International Guesthouse Azure

The worst ever
This is by far the worst place to stay. first thing i realised was that the owner was incredibly unfriendly and unwelcoming, but i wasnt prepared to judge the place from that as he could just have had a long day. I saw the internet was available but with no messenger, which was weird, but whatever, as long as I could check mail. It also says that there is wireless on the website, which is a complete lie. The overall presentation of the place is nice, but dont be fooled, looks can be deceiving, especially for this place. The owner keeps the place clean, i guess its because he has nothing else to do. The rooms were incredibly small, and atmosphere was so dull. The mattress was thin and it was on top of wood, so it was hard to sleep. Pillow was hard and unpleasant. It was summer at the time, so we requested to turn on the AC. Owner just walked into the room 'without knocking' and switched it on and walked away. He didnt give us the AC control. We went out for dinner and when we returned, the AC was turned off so we requested to be turned on again, and the owner was not happy. I was unable to sleep that night as the bed made my back stiff. i went out to find the owner lying on the lounge watching TV. The sinks were just next to him, there is no privacy in this place whatsoever. The AC was turned off during the night and it got really hot and uncomfortable. There was only one shower, the other one wasnt thrashed for some reason and the owner commandingly said, be quick with the shower because I have to turn off the hot water. There was also one toilet, which was locked at certain times. The next morning, we told him we were checking out and asked for a refund for the two nights we did not stay and he just said no. So we stormed out and went somewhere else. Please do not go to Azure, its terrible and you'll ruin your trip.

this place is great. yamamoto-san was very helpful, and when he had free time he even gave guided tours to me and a couple of other travelers at no charge. i would stay here again without hesitation.

I had to book on short notice, as the other hostels in Tokyo were full, so I decided to do a Web search on Narita, and found the Azure Guesthouse. I'm very happy to say that I would book there again. It's close to the airport, which means that you're an hour closer to a nice clean bed after your long flight, as opposed to spending an extra hour to go all the way in to Tokyo with maximum jet lag. It's an EASY walk from the train station. It's in a quiet and clean neighborhood with a grocery store nearby. The hostel is new, clean, well designed and well run by a friendly and helpful proprietor who speaks beautiful English. He knows Tokyo very well, and knows all the best things to see, and the best routing. Highly recommended.

This place is very clean, has great service from the owner and an amazing location.

This was the best hostel I stayed during my three-month trip around Japan. It has the newest facilities and the friendliest service. I would recommend this place to anyone.