Guest house Roji to Akari

The geographical location is good, and it is very convenient to visit the home plan in this village area.

Because it is an old house, the sound insulation is inevitably poor.

Conveniently located in Hommura, 6 mins from the 2nd port of Naoshima. Besides Minamidera(James Turrell’s work), Ando Museum and so many more. Old Japanese house and there’s a lovely coffee shop attached to it for your convenience. Fantastic staff!!!

Noise. The typical paper sliding doors with creaking floors but it is what it is. The temple(?) nearby did some ritual thingy in the evening till 9pm, drumming and chanting - little boys’ screaming.

Everything was perfect! The house is beautifully done and super comfortable. They run the cafe next door which is amazing and serves flat whites !! Which are hard to come by in Japan. They also have a local restaurant which you should definitely eat at - a great meal.

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We stayed here for 2 nights and were grateful to be on the quieter side of the island. The guesthouse itself had a peaceful atmosphere, and it was nice to be away from the busier areas. The staff were friendly and seemed eager to learn their jobs since they were new to the space.

The main challenges came from the information we were given. Before arrival, we received an automated message encouraging us to pre-book dinner for the second night (which we did) and to reserve all art in advance & bikes in advance. When we asked how to book bikes, the staff recommended a rental service, but it turned out that service doesn’t actually operate on this side of the island. They offered to make a call for us only once we arrived at 5pm, which led to confusion and, in the end, we went to the service at 8.30am and no bikes, If only we were advised to go to the main part of the island or not advised at all then we would have happily figured it out ourselves. Similarly, in this automated message we were advised to go to the 7/11 upon arrival on the other side of the island to stock up for breakfast the next day. Because the check-in process took much longer than necessary (understandably, as the staff were still learning), we missed the bus and had to wait nearly an hour, which meant making the trip in the dark, and miss out on dinner. To add to the confusion, the staff did not know where the local bus stop was for tourists. On top of that, the futons were extremely thin, which made sleeping uncomfortable. The staff were kind and had good intentions, but it would have been much more helpful if they had been upfront about being new and unfamiliar with the island. We would have gladly figured things out together. As it stood, the misinformation created unnecessary stress on what could have been a smoother stay.