Hostel in Sendai
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High-end valueWell priced for this area
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Includes essentialsFree WiFi/internet, Air conditioning, Kitchen and more
About this hostel
Located in Sendai, within 0.9 mi of Zuihoden and 1.2 mi of Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, Sendai Guest house Hostel KIKO provides accommodations with free WiFi. 1.3 mi from Sakuraoka Daijingu, the property is also 1.
Amenities
Free WiFi/internet
Air conditioning
Non-smoking
Heating
Kitchen
WiFi/Internet
Shared living spaces
Laundry services
Family friendly
Key access
Key card access
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Ratings and reviews
100% verified reviews9 / 10Outstanding·Sep 2026
Good shower facilities the beds were comfy but as a bigger guy I struggled to get in and out of the lower beds
I had a problem with my first room and was immediately offered to change room and said okay the a late extension
Lovely staff great food near by
The sinks for preparing anything other than washing your hands are in the hallway
8 / 10Excellent·Aug 2026
Great facility good vibes and nice social organized to connect locals and travelers.
7 / 10Good·Aug 2026
We stayed here for about three weeks. The staff was lovely and made us feel at home. The common room is a great place to meet people and the kitchen has everything you need! The downstairs bathrooms were generally clean and there were enough of them so that you never had to wait in line. There are washingmachines where you can do laundry very affordably.
The sinks where you brush your teeth are in the hallway and don´t offer much privacy if you need that. The sinks kind of become a social location, which was cute but not ideal when you are sleeping in the room next to them and loud conversations are being had past "lights out" time. The quiet hours past 10 PM were thus not really upheld, which was our main frustration, especially with thin walls. On several occations I woke up past midnight from noise WHILE wearing earplugs, and a few times we felt it was so bad that we had to go out there and ask people to be quiet. While I should caveat this by saying we are quite sensitive to noise, we generally slept shorter hours than we would have liked to 3-4 days a week, due to the noise.
The room cleaning could also have been better. When we arrived we pushed the single beds together and were welcomed by dustbunnies. We also did not get offered clean sheets despite being there a long time, but we also didn´t ask, so maybe they would have given them to us!
Additionally, neither common room was available between 10:00 and 12:00 which was a bit invonvenient for me since I was working, and there were not really any cafés closeby with a ´laptop culture´ as far as I could find. It makes sense that they need it empty when cleaning, but it would have been great if they could have alternated the availablity, since there are two common rooms.
Finally, the room itself is incredibly simple and could have done with a little shelving unit to store your things, or it would have easily fitted a desk which would have been amazing! The few shelves which were there, were were being held in place with thumbtacks and were thus purely decorational.
5 / 10·Aug 2026
Not much really
It is a noisy, busy, very cramped backpacker.
There is no space in the room for your bag or suitcases, the drying rack is right in the way of the only space to move around, meaning you'll have to slalom with your head the towels, t-shirt, socks or underwears (true story) others will have hanged.
The bed are very wobbly so anyone climbing in or out of bed makes all 4 beds move.
The curtains are useless to block the light (at least on the upper bunks).
The washing area (downstairs sinks) were filthy and partially clogged with hairs and other scraps. 24h later it still hadn't been cleaned.
Showers felt a bit dirty too, and trashes in the kitchen area were overflowing.
You have to make your own bedding which allowed me to see that the duvet and the mattress both had suspicious stains...
The staff is invisible (or not on site?) and not particularly friendly (but not unfriendly either).
Check-in only between 5pm and 10pm and no option to leave your bag for a few hours.
Not exactly on the cheap side of backpackers.
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7.6Good
(1,038 Ratings)
"Hostel Kiko is really nice! Quiet, clean and spacious. Internet was fast enough that I could work easily in the common area. Bathrooms are spacious and clean, I never had to queue. Staff was very help..."
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