanese style room and the housekeeper was very friendly.
As we didn´t wnt to use the pick-up service, we used the map (you can find it on the hompage) to get there and it was really not difficult. if you come by  train just get out at Urakami and then it´s about a 15 minute walk. (it´s on the left side of the train).
As the hompage told us that we should pay in cash, we were prepared. 
The museum of the atomic bomb is really close but you need the tram for the other sights. However, Nagasaki is not really big and so you can see most things in one day by using the tram. 
Our room in the third floor was very clean.

Pleasant stay

We arrived into Japan the night before, and spent our entire day on a train down to Nagasaki. From the JR station, we walked (with suitcases) down to Minshuku, and up a flight of stairs. It was worth it. The staff were friendly, as were the other guests, and there was absolute silence in our room. Three westerners, one over six foot, would normally have trouble in any Japanese room; not at Minshuku! We fit comfortably in the room, with space for the table and our suitcases and other bags, and no-one stepped on anyone else.
Bathrooms were shared, and to my knowledge, they only had one shower for each gender on the first floor, but as we were the only guests not eating breakfast, we were able to use the showers easily.
The baths are single person baths, and are only open during the evening, but are a nice end to a busy day.
Minshuku is perfectly located to do the loop of Nagasaki, with the Peace Park within a ten minute walk, and everything else layed out close by. It is well away from the first hint of a port odor that you notice the second you get of the train. It's down a quiet street, and is nicely soundproofed.
It can be a little hard to find, but the attendants at the Lawson's on the corner are happy to help.

Great Ryokan

I was in Nagasaki for two nights and one of them I spent at this minshuku. It is a small place, with the basic. It is within a walking distance from the Urakami Station (about 10 min). There are two convenience stores close by and the Atomic Bomb Park is really close. If you don't freak out easily, this place won't be any problem at all. The people were quite friendly.

Good option for one night

But I couldn't find any other place on my budget at short notice. Here are the Pros: cheap, relatively clean, the owner is nice - picked me up at the train station, got a 50% off discount card to some of the main attractions. Here are the Cons: other than the Atomic Bomb site / Museum it's far from all the attractions, you better not mind the toilet down the hall and the bath down one floor thing, the slight smell of mildew in the room, the noise of your neighbours, the free WiFi that works only sometimes. 
If you're backpacking and need a place to crash - great. If you want anything more - go somewhere else. 

It ain't no Shangri-La

I visited Nagasaki in a group of 4 in February 2012. We stayed at Minshuku Tanpopo, which was an absolutely HORRIFIC experience.

The "good": The website advertised pick-up service from the train station. Why? There is NO convenient way to get there. You cannot walk there, at best you can lug your luggage onto a tram and tram there, and even then it's a 10 min walk from the tram. When I arrived at the train station I called the hotel from the pay phone and requested pick-up. The owner sounded surprised, almost like they'd forgotten we had a booking. 20 mins later they did come to pick us up in a sedan, which is the 'good'.

The "bad": The website advertised it accepts credit card. When I tried to pay with credit card, they refused to accept it, and wanted only cash. Having to pay for 4 persons' accomodation in cash is no joke. We were left with about 100USD worth of yen after paying and it was a weekend so we could not change money anywhere despite searching the entire city. 

The "ugly": They had decided to accomodate a group of FORTY kindergarten children at the same time. So, the entire second floor was filled with 4 yr old kids. They kept as quiet as quiet could be, but the noise was still TERRIBLE, and you could never ask the staff for anything because they were busy with the forty children.

Granted, the children were a one-off. But the WORST part was: The rooms were smoking rooms, and filled with rancid smoke. They had more adult guests on the third floor, and they constantly smoked, which seeped through into our room. 

The washbasins have NO HOT WATER. The two bathrooms on the second floor are filthy and old.

We paid for a room for four people. Possibly due to their overbooked status, although I had booked five months in advance, they cramped us into a TINY room that would have fitted two people at most. At night our futons overlapped each other.

UNACCEPTABLE. DO NOT STAY HERE.

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