Out of many choices from the Japan-Guide.com website, we chose to make a reservation with this place because the price looked reasonable --although the meals were on the high side(listed separately from lodging). We wanted to experience a good traditional Japanese meal, and thought we must be getting one by paying 4,000 yen(per person) for dinner and 1,500 yen for breakfast. WRONG.
The sight of the hotel from the street was not promising. It's nothing like what's shown on the internet. We were a little skeptical once we entered the front door. The place was kind of dark,old, and cluttered, which is quite surprising to us. We were coming towards the end of our 6-day trip in Japan, and everywhere we had gone on this trip was clean and cleaner. Konishiya was just an anomaly, it put a bad taste to our otherwise-wonderful trip.

The carpet in the hallways and in our rooms was not only filthy beyond belief (greasy, black dirty), but also worn. In its former life, I am... more