Naoshima Backpackers Guesthouse

Location: 845-9, Naoshima, jp

Star Rating: 1 Stars

Property Type: Guest houses

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 04:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Terrace
• Family rooms
• Non-smoking throughout
• Shared lounge/TV area
• Shared kitchen
• Fire extinguishers
• Invoice provided
• Smoke alarms
• CCTV outside property
• Free wired internet
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access
• Covered parking

Rooms Available

• Standard Twin Room with Shared Bathroom

  The twin room provides air conditioning and a washing machine, as well as a shared bathroom featuring slippers. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Washing machine
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Slippers
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room

  This bed in dormitory has a kitchen, air conditioning and kitchenware.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Safety deposit box
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Microwave
  • Washing machine
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Slippers
  • Kitchen
  • Dining area
  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster
  • Bidet
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Wine glasses
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Fire extinguisher

• Standard Twin Room with Sea View

  This twin room is air-conditioned and features a shared bathroom, a washing machine and sea views. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Washing machine
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Slippers
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

Guest Reviews

• Hub (6/5): Noodzakelijke nacht - Locatie Bed was slecht, ook overtrek van het dekbed was maar half.
• Fabiana (9/5): Funciona para una noche - Para pasar la noche, funciona bien. Buena cama. Básico. No hay personal. No podes dejar las maletas previas al check in. Eso dificulta la logística ya que vas por poco tiempo y debes coordinar para dejar el equipaje en lockers (Okayama, Uno port o Miyanoura). Los servicios en la isla son precarios. Llevate provisiones.
• Liv (5/5): -
• Patricia (7/5): -
• Hannah (10/5): -
• Nathalie (9/5): Absence totale d’accueil humain Es - L'emplacement face à la mer L'accueil, il n'y a aucun contact avec une personne physique. L'enregistrement se fait sur un écran, c'est long et stressant pour avoir le code de la chambre.
• Scholl (7/5): Cheap and simple but dorm in the hallway so no privacy and a lot of noise - The location was easily accessible from the port just 5 minutes by bus, the beds were comfortable and big for a capsule hotel The dormitory with the shared space and beds was not in a room, so literally just in the hallway so no privacy and a lot of noise whenever anyone entered the hotel ( unlike several people sharing a room it was my first time where the beds were just in the wall of the hallway so did not get a lot of sleep
• hayakawa (8/5): -
• Anastasiia (10/5): -
• Ryotaro (6/5): A place to stay, sure. But that's all there is to it. - The facilities were clean enough. The location is "technically" on the side with more art installations, but it's also further away from the main port (the Honmura port has fewer trips). Lacking facilities: only 2 toilets (1 mixed gender toilet and 1 female only toilet), no reception so noone to ask questions, the dormitory is not in an isolated room so it gets a bit noisy when people enter the building and overall just a bit bleak and dark.
• Kristien (5/5): - De locatie was goed, vlak aan een kleine haven. Het was nogal donker binnen. Er kwam geen zonlicht binnen en de belichting in de lounge viel tegen. De eerste avond liep de douchecabine onder, omdat het putje vol haar zat. Ik had niet de i druk dat het goed onderhouden werd. Mijn capsule was in de gang, waar iedereen passeerde, niet in een zaal zoals op de foto weergegeven werd.
• Yuri (9/5): -
• Juliette (6/5): Pratique pour dépanner une nuit - La localisation Les serviettes de douche à disposition Pas de lavabo pour se brosser les dents ( sauf dans la cuisine) Chambre sommairement équipée
• PS (6/5): -
