Name: Keyaki Guesthouse - Hostel
Address: 13-4, Tachimachi, Aoba, Sendai, Sendai, Sendai, 983-0037, Japan
Rating: 8

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Keyaki Guesthouse - Hostel

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Stayed here for 10 days in April 2018.  The staff was amazing, and great guests too, which created a great atmosphere.  It felt like home.  I actually ended up deciding to stay there for the rest of my trip because of that.

A lot of the guests were also locals, which created very interesting conversations.  Everyone always felt comfortable chilling on the tatami.  For multiple nights, the guests and staff would cook and share meals together.  It was a blast.

Location of this guesthouse is also good.  It is walking distance (10-20 minutes) to Nishi park, the Date Mausoleum, Sendai Castle, Mediatheque.  For further trips, several guests with a JR pass just did day trips from Sendai to other locations and came back to this hostel.  I myself did a day trip to Tokyo to meet a friend, and it was still good.

Great people, great stay

We have stayed only for one night but the staff was super kind, just like the fellow travellers. Everyone was out of the rooms until midnight, chatting and getting to know each other. There's no curfew but they shut the lights down at midnight. After that there's only one shower room.
The guest house is at a really good place, close to the main streets and the station. I loved to stay here.

Clean rooms, nice people

Stayed here for three nights in Aug 2017.  Great location, clean dorms and toilets and above all friendly staff.  You also meet other travelers and share experiences over a coffee or tea on the house.The dorm area is silent and affords peaceful sleep. Air conditioning is available. Paid use of washing machine and drier is very helpful.  Will surely stay here again in my next visit.

Excellent budget stay in Sendai

I stayed here for 1 night. The staff is very nice, helpful and friendly. I could leave the luggage before check-in to explore Yamadera. They also made good recommendations for restaurants. The place is very clean and the beds are comfortable.

Great stay!

Staff were friendly and apologetic when I had to complain how cold it was every where in the hostel. A third blanket was offered. I read it was cold on other reviews but thought it couldn't be that bad...it was! 

Had a hot shower and 8 bed dorm room was large...I will give them that.

Back to being freezing though. Snowing outside and no escaping the cold anywhere in the hostel. Aircon heater in the room needs up grading and the remote (needs to be) left in the room so then paying guests can adjust the heating accordingly. Instead the staff monitor the heating. 

It was a good size dorm rooms but considering the facilities this is completely over priced at ¥2800. I base this on hosteling through Japan for the past 40 days of which offers a far higher standard. This hostel was the low light of our trip.

The "common area" is far too cold to spend time in. We saw noone in there in our 3 nights. Again this is more for staff then travellers. Most people who stay here are from Japan and aren't there to socialise anyway. It doesn't not have a  backpackers vibe to it. They appear to be in one night and gone the next.

Kitchen is not a back packers standard (more for staff to prepare their meals then guests) and when I asked for lights to cook breakfast as it is so dark a strip of LED was turned on. It was not sufficient so I pointed to the light on the ceiling...a staff member stood on a stool and turned the light bulbs and it came on. This for me sums up this hostel beautifully.

PS  I really liked the two Japanese nationals who come in drunk looking for a room after 10pm and brought into our dorm room....especially when one fell half on half off the bed. Nice they take walk'ins at all hours and the room smelt so nice the next morning we were truly gratefull.

Unimpressive and FREEZING...

1. Quite a few locals staying in this guesthouse, so its a good chance to meet some locals and chat with them2. A bit far from the JR station3. The receptionist (owner?) is very nice and helpful in case you need some advise regarding your travel plan in Sendai area4. There is only one shower room for men

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