Date: Dec/2025
United States (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
Overall it's a nice place to stay a night
This house is indeed very close to tanabe Station, and there are also quite a few restaurants and other facilities around. However, the location is a bit hard to find. It's hidden in an alley and you need to check in elsewhere (very close). The room is very Japanese-style. It's a bit inconvenient to enter and exit, but it's quite large with ample space. It also has air conditioning and other basic facilities. The bathroom is very clean. Although the shower room is relatively compact, it is very convenient to use. Overall, it's a nice place to stay. The host is very friendly.
Date: Nov/2025
Australia (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 1
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2025
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 2
Plan:
No Meals
Basic, but good location
Location was excellent, but check in a little awkward and an unnecessary back and forwards after finding a note at the location to go to the cafe to get the key, which then turned out to be in the room door anyway. Earth floor could do with a little maintenance. I understand the basic aesthetic, but with 'potholes' in both the bathroom and kitchen area it is only a matter of time until someone twists an ankle or does other damage to themselves. Bathroom could have been just a little bit cleaner.
Date: Oct/2025
Germany (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Nice Guesthouse just 5 min from train Station. Historical building with everything you need.
Date: Oct/2025
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service -
Plan:
No Meals
宿は無人で、おにぎり屋さんでチェックインしました
宿の入り口がすごく細い道で見落としそうでした。その日泊まるのは私だけだったらしく、入り口に｢おにぎり屋さんでチェックインしてください｣と書いてありました。
おにぎり屋さんでチェックインの時に口頭での説明を受けただけだったので、その後宿に戻ってから、電気のスイッチとかを探し回り、明るいうちに着かないと困るなあ、と感じました。
古民家を改造した宿で、設備的には何も不満はなかったです。
Date: May/2025
Netherlands (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Great place and great location for a one night stay! Bit old fashioned and basic (common) bathroom, but it all adds to the authentic Japanese atmosphere.
Date: May/2025
Slovenia (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths -, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service -
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: May/2025
Taiwan (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 1, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
No Meals
Depends...
That was a friday night. There was Karaok singing out loud until around midnight and people walked on by talking. If you are going Kumano Kodo, the location of this site may not be ideal. But if you are looking for night life and fun, this is a great place to stay.
Date: May/2025
Japan (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Impossible to sleep
Guestroom is a nice traditional house, clean and conveniently located. We were in the second floor room N.5. Room was OK but we could barely sleep due to an extremely noisy air conditioning unit in the front building, just a few meters away from our window. Terrible night, not even using earplugs were we able to sleep, it was like having a helicopter inside our room. Very disappointing.
Date: May/2025
United States (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 2, Baths 2, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 2
Plan:
No Meals
Disappointing introduction to the Kumano Kodo
It was our first exposure to a smaller traditional guesthouse.
Reception - no one at the desk till 3pm, so can't even drop your heavy bags off if you arrive early
Bathroom - it was small and dark, with some rotten wood
Room - very spacious, but needs screens on the windows as we were bitten by mosquitoes all night. And having to climb the steep staircase to use the bathroom downstairs in the middle of the night was just annoying and dangerous.
In summary, the owner needs to invest more money in improving this place
Date: May/2025
Italy (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
quiet place to relax before the start
I was assigned this place because of an overbooking at the ICHIE cafe, where I had also reserved breakfast. The morning after, I found a packet with a piece of cake left for me from the owner of ICHIE!
The owner was extremely kind and took some time to explain to me the region and the trekking, and gave me a very useful map of the path.
Date: Apr/2025
Germany (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Dec/2024
Malaysia (Female, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 2
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Accomodation and facilities ok however check-in time is strictly per said time.
Guests will also have to find their own way to their retail shopfront for check-in. The shopfront is about 5 mins walk away from the premises.
Convenient stay location if catching early bus to trailhead
Date: Nov/2024
Australia (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
The Cue was a convenient location to stay prior to starting the Kumano Kodo the following day.
Date: Oct/2024
Australia (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Oct/2024
Australia (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Sep/2024
Netherlands (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
1 nignt stay
Nice place to stay before our start of the Kumano Kodo. Clean, nice kitchen and place to sit and in walking distance of the airport.
Date: Sep/2024
Switzerland (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Jul/2024
United States (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
No Meals
Family travel with kids- Convenient location, basic clean rooms, shared bathroom
Very convenient location, close to kii Tanabe. Basic clean rooms. Walking distance from beach , Tokei jinja shrine , restaurants and stores. No luggage storage or transfer service but because we were so close to Tanabe tourist office and station, it wasn't a problem to coordinate.
