New Akagi

The staff were pleasant and accommodating, seemed friendly. The hotel was old unlike the “NEW” attached to its name, many wears and tears, stains and very old amenities. The bed was also old but the sheets were clean and white and comfortable enough to sleep in.

Old room and no washlet

Good points: the price is very reasonable; the location is good - very close from the station; the futon was clean and warm; the staff was kind and nice. Bad points: there was a pregnant smell of cigarette in the room; even though I booked a non-smoking room, there was an ash tray in the room indicating that smoking was probably allowed; the shampoo provided as amenity was not very good; the atmosphere on the hallways of the hotel was a bit dark. Things which were different between what I read in the hotel description on the site and reality: the natural hot springs are not part of the hotel, you have to walk to another facility by yourself to get there; internet access is not free of charge; the hotel description says that there are complimentary coffee and rice balls, however, there was only complimentary green tea in the room; even though the hotel has the tag "non-smoking in all rooms", there is a pregnant smell of cigarette in the room and there is also an ash tray in the room which indicates that smoking is probably allowed.