House of the Rising Sun

The bed is thin but comfortable. I was lucky to have a bunk bed room to myself. There's a small fridge in the room. The room has air-conditioning. You can lock the door to your room from the outside. The owner is really nice! He treats guests with great care and passion. The dog, Lassie is super cute. If you need to eat late dinner nearby, there's a 7eleven very nearby and a Ramen store that's open till midnight. Overall, this place is nice if you need a cheap place to stay. Also, I would go here with my family's or a group of people.

Although the dog is super cute, you'll get dog hair on your socks. For me, personally, it's no problem. Its a little far from the station. You have to walk approximately 1,6 km. It's not too bad.

You'll get an authentic African experience! Takatsuki is a good location to get to Kyoto as well as to Osaka. Many trains will stop there and it is part of the (special) rapid service routes, so you don't need to take the very slow local trains to reach it, but still don't need an express / shinkansen ticket. I left after one night though I seriously planned to stay there for three weeks. I went to a nice free campsite and with the money I saved I was able to buy a nice japan-made Proteca suitcase!

The owner almost doesn't speak any English. Communication with him relies mainly on his tablet with translator app. Since he likes to keep it active while on idle, some awkward situations may arise. So once it translated his aloud thought opinion about my parents origin (it was a racist remark). He doesn't seem to be interested in conversation (but maybe it was due to my parents origin...), since he ordered me twice to go into my room. First time was shortly after we finished check in procedures and the second time was when he kindly prepared some hot beverages in the afternoon. (I asked him, if he was preparing a tea and he said yes. But then he served me a cup of coffee. I usually don't drink coffee. I thought he would prepare himself another cup after he was finished with my one and was going to tell him about it then and offer him my cup. But none of that happened. Instead he told me to take my cup into my room. o.O Maybe that's just how Japanese people do it, Idk...) He is also very intrusive about what he believes would be good manners (even though it was useless in this case). The first time I was using the toilet, he waited (and presumably listened) outside so that he could tell me that I didn't wash my hands. I told him that there was no soap, but in the absence of his tablet he didn't understand me. Instead he acted like I was a child, went inside the bathroom only to demonstrate the function of the water tab and insisted on me washing my hands. That reminded me much of my experience in East Africa. Washing hands was very important even though there was no soap! Bad privacy: He takes a picture of the passport of each guest and prints it. He stores the prints all in one big folder and showed them to me. He had to leave earlier than checkout time and told me to check out at that time and leave the house with him.

The host, Umeno was wonderful! His home had everything you needed and was across the street from a 7/11. This was a nice cozy place that felt like a traditional Japanese home. Would stay here again.

管理人の態度が良い

民家なので防音が良くないが気にならない

很典型的日本木屋民居，距离JR站约步行15分钟，乘JR去2025大阪关西世博会仅需约一个半小时，而住宿价格只有大阪的大概一半，住宿性价比很高。高摫市规模中等。购物交通等生活便利，恰好是在大阪和京都中间，因此住在这里可节省时间和交通费。房主梅野先生经营多年热情好客，了解各国住客的需求。凭着PAD上的谷歌即时翻译软件，能与住客很好地沟通。并可以为住客解答在高摫住宿生活的方方面面。除了提供所有必要的住宿条件，还有一顿西式早餐很不错。难怪有时有欧洲长期住客光顾。我还看到了他的一辆本田三轮摩托车见附图，完全不亚于一台本田小轿车。

毎朝、同宿の方とオーナーと３人でお話ししながら、朝食をいただきました。 オーナーが、目玉焼きを焼いてくれるのです。 ありがたく、おいしかったです。パンを焼いて、バナナ・コーヒー付きで！ 予定外の食事にも感謝です！ 大雨の中でも、夜のかつ丼を買いに、行っていただいたとか！感激！

なにより、部屋に「椅子とテーブルセット」が欲しかった。 これは私の「一番の改善の願い」でした。予想外！

予定より早いチェックインでも対応して下さいました。また、持ち込みの車両の相談等にも対応して頂き頼もしかったです。ワンちゃんも可愛らしく、宿主の方も優しかったです!

宿に対しては特にないです。 周辺環境について、参考までに記載します!立地は駅から歩くには少し距離があります。しかしタクシーであれば900円(深夜割増の場合)ほどの距離なので遠い訳でも無いです。 目の前の道が一方通行なので、車両を使う方は充分に気をつけてください!