• Virginia (10/5): Peaceful, comfortable and great local village walks - This was a friendly quirky place and very comfortable. We had two private rooms. There's a sake bar with small plates right next door which was excellent (and a good Italian round the corner). The owner and staff were very responsive (and kind when we broke something) It was our first time staying in a backpacker place and it was really good, we would stay there again - so nothing negative!
• Stefan (6/5): Erg goedkoop en daarom precies wat je mag verwachten - Communicatie was duidelijk. Het was erg goedkoop en was een van de weinige nog met betaalbare beschikbaarheid op het eiland. De cabines lagen in een algemene ruimte. Iedereen die een privékamer had moet dus langs onze bedden lopen. Hierdoor wel wat geluidsoverlast ook al deden ze zachtjes.
• Kushal (10/5): - Had a great stay
• Dinah (6/5): Ik kom niet meer terug. - Zicht op zee, grote kamer Gescheurde gordijnen, slechte matras, donker, trieste doucheruimte
• Clàudia (8/5): Funcional. - A la meva parella li ha semblat funcional. Qualitat preu està perfecte, ubicació bé, la illa es petita, et mous rapidament amb un townbus de nomes 100 Y. Del personal no puc dir res, perque no vam veure a ningú, es tot electronic. A mi m'agradaria que tingues més finestres, milloraria la sensació d'amplitud, nosaltres vam agafar l'habitació amb lliteres pero sense finestre :( , les cabines individuals em transmetien una sensacio massa atapaída.
• Dominic (5/5): -
• Laura (8/5): - Ubicación
• Takaguchi (8/5): 期待通りの宿泊体験 - 寝るだけの目的だったので、ちょうど良いサービスでした。静かだったので次の日の予定を確認しつつゆっくり寝られました。 歯ブラシなどのアメニティが欲しかったです。もしくは見つけられなかったです。
• Vincent (10/5): - I like the fact that the process of checking in and out involve no staff. It makes me feel like no one is watching me lol. It gives me the vibe of being at home. I travelled over the weekend and yet the place was not overcrowded and it was quiet. The place was perfect it near eateries like the gelato place. There are also an adjunct restaurant and lemonade place within the guesthouse. Oh, and a a nearby pizza place and a small restaurant with a rustic vibe. Though it's a bit far from the Miyanoura port, the bus is a walking distance since it's close to the the art house project locations, the solar yang & lunar weerasethakul art, and the Naoshima New Museum of Art (which cafe I highly recommend). The whole area was so peaceful. The port view outside the place was so good. I recommend having a slow morning coffee near the port. Also the the guesthouse has a nice shared space which I was able to work in silence during the night. And I was able to prepare my own coffee and breakfast in the shared kitchen using the oven and the electric kettle. Overall, it's great!
• Karen (1/5): - I thought it was dark and dingy landed up not staying and booking a better accommodation
• Dorte (5/5): - Nem indtjekning. Der var hvad der skulle være. Hirayama fra ‘Perfect Days’ var ikke forbi her.
• Hugo (7/5): It was convinient for the price we paid, compaired to other hotels in the island. It work out fine! - The exclusive room was good and with good space. Two shared bathrooms worked ok for the amount of guests. The beds were confortable and the cleaning was satisfying. The shower space was also ok. The capsule room was very close to the entrance door. People were polite and silent but when we saw it, it was a bit disapointing. Also, the beds in the room were a bit hard to access because of the side fences (too high). And the window allowed to much light from the corridor in (I had to put a towel to block it).
• Aurélien (6/5): Pratique sur le port d’Honmura - Pratique sur le port d’Honmura J’ai logé dans une chambre privée ce qui était bien Self Check-in long et fastidieux Une mini douche pour tout le monde Aucun contact avec du staff, très impersonnel Il fait très froid à l’intérieur (en hiver) Solution la plus économique sur l’île mais ça reste vraiment cher pour ce que c’est
• Yolanda (5/5): We arrived late at Naoshima and arrived at the port on the other side of the island (Miyanoura Port) - There are linen and towels available It's not a stay... it's a sleep and go
• otsuki (6/5): -
• Angelina (7/5): Bien mais pourrait être largement améliorer - J’ai adoré l’emplacement En tant que femme c’est compliqué de se doucher alors qu’il n’y a pas de rideau pour mettre derrière la porte, aussi le matelas était non existant c’est pas grave c’est bon pour le dos!
