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Details
Bedsheets:
Sheets Included
Parking:
Available
Luggage Storage:
Available
Internet Computers:
Pay
Curfew:
No Curfew
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Description
Features
Phones (public or in room)
Washing Machine (laundry)
Lounge / Common space
Bike Rental
Ratings & Comments
2.6 Average from 16 Ratings
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Comment by sister, netherlands
August 2009
Avoid My brother and an English traveler were robbed in their room at night. They lost everything except their clothes. The staff did absolutely nothing and couldn't care less. Avoid this place. They are only after your money, they don't care for your welfare.
Comment by Mat, New Zealand
February 2009
Nice and Homey This place brings back some of my funniest and most enjoyable memories from my worldwide travels. It has a quaint eccentric feel to it. I found the staff friendly and helpful. Also the other travelers were great value. I did not feel it was particularly dirty, a bit shambolic maybe but not overly dirty. For me, Uno house will always remain one of the best places I have stayed. Long live Uno House!
Comment by Larr, u.s.
October 2008
Cheap, neat Cheap is the key word. If cheap is what you are looking for and you care mostly about a roof over your head. This place is as good as any. A friend and I stayed here for three nights in 2003, the year Iraq got invaded. Shame. Just because we had a good time traveling does not mean it was not on our minds. It is a really neat place. If adventure is on your mind, this place is great. Can you find another place like it? The host at the time had this to say if you had questions -- Ask a native. Five stars for being cheap.
Comment by Mike Swingles, US
June 2008
Nope Hilarious? Yes. Creepy? Better believe it. All, in all, its not bad. I slept in a room with beds and AC, so that was cool. Navigating you way through the house is hysterical, and somewhat reminiscent of Pee Wee's Playhouse. If I ever find myself in Japan again, and i'm broke, then yes i would stay here. Otherwise, i would find something a little nicer.
Comment by David, United States
June 2008
Rundown and Dangerous Our room was large enough for the five of us, air conditioned, and dry. It also smelled like the inside of a dirty fish tank. The wiring and plumbing jobs were haphazard. I think Uno House was the dirtiest place I visited in Japan. Perhaps the most worrying thing about Uno House is the winding, constricted path one must take to reach a fair number of the rooms. If there was (heaven forbid) a fire, half of the guests would have no exit and would most likely burn alive.
Comment by Jana, Czech Republic
April 2008
Ok The staff were great, they even guided us through Kyoto by night and took us to a local really great concert. The atmosphere of the place depends mostly on the travelers staying there at that time -- when I was there, the people were fun and nice to spend time with. I slept on a tatami. It was not exactly clean, that is true, but not a mess either. Cockroaches are everywhere in Japan, even in five-star hotels.
Comment by Morgan, United States
February 2008
Nice Place to stay. I thought the employees were very kind and professional. I really enjoyed my stay there and I would visit Uno House again when I visit Kyoto Japan.
Comment by David Holland, England
January 2008
Good, nice people Ok so yes the place is dirty and kinda rundown, but that's cool -- i'm not fussy and i had an amazing time there, met loads of amazing people from all around the world (and one from my hometown), and spent one evening with a few people playing guitar and singing even though we could barely understand each other. I would love to go back.
Comment by wayne kleck, USA, living in South Korea
October 2007
Things were ok until I was forced to change rooms at 10 p.m. one night Two of us stayed a night in a private room. On the second night I transferred to a dorm room. On the third night, I returned to the hostel at 9:30 p.m. to find some of my luggage missing from my dorm room and a note from management asking me to move to another room. I explained that I did not want to move, especially since it was 10 p.m. and I had laid out my things for an early morning departure. It turns out the request was not a request. It was a demand! I was forced to move so they could save electricity costs, since I was the only person in a four-bed room. I hope they are pleased to have saved a few cents in electricity costs. They lost me as a customer for my fourth night in Kyoto. The owner did not seem to understand that it was rude and disruptive to force a customer to change rooms late at night. (Save on electricity -- Lose another night's revenue!). Additionally, during the move, the battery charger for my camera was lost. It cost me $75 to replace it.
Comment by ray, usa
April 2007
Let me tell you, it wasn't as bad as most say it was. I stayed there for about five days and I must say it was decent. I didn't mind the smell, and as for the staff, not so bad, they helped me out a lot. the curfew was nice, for the fact that there wasn't one. and the security was respectful (no theft, cheats, nothing like that) I will go back, because I enjoyed myself there, I had fun, and because of the location to the imperial palace and Shijo it's prime. it grew on me and I cant wait to see everyone again. so if you want some place cheap, and friendly stay here. oh, if you're thinking that I work there, I don't. i'm just a twenty-four-year-old American who loves Japan. in all aspects.
Comment by silvia, italy
April 2007
It is better to be homeless and sleep on the floor, using public toilets, believe me! Is the worst place in Japan. I think the five stars comment is made by themselves. is dirty, no tatami -- you will sleep on the dirty floor with some blankets. Avoid this place!
Comment by John Borg
January 2007
I first stayed in Uno House in July of 1983, which then was in its heyday. It was really a house then, a wonderful old Kyoto house run by two sisters, one the sweetest person you could hope to meet anywhere and one the bitterest. Nevertheless, I had a wonderful time sleeping on the tatami in the front room which then opened onto a small garden in the centre of the house. I spent several happy weeks there, met wonderful people from all over the world and we all enjoyed the rabbit warren quality of Uno House. When I returned in 1989, the sisters were gone, the garden was gone, and the friendliness was gone. It had become a kind of uncomfortable flop house. I stayed there one night and went looking for alternate lodging the very next day. Judging from other comments things have gone from bad to worse. Sorry gang, you had to be there back in the early eighties to enjoy Uno House, which, although rough around the edges, was an inexpensive and comfortable place to lay down your head.
Comment by Deon
January 2007
Avoid this place. It's dirty, run down, in the middle of nowhere, and not worth the 2,000 yen per night. There are many places of much better quality only a five minute walk from Kyoto Station for only a few yen extra.
Comment by dude
June 2006
I found this place to be comfortable and convenient with friendly staff. Probably one of the best places I stay at in Japan, and I've stayed in many. What I liked the most was the homey atmoshere, as there is a kitchen fully stocked with everything you would need to cook a meal. Conveniently located in one of the best cities in Japan, and for a price that is ridiculously low (I think this place is really worth, at least, three thousand yen), and safe, you can't go wrong with this place. I look forward to staying in the UNO House again this coming summer and winter.
Comment by cruzn
March 2006
Total dump and to be avoided. Yes you can save a few yen by staying, but it's really dirty, smelly, and the staff is rude. Spend the extra and stay anywhere else.
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2.6 Average from 16 Ratings
This is an open forum, and unlike other hostel guide websites we don't censor out the negative comments.
We can't validate the legitimacy of comments posted on this site—so take what you read here with a grain of salt.