Hostel Casa Noda

Comfortable, convenient and clean. A great choice.

Its a good location and the bedrooms were comfy and clean.

Nice hostel with great location - easy walking distance from train station, bus and ferry terminal. Many sightseeing places are nearby, too. Staff is available only part of the day. I was a bit lost at the beginning because I arrived a bit before check-in time and there is no reception.

The positives: *Check-in and check-out were about as easy as it gets. I picked up a pouch from the 2F wall and went to my capsule. *The manager and female cleaning staff were friendly *The shower was comfortable *There was a lounge and a terrace; the tables in the lounge were never all occupied at once. I only saw another guest on the terrace once. *There was a feeling of being connected to the street outside that made it very easy to walk to a vending machine any time I wanted a drink. No staff to pass by, no locked doors. I liked that, but... The negatives: *That feeling of connectedness to the street outside? It also meant there was basically zero security; the path from the sidewalk in front of the building to my capsule had no locked doors and no staff presence. *Nowhere to lock my suitcase; I could leave it in a corner in the lounge, which was locked overnight -- that was it, security-wise. *No hotel map meant all I could do was wonder who else I was sharing the one bathroom on my floor with. *Male cleaning staff was inconsiderate and unfriendly. Two of them were friends; one was considerate, until he was with the other one; then they became "inconsiderate, together." *Side-curtain capsules offer VERY LITTLE sense of privacy, I've learned. *The toilet sprayed "slightly below body temperature" water. When it was cold outside, the capsule room and the bathroom were cold. Conclusion: There are private rooms. I'll probably look into them, if I'm in Nagasaki again.