• STANCA (10/5): -
• Stella (6/5): -
• Daria (5/5): -
• Alisha (7/5): -
• YUSHI (7/5): 直島はとても素晴らしい - 本村港からとても近くて便利。 共用スペースにバーカウンターがあり、自由に飲食ができる点がよかった。 夕方チェックイン開始時間ちょうどにチェックインしたためか、シャワーの清掃がまだ終わっていなかったが、担当の方が急いで掃除してくれた。 海からの帰りでシャワーを浴びたかったのでとても助かった。 1階シービューの部屋は、カーテンを閉めないと外から丸見えなので気になる人は注意。 また、入り口のドアに僅かに隙間があり、中が少し見えてしまう点は残念（ベッドは見えない）。 2名で予約したので電動自転車を2台借りたかったが、1台故障中で1台しか借りられず、別のところで自転車を借りなければならなかったのが不便だった。
• SEONGYEON (9/5): -
• 予嫣 (10/5): -
• Yuuri (10/5): -
• Mekki (10/5): Convenient and neat - The facility is very new and clean, nice location, kitchen you can cook, the terrace, laundry, common area, you have everything here! I stayed in a female dormitory for 6nights totally, really convenient and neat, I like this hostel, very spacious bed and you even have a space for your luggage!! Definitely will be back in the future, the owner is very nice, Setouchi is beautiful, unforgettable
• Shiroyama (5/5): 一番ハズレの日を引いてしまった - 立地 宿泊者
• Pien (4/5): Een medium verblijf waarvan de foto’s even geüpdatet moeten worden, maar de view en het restaurantje ernaast zijn top!! - Het uitzicht op de haven en daar voorbij was erg mooi en het restaurantje wat er naast zat en als enige open was op de dinsdag was echt geweldig! Op foto’s stond er dat je er een soort matrasje bij krijgt, die was er niet, je lag echt op de grond en verder waren een paar andere foto’s ook niet helemaal meer up to date… de ene wc had voor en na schoonmaak geen wc papier en de wastafel daar zag er echt heel vies uit.. wel fijne communicatie over app gehad
• Chris (3/5): Not recommended - Location The self-check-in process was terrible—stressful and complicated—with far too many irrelevant questions in the app. It required a passport scan (understandable) but also a photo, which felt like a huge invasion of privacy and raised concerns about how the data would be handled. The app refused to accept my photo, which I had to retake multiple times in dimly-lit common room, Although the host was online and reachable, they refused to give me the code to the room I had already paid for because the app wouldn’t accept the image. I ended up sending the photo directly to them, which they uploaded, and only then did I finally receive the code. Nobody knows whether your personal data will be stored securely; the entire photo-verification process felt excessive and unsafe. I would not recommend this place. There was only one shower for ten people, and the room was very bare.
• Solveig (8/5): Bra hostel med fint läge, men krånglig digital incheckning och ingen personal på plats - Bra läge i hamnen nära färjan. Stort rum med havsutsikt. Trevlig reception och entré. Helt ok med städning och skötsel. Incheckningen var digital och krånglig. Det fanns ingen personal på plats, men det kom personal ganska snabbt efter att en annan gäst ringt och begärt det. Saknade soffa eller liknande i allmänutrymmet.
• Cuijpers (8/5): - Nice location
• Kazufumi (5/5): -
• ying (8/5): -
• Benjamin (5/5): - Die Lage war super, direkt am Port. Die Dorms sind direkt im Flur- jedes mal wenn wer kommt oder geht merkt man die Vibration der Tür und wacht auf. Man kann den Vorraum der Dusche nicht abschließen & es war sehr dreckig.
• BARRET (5/5): Naoshima formidable mais pas à Backpackers ! - Emplacement sur le port de Honmura/Naoshima Chambre sans fenêtre. 1 douche seulement pour 10 voyageurs
• Solange (2/5): -
• Thomas (5/5): Does the job but nothing else - Affordability No one to welcome you or explain how things work. The check-in was unnecessarily complicated with many questions to answer.
• Giovanni (4/5): Good location, but poor overall stay - Good location just few minutes walking from the Honmura port and right in the centre of the town. No staff to be seen. Clunky check-in process. Bathroom was dirty. Bunk beds were just in the corridor near the entrance. Despite the low fee paid, the experience felt all a bit cold and unwelcoming
• Nakawin (8/5): เป็นตัวเลือกที่ดี ในราคาไม่แพง - ทำเลดี เดินทางด้วย town bus สะดวก มีสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกครบ ราคาไม่แพง ใช้ระบบ check in/ checkout จากระบบ online ทั้งหมด ไม่ต้องเจอสตาฟ มีห้องอาบน้ำห้องเดียว โซนล้างหน้าไม่ค่อยสะดวกนัก
• Gerd-Ingo (8/5): -
• Wilma (6/5): -
• Graham (10/5): Good time - Location and large room
