Shin Toji Hotel Lulud

A marvelous stay!! The employees were helpful and friendly, everything was exceptionally clean. The beds are comfy, they have softer pillows if you ask. They have so many features!! Table tennis, a few board games, but best of all - a library (all Japanese) and a wonderful place to wind down and read your books: the forest room, located on the second floor!! And of course a perfect Onsen area with indoor and outdoor bath! I’ll definitely be back some time!

The shared rooms are actually separate rooms with fabric curtains! Super convenient:) The staff are amazing!

No tea in all the building! It made me feel very desperate :D Please, add tea to the kitchen:)

We liked dinner.

Pretty much everything. It’s not explained on booking.com that it’s essentially a youth hostel. You have to check in yourself. Make your own bed. We paid extra for private bathrooms and hot water wasn’t working. It was just an awful spot. Wasn’t cheap either!!

The bath/onsen was amazing. It was a lovely way to unwind after heaps of walking around and exploring the area.

There wasn't much that wasn't good. The only thing that a could nit pick about was the coin dryer. It wasn't great had to put on multiple cycles. But otherwise everything else was perfect.

Favourite hostel I've stayed in a month of travelling japan. Absolutely beautiful location, near the dam so I was able to catch the sunrise easily and some cool night shots (check out the stars at night). Not far from the main street and some good onsens e.g. Sekizenkan Kashoutei which inspired Spirited Away, about 20-30mins walk to nearest ATM at a post office though so make sure you have enough cash. Quiet when I was there, only one other person in my dorm. I liked that in the 'dorm' you basically got a mini room instead of a capsule, seperated by a curtain and wall with no ceiling. Plenty of space. But the privacy was nice, bed was comfy, lockers provided. Kitchen was good and there were vending machines on site, could also buy snacks and souvenirs from reception which helped as nearby shops and restaurants have changeable hours. Staff were super friendly with pretty good English although sometimes hard to find. Onsen was beautiful and often had it all to myself, outdoors onsen under maple leaves was super nice. Could hire private sauna at the top too which was cool, has a cold bath as well and toilet/shower. Wish I could have stayed longer!

Stink bugs were annoying and would come into your room if you had the light on. They do provide duct tape to catch them though.

Wonderful newly renovated hotel in Shima Onsen - nice calm and relaxing area and surroundings. Our room was facing the mountain slope with all of its greenery and we had a lovely night. The best was definitely the Onsen of the hotel. The Rotenburo had an outdoor view on some maple leaves tree and other plants and it was just too relaxing. Stayed there for nearly 2 hours and afterwards fell into the comfortable bed. There is also a really comfortable Forest Room to read a book or get a bit cozy, there is a table tennis table and the coffee area also looked really nice

The wifi in the room was not really working, which we did not so much care about as we stayed in the Onsen and roamed around the city the whole day.

Onsen and facilities were really nice.

Getting up the hill with my mother in law was difficult. A taxi service to the top could have made this even better.