Taisho Modern Villa Zen

authenticity

slightly tired interior, could be more clean (especially behind the bed). would recommend a light repair

The surroundings. Strictly this! The view from the windows is fantastic.

Where should I start?... The photos are NOT representative of the current state of the complete house. First there is a very strong, pungent, overall smell of mold, fungus like an old cellar. There is a huge, old sofa in the living room that smells the most. Opening windows doesn't help. Yea, even with the fresh air from the mountains around. The smell must also come from the carpet, which is hiding broken floor supports (most probably rotten wood). Almost every wooden part of the house (windows, doors) is in a bad state. Imbibed with moisture, wet, fungus, broken paper part, abstract repairs, obstructed rails. The decoration is some old furniture. The bar is full of random empty bottles with no reason of existence. They are trash. Not decoration. There is s wall broken with holes because of sharp, hardback of the chairs. The kitchen is big but very very old, and in strange state. The fridge seemed dirty with dirt from hands. There are some remaining from various sauces and other stuff with unknown origin and expiration. The only new part of the house is the bathroom which is working. The bedrooms are equipped with some spring mattresses which are also old and quite hard. Given the state of the house, we did not considered them clean just because they look clean. The lights are not the ones showing in the photo. The entrance has a rug written ZEN which does not help you to feel ZEN but gives correct information about the house age and abandoned state. The vegetation around the house is abandoned. No pruning and trash removal. Most probably in couple of seasons they will enter the house. Advice to the owner. Physical wear of a house, especially close to a forest, is expected. The owners are there to take care of it Please throw away trash including the sofa and carpets in the living room. Repair the windows and doors. Replace beds. These are basics. Till these are done, please shut it down. Then please, update the photos.

The house is unique and beautiful in a lovely nature setting We were 3 people so it was big for us If you want to experience traditional house it is great place

My initial plan was to arrive by car, but I had to arrive by train, so it was hard to carry heavy luggage uphill for 10 minutes including passing unsupervised train track Also the owner, which I have never saw had advised me wrong key code which held us back for 30 minutes, the comm with the owner via booking messages is slow. Also I was very disappointed that the owner agreed but changed his mined regarding leaving the luggage in the house only for 1 hour more than check out, causing me to carry our luggage and having to pay extra for storage on the train station. The house is very old and is good maybe for part of museum but I think less suited for long stays. Parts of the facilities were uncomfortable.

Traditional japanease house Nice atmosphere Spacious

Very poorly maintained Kitchen closets and windows are broken

Amazing villa with wonderful view and in the center of the widely spread Hakone. Thank you for the experience.

The location was excellent and the instructions to the property were easy to follow once we downloaded them. The house was cosy and very warm due to the heat pumps. The beds were comfortable. The recommendation for dinner at the Izakaya was great, the food was excellent.

There were no instructions in English on how to turn on the hot water in the kitchen and bathroom. Yoshi was very helpful but written instructions would make it a lot more enjoyable. Unfortunately the fridge had not been cleaned and was dirty. There was food in the fridge. The stove on top of the microwave was filthy. A number of the cups were dirty and had not been washed. 4 very thin towels were provided for 4 people for 2 days. As there were no drying facilities we could not wash the towels which was a nuisance as we had wet towels. I would suggest more towels are provided and also better quality towels. This property has been damaged by others which is very sad, however repairs should be made before others use it especially as the cost is expensive compared to other places we have stayed in.

The property is very old. Right when entering, we noticed a funny smell, which turned out to be a spot of mold right between one of the beds. The garden was very messy. We immediately left, however we did not get a refund. Would not recommend.