• Niki (8/5): - Inexpensive central and comfortable Pretty basic shower arrangements.
• Lesley (6/5): - It is not staffed & the signing in process to get access to my room was difficult and time consuming. I had to make a call in the end, but that person was efficient & helpful.
• Tetsu (5/5): -
• Atsuki (6/5): -
• WENTING (8/5): -
• Conor (4/5): - The location was decent, close enough to a nice cafe and near the bus stop for the port. It was entirely self service as well, which was nice The backpackers had quite a late check-in time of 4:30pm. The hostel itself only had one shower. The toilets were quite dirty.
• Fang-chen (4/5): 一言難盡。 - 離巴士站很近，節省走路時間。 背包客棧經驗很多，一般來說如果浴室是沒有鎖的那至少會分男女浴室。 浴室是一般式家庭式的浴室，但竟然連無法上鎖，讓人在洗澡感到很不安，會擔心有人突然打開或進入。
• Patrik (8/5): -
• Yuen Mun (7/5): -
• Sienna (5/5): Amazing location but a true hostel environment. - Amazing location. Great view from our private room. Good aircon. Good washing machine in premises. I’d booked this accomodation last minute and didn’t do my research before I booked. So I think for that reason it was decent value for money but if the price was in other circumstances it would not have been. Beds were very hard and for us uncomfortable. Shower had mould. One of the two Toilets were labeled as only for women which ment my husband couldn’t use a toilet when the shower room was being blocked off by other guests, an inconvenience but annoying. It’s a very basic facility which I think could be made better by giving it a deep clean and having staff on site to manage cleanliness.
• Sienna (5/5): -
• Kin (2/5): - スタッフによってチェックインの案内が異なったため、直前に旅程の変更が伴い大変迷惑だった。 ドミトリーの敷布団が薄すぎる。
• Ming (7/5): -
• diana (2/5): Unfortunately there are not much choice in Naoshima - Very close to the port, convenient location. I never saw any staff member. The “capsule dorm” it’s in the hallway so you can hear everything from everywhere. Worst part is the inexistent mattress. You basically sleep on top of a very thin futon but you can feel the hard wood behind you. I had a terrible first night, when I reached for the staff (by phone) and asked them for a spare mattress they said they didn’t have any so I had no choice but to gather a lot of towels from the toilet and try to make it more comfortable in order to get some sleep. They do not provide water, I went to the sake bar/restaurant next door to buy a water bottle and the owner was so rude, she refused to sell me water or even to give me a glass of water even after I told her needed to take a pill. The most rude girl I’ve met in Japan.
• Sakao (7/5): -
• Luis Gerardo (7/5): Nice view from the front door. - The little pizza restaurant on the back. The women restroom wasn’t clean
• Yolanda (5/5): slept and left 6.30am. Didn’t feel any desire to hang around. - The only place I could get a bed on the island, booked several months in advance Slept in a wooden coffin in a corridor. It was uncomfortable - needed a thicker mattress. I left as soon as I woke up. Never saw any staff.
• Nakai (3/5): もう泊まりません - ロケーションは良かったし、チェックイン分かりやすかった バスルーム(脱衣所)の鍵が閉まらずしかも脱衣所内に男子が使うトイレがあるので不安な中、シャワーを使用 宿主がいないので何かあった時どうするのかなど疑問に感じた。寝ている時も廊下を歩く人やトイレの音など全て聞くので寝られなかった。
• Olga (7/5): Good for one night to explore Naoshima. - The location is great. Right next to Honmura port. Our room was spacious, with 2 twin beds, and we had a great view to the port. The check in system with a code worked well. The kitchen is useful. The room was slightly dirty, mostly under the bed. We never saw any staff which is ok, but there were no clean towels left when I went to shower and the common garbage was full.
• Sachiko (5/5): -
• Laura (1/5): Tremendamente sucio e incómodo - No me gustó nada, un sitio sucísimo, cutre, incómodo… Me pareció una vergüenza, sucio no, lo siguiente. He estado en hostel compartido muchas veces y jamás tuve una experiencia así. La habitación tenía un olor horrible, sin ventilación de ningún tipo. Los baños daban asco. La “toalla” era un paño de cocina (mismo tamaño, gastado… no tengo palabras para describirlo). La ducha, una experiencia que mejor no recordar. Check-in: primero te dicen que indiques la hora para recibirte, pero era mentira porque había un proceso ya determinado. Te mandan un email con un proceso que parece un scape room. Me parece fatal que la gente gane dinero sin dar un servicio acorde al precio. Creo que se aprovechan de que hay pocos alojamientos en la isla y les da igual que servicio dar al cliente.
