I enjoyed my stay at Minshuku Satomachi. The guesthouse location is good: you can take the local bus to the airport or the Nature Museum on the way to Arakawa trail; the bus stop is about 5-7 minutes on foot from the guesthouse. The host is polite and friendly, and all the amenities have been provided. Price/Quality ratio met my expectations. Nice choice for those who want to save some money and have a pleasant stay on Yakushima.

Having a drying machine would be great, thought you can use the washing machine in the guesthouse and dry your clothes at a coin laundry in the neighborhood (there are two of them actually: the nearest one is called "Yakushima Refresh room" on Google maps). Otherwise, everything was great!

The owner was very nice and kind to me and was very communicative. She's an old lady living downstairs but she would take time to walk upstairs to chat with me to make sure everything's ok and asked me about my hiking plan, though she didn't speak English and my Japanese is very broken, we communicated well with a translator app 😉 Staying in this minshuku in this village was simple yet lovely. The bath was a treat after hiking. Its close to the river and it's nice to stroll along even after a long day hike. I also liked that there's a kitchen. She also got everyone some lovely bread for breakfast, with coffee, tea and local shochu available on the kitchen bench. The kitchen and eating area were great for socializing with other guests. I would love to stay here again. ありがとうございます✨

I really enjoyed staying at Satomachi. It's geared up for hikers so don't expect luxury, but it has everything you need including a fully equipped kitchen. As noted in other reviews, the landlady is incredibly nice and attentive. It's right by the river and 5 min walk from the nearest bus stop. The place also seems to be a bit of a local institution. Everyone in town knew it.

My partner and I love our stay! Located very conveniently by the river in Anbō port, less than 5 mins walk to the main street . We had rooms with a view over the Anbō river. This location made it very easy to go kayaking on the beautiful river, and an easy walk to catch the bus to go on the Jomon Sugi hike and other attractions on the island. Our host was very accommodating, allowing us to check in early and leave our bags for a short while after checkout. Our host also assisted with arranging bento boxes for our long hike, and provided a free snack a day.

The property is a guest house, so keep in mind that there are shared spaces (such as kitchen, bathroom and shower). Come prepared for these circumstances and you will enjoy it.

The landlady was very nice and cute, very patient, and she really helped me with my plans and needs. It was also very close to jomon sugi and yakusugi-land. Also well equipped kitchen.

Lovely host and the room I slept in was very clean, and the tatami and futons were comfortable. Beautiful location, there isn't much around but that was the reason I chose it. I would absolutely recommend it!

While the room itself was very clean, the bathroom could've been a little cleaner. Otherwise everything was fantastic.

The property was a Japanese style home. We got to experience the Japanese way of living. It was in a great location and a cute neighborhood. The owner is very sweet and she did have information in English. We were lucky to have someone that spoke Japanese with us to make things easier, but we could have gotten through the check in if we didn’t have a Japanese speaker with us.

The outside of the property looked run down and we were not sure where to check in.

The location was very good, basically at the town center. Our room was very big and comfortable, we had good air conditioning and clean towels. There was free sake and breakfast breads. Toilet paper was soft and the shower was cute, shampoo smelled nice. Felt like a home.

The futons were a bit thin and the pillows were quite hard, so the bed wasn't very comfortable but for a few nights stay it was totally fine.

Very helpful staff even though we arrived quite late, very sweet and charming lady who helped us order food for the very long hike of the day after (saved our day!). She also had many recommendations flyers about the hike, even though she didn't speak English, we appreciated this a lot! Great place to leave early for Jomon sugi 👍

The stairs was a bit hard to find in the dark😂 but a lady helped us!

We had a great stay. Especially if you're planning to do the Jomon Sugi hike this is a great choice as the bus stop is around the corner. We can recommend the breakfast and lunch box as well. The host was very kind and really helpfull!

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