오야마 게스트 하우스 교토

I really wanted to give this place higher stars but there were a few drawbacks. I’ll start with positives. Pros - this is pretty good for you money rooms have a bit more space than other rooms in Japan -the station is fairly close -it was clean -kitchen was ok and knives were sharp Cons - there was a definite language barrier with our host when it is advertised she speaks English. She speaks some English for sure but there was still some confusion. -contact form on her website she never responded to. - the entire house was freezing when showing us our rooms she told us not to touch the temperature control. It was 40s-50s in Fahrenheit. Outside was warmer because the sun was out. -there was only one shower for the floor and one toilet (there was another on first floor) -wi-fi rarely worked -the kitchen, described below The kitchen issue when showed the house there were signs saying we could use the kitchen and she gave us no rules on kitchen use. When my partner and I were cooking she came up to us and told us to hurry up. It was not late, 6-8pm. We spent 30/45 minutes cooking and kept things clean while doing so. We sat down to eat in the bench dining area in hall. She brought up guests to their room. Upon seeing us eating she told us to leave and eat in our rooms. Stating “too many guests”. We did so and do not blame the new guests. As we shifted she told us to clean quickly. There is also a single shower near the kitchen but we kept the area to it as walkable as possible and were happy to move if anyone came by. Someone did as we cleaned dishes. It was fine. Since that interaction we didn’t feel comfortable using any other amenities lest there was unknown rules or we got sent to our rooms again. It didn’t feel like she wanted us to interact with our fellow guests. I would not recommend this place.