• davide (9/5): -
• Weicheng (8/5): -
• PING (7/5): - 離直島"家"藝術區及港口很近，可以搭快速傳到豐島 旁邊的PIZZA跟居酒屋食物也不錯 睡眠空間有小AC空調 所以床雖然深但不會太悶 有洗衣機烘衣機 免費毛巾一條 床就在走道旁 無隔間要忍受住戶走來走去的聲音 (有隔間的就是加錢升級) 完全自助CHECK IN，住兩天沒有碰到管理員 枕頭是塞棉花那種 個人來說有點太單薄難睡 晚上9點後這區就沒有啥娛樂
• Natsuko (1/5): I was lucky to be able to find somewhere to stay on Naoshima, but I wouldn’t go back this place again in the future. - Nothing particular Cleanliness and very low quality bedding. The futon was very thin and it was like sleeping on a floor without anything.
• Francesca (6/5): -
• teva-jan (5/5): Self check in and checkout really inconvenient. Nowhere to keep luggage. Facilities could easily be better improved. -
• 單單 (5/5): Frustrating Check-in Policy and Limited Facilities - Good location. The check-in policy was quite frustrating. I can understand if some accommodations cannot accept early luggage drop-off because the staff are not available. However, this property uses a **self check-in system**, and there is **no staff present either before or after the official check-in time**. Since the safety situation is basically the same before and after 16:30, it would have been much more convenient if guests were allowed to leave their luggage a bit earlier. The bathroom situation was also disappointing. Despite having ten beds, there was **only one shower room**. It felt like guests were expected to use the public bath on Naoshima or look for other alternatives nearby. Last but not least, stairway to upper bed is so ridiculous that requires a jump, never seen that before in any country through out Asia and Europe.
• MARIA CRUZ (5/5): Última opción al ser una isla con capacidad hotelera limitada - Solamente hay una ducha y dos wcs para todo el hostel. El mantenimiento del sitio en sí deja bastante que desear. Sobreviven por ser una isla con limitada capacidad hotelera. Que tengan check-in autónomo está bien si funcionara correctamente. El precio es alto para ser un hostel y lo que te encuentras.
• sesame (7/5): - 宿の前が海 スマホでのチェックインに戸惑った シャワールームの使い勝手
• Bridget (6/5): For the money we paid (12,420 yen) we expected a better standard in the guesthouse. In Takamatsu and in Wakayama, we hav - Good location for Art Museums and Art Houses on Naoshima. The bed mattresses, sheets and duvet were very nice and clean. The new system for electronic checkin was very cumbersome and difficult to complete. We had to WhatsApp the staff to get our room access code. The facilities are very basic, especially the shower room and the kitchen. The handbasin area needed cleaning - the tiles and mirror were dirty. The bedside lights in our room (Sunrise) did not work. The light from the corridor coming into the top window was disturbing - some curtains or a blind would be better. The lack of any windows to the outside was also depressing.
• Paul (4/5): - Location was nice. Lockers big enough for a 15 inch laptop. No WiFi. The most uncomfortable bed ever, because the mattress was too thin. Even if you put the duvet under you it was too thin. So. it was a bad night's sleep. There was no light switch at the entrance to the box so you couldn't find the light switch at the other end. And the bed was next to the front door, No separate area for a suitcase.
• Knott-Fayle (7/5): Cozy Place with some minor issues - Great location, easy check in, comfy room, great view. WiFi wasn't working while we were there. No staff on location, they were responsive when I messaged them mostly, but one morning the electrics stopped working in the kitchen so we couldn't cook breakfast and got no response about that.
• Laura (1/5): -
• Kieran (1/5): -
• Nakai (7/5): -
• Nhat Lam (5/5): So so - Cheap, near the port. 2 toilets, 1 male 1 female. 1 washing machine. 1 dryer. I think too few to cover the need in high season.
• Haruka (7/5): -
• YuengSheng (7/5): -
• Luis Ignacio (10/5): -
• Tak Lai (5/5): - 喜歡 · 區內（島內）唯一提供 (Capsule) 床位住宿、價格尚算合理
• Ting Yuan (8/5): -
• JIMENA MEDIAVILLA (10/5): -
• YU JUNG (6/5): - 位置離公車站非常近 要逛美術館和家計畫都是步行可至的距離 從頭到尾都是自助的 公共空間感覺沒有很乾淨 整個空間都有一種潮濕的味道 讓人很不舒服 房間裡面冷氣也很不冷 開到22度才好一點..完全不會想再住第二晚
• Alasdair (7/5): -

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