Name: plumhostel
Address: 2F-B, Sosho building, Odawara, Odawara, Odawara, 250-0011, Japan
Rating: 9

Air conditioning

Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

Reception desk

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Hairdryer

Linens

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Luggage storage

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Common kitchen

Microwave oven

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Japanese

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Hiking

Recreation

No parking

Parking

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Temperature control for staff

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Temperature control for guests

Personal protection equipment for guests

Contactless check-in and/or check-out

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

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At the hostel

Meiji Jingu Shrine

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

Tokyo Tower

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Odawara

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

check In was easy! staff were friendly! FYI, bath towels are 100 yen extra

Nice place to stay. Affordable price. Friendly staff. Rooms were clean. Walkable distance from Odawara station.

Nice & Affordable

Cosy hostel with cooking facilities. The beds are very close together with no storage space and there is no where to secure any belongings.

The hostel was clean and comfortable, the staff were friendly and it was in a good location in Odawara. The only inconvenience is that the hostel is closed from 12 pm to 4 pm, I arrived at 2:30 pm and had no where to put my bags whilst it was closed. However overall it was a great place to stay.

A nice small hostel

It is really not nice place, I wouldn’t recommend to stay there to anyone. I had a room next to reception and there were people talking till late night which I could hear in the room. However I must say people at the reception are nice.

This hostel is really near the station and easy to find. 
The staff are really friendly too (speak great english) and will give you advise on stuff to see in Odawara (and there is a lot). A great place to meet other travelers.

Will definitely be back there.

Great hostel near Odawara station

Plum hostel is a cozy little hostel in Odawara. The staff is really friendly and caring. Also the owner always have some tips for secretly hidden spots you definitely should visit, such as good places to enjoy the plum blossoms or amazing spots from where you can see Mt. Fuji - as in my case.
The kitchen is small but has everything you need. There are two showers and two toilets, so you don´t have to worry about them beeing blocked by other guests the time you need them.
It´s all clean and cozy. Also you have free Tea and coffee to drink, and free soap, shampoo and conditioner to use (I´ll mention this, because the last hostel is visited doesn´t even had towels to dry hands in the toilets ...)
The location is just perfect. It´s only a short walk from Odawara Station - but not that near you would be disturbed by the noise of the trains. Unlike in big cities like Tokyo you can eat in affordable and good restaurants near by. Also cheap supermarkets like Donkihote are only a 2 minutes walk away, if you rather prefer to cook by yourself.
Also Odawara Castle is only a 15 Minutes walk away. I visited the city in February, so I was lucky to see the plum blossoms blooming around the castle. It´s definitely worth a visit.
Also Odawara is pretty close to Hakone. You can do a day trip from here and go easily around with the Hakone Freepass acquirable at the information center at Odawara Station.

Conclusion: Plum Hostel is a good choice to explore Odawara and many good places around. The hostel is clean and the staff is friendly. Places around like Hakone, Atami Plum Garden, Tenzan Onsen are worth a visit.

Cozy little hostel in perfect location

Stayed here for 2 nights in the 10 bunk room while exploring Hakone. The upsides: 
- less than 10 min walk to Odawara station providing easy access to greater Hakone and Shinkansen rail back to Tokyo or elsewhere. 
- Clean rooms. 
- Very budget-friendly.

The downsides: 
- very cramped quarters- no place at all to put even your backpack. You must keep it literally in bed with you, or in the middle of the floor which is a narrow walkway between beds and causing an inconvenience to others who may have to trip over your bag en route to their own bunk
- only 1 sheet provided (flat sheet), no cover on the comforter. A bizarre drawing is provided instructing you to use the flat sheet between your body and the uncovered comforter. I twist and turn in the night and inevitably the flat sheet ends up at the bottom of the bed, so my skin ends up touching the comforter anyways...
- beds are baaaaaad. Imagine 2 inch thick foam on a wooden pallet and you’re looking at beds at Plum. I understand beds are different in Japan, but this is the 4th hostel I’ve visited in the country and these are by far substandard.

Convenient but subpar

Perfect for hakone even though it's in Odawara. Good way to save money. Lovely little hostel and close to the train station

Perfect little budget hostel

When they say the hostel is closed between 12 and 4 they mean literally closed and you can't use it! We got back at 3:15 one day and they wouldn't let us in, which was a bit weird considering there was a member of staff sat in there. The common area was also always taken up by the various staff members which wasn't very welcoming. The hostel was ok though, the location was decent if you had the travel pass to get into Hakone and the cooking facilities was okay also. Free tea and coffee is always nice but we weren't actually told about this. We only stayed two nights which was fine, any more though and we may have felt a little squashed with the limited communal space.

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