This was a unique stay. The owner is an artist in his soul and has created an environment that envelopes you in a the essence of Japan. There are two Japanese gardens complete with Koi fish you are invited to feed. There is a large living area besides the large bedroom that is yours to enjoy. The property is in the a quiet neighborhood with local restaurants within 3 or 4 blocks. Across the street is a manga library that you can explore. It’s all so gentle and accessible. I highly recommend you find this to answer your question as to what is Japan without the hype! Enjoy!!

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One of the best hotel/ryokan I’ve stayed! The decoration of the entire place is amazing, with so many details. The place is renovated from a 100 year old house. It has the traditional Japanese houses charm but also clean and comfortable (with AC and other amenities). The garden is beautiful - you can just tell how much efforts the host has put into this house. The host is very nice and helpful, offered to pick us up and bring us to the airport, and even asked whether we needed umbrella when we were visiting Matsuyama. The whole place felt so calm and peaceful, I slept very well every night and woke up with natural sunshine feeling refreshed. Simply stunning and highly recommended. The surrounding neighborhoods is also very interesting to walk around with lots of good restaurants to offer. Remember to check out the Italian restaurant Flor and the taco place just down the street!

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It is an oasis of tranquility in this beautiful Japanese house. This is the place if you want to experience a traditional living space. We especially enjoyed the spacious rooms (after generally finding Japanese hotel rooms very small) and the beautiful courtyard gardens with koi pond. Our stay during the rainy season made it even more atmospheric and magical. There are so many interesting little touches and quirky features to enjoy, and thoughtful additions like sound systems in every space. The owner Katsuhiro was so generous and sweet and looked after us very well. He has created such a welcome environment that makes it very hard to leave the house! Our advice is forget about sightseeing and just enjoy the house and cute shops and cafes in the area. Highly recommended.

There were some bright lights in the garden and bathroom that we would have liked to control. For our personal taste there was a little too much furniture and too many pictures etc, but it didn’t detract from the beauty of the house.

I don’t know where to begin. When we first came, the host met us with a refreshment drink, which was delicious. We stayed alone in the whole ryokan, which was beautiful, everyting is put together, everything in its own place, everything where you need it to be, things in little boxes, baskets, decorative plates. It was beautiful. There was complementary bottled water, tea, coffee and japanese sweets as well as fruit, which were all very delicious. The location is also nice, a bit away from all the fuss of the city, but easy to reach. As we were about to leave, the host also made us a little present with a cute note on top, that was very nice of him. All things considered, it was worth the money, we had a very nice stay that not only met, but exceeded our expectations.

We liked everything, just a little thing, there was no washing machine nor dryer, so you won’t be able to wash your clothes.

The host was absolutely wonderful! The house was absolutely stunning, with so many beautiful items and lively fish pond! It was such a wonderful retreat even though we were out on long day trips and the futons were so comfortable! The host even drove us back to the ferry port which was so kind.

Just be warned, our taxi driver struggled with finding the location of the house. However, well worth the struggle!

In our 3+ week journey through Japan, this was hands-down our favorite place that we stayed. Katsuhiro is the kindest, nicest, most generous host and has maintained an incredible property full of life and character with one of the most impressive Japanese gardens. Great restaurants and izakayas around within walking distance. Stay here and make sure to get some Ehime mikan!

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The accommodation is special at a high level with attention to small details. Traditional Japanese accommodation in a special place like a Japanese nature reserve. At every glance, you meet a website design accessory. The host is exceptionally cordial and wants to help and take care of every detail.

The bathroom and toilet are on a separate floor and the stairs are relatively narrow.

Katsuhiro's Ryokan is absolutely one of the nicest places I've been and nicest host I've met. The pictures speak for themselves absolutely gorgeous rooms with an Indonesian flair. Beautiful gardens with Koi. Katushiro was so gracious and took great care of myself and friends. Will definitely stay again.

The owner was a very nice person who was very proud of his property. He had alot of treasures & the surrounding gardens & water features were beautifully maintained.

We found the stairs to the bedroom very steep and the bathroom was down the stairs and not near the bedroom.

very nice authentic Japanese old house - only one large guest room in first floor with tatami mats and futon, so you have a lot of space, really fantastic small garden especially when illuminated during night, very friendly owner, who has really thought of everything one may need to feel comfortable :-)

not suited for people who cannot climb a narrow staircase, bathroom and toilet are for the room only however downstairs on ground level