Date: Jul/2024
Canada (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Jun/2024
Netherlands (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Great starting place for a big adventure
The CUE hoso backyard house is a clean place with a very hospitable manager. The place has all the necessary amenities and a great communal space to interact with fellow travellers.
Date: Jun/2024
Malaysia (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service -
Plan:
No Meals
100m away from Kumano Tourist Infor centre, in backyard.
Only available for check in at 4pm. The owner will greet and check in for you. 1 shared bath room, 1 male toilet and 1 female toilet. They have 4 rooms, if it's full house, might need to queue for the bathroom and toilet.
Date: May/2024
United Kingdom (Male, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Peaceful stay in traditional guesthouse
We loved staying at Cue. It is a beautiful building with traditional paper and wood walls. Excellent location in the middle of town. The owner kindly welcomed us and gave us maps for the Kumano Kodo which were very helpful. Thank you for having us to stay! We slept very well
Date: May/2024
Canada (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: May/2024
Taiwan (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
對想走熊野古道的旅人相當便利的住宿
住宿地點離車站非常近,可享有周邊商圈便利機能,不過入住時屋主不在屋內,需要電話或電郵聯繫這點須注意,整體而言居住環境舒適,屋主很親切,機能方便,非常適合要探訪熊野古道的旅人
Date: May/2024
China (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Apr/2024
France (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
A confortable guesthouse
There was everything we needed in the guesthouse for a night before starting our walk. Our host spoke English very well and was helpful. She gave us advices to find a place to have supper. The Japanese style room was comfortable. We heard some noise from the street but it didn't trouble us to sleep. There is free coffee and tea for the morning in the house.
Date: Apr/2024
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Interesting Old House
We enjoyed this authentic old guesthouse. It felt like it had a lot of history in the walls and it was nicely tucked away down an alley. We could walk to some interesting parts of kii-Tanabe, and enjoyed a great meal on the good recommendation of our host. The kitchen is well supplied and the room, comfortable, with nice thick futons :)
Date: Apr/2024
United Kingdom (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths -, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Mar/2024
United States (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths -, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Mar/2024
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
No Meals
Good place to stay before starting Kumano kodo
Very centrally located. Few minutes walk to train & bus stop. Was there on weeknight so area was quiet. Main issue was checkin not til 5pm. Host had Kumano maps
Date: Mar/2024
Taiwan (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Feb/2024
United States (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom -, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Feb/2024
Taiwan (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 3
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2023
Switzerland (Male, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Oct/2023
China (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Jun/2023
Netherlands (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths -, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
Very convenient place
Nice host, convenient location. Rooms have slightly thin walls so can be noisy (did not bother us). The house is old and has a rustic style. There were quite a lot of mosquitos so be careful with opening the window.
Date: Jan/2023
United States (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Great Spot in Tanabe
We stopped here for the night right before departing for the Kumano Kodo. It was a wonderful traditional Japanese room, with shared common spaces. Everything was very clean and orderly. It's easy walking distance from the train station. We got some delicious ramen just down the street. Relatively easy to find, as long as you keep an eye out for the little sign pointing you down the alleyway.
Date: May/2021
Japan (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service -
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Feb/2021
Japan (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Mar/2020
United Kingdom (Male, age 60-69)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
The Cue
A very friendly and informative reception and a lovely room in central Tanabe, a five minute walk from the station at the most. Nice atmosphere, very clean and a good bath/shower room, we enjoyed our stay.
Date: Dec/2019
Hong Kong (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
An old house in Tanabe city
1. Location
The homestay is located near the train and bus station, but was a little bit tricky to find since it located in an alley.
2. Room
The homestay is renovated from an old Japanese house with a traditional outlook. Yet, the facilities inside the homestay were completed, even include oven, fridge, huge amounts of plates/bowls/cups/wine glasses and washing machines. Although the rooms are all built high from the ground (I think this is the signature of old Japanese house, ?to prevent flooding), and sometimes would increase the difficulty for me to transfer from one room to another (since I'm a clumsy person), the stay was very cozy here.
3. Staff
Staff is nice, and have provided a lot of information to us about Tanabe city. She even recommended restaurants for us to eat, and gave us map to guide us to the supermarket for food. She would leave the homestay to the bar next door from 18:00 and no one would be around when you check out in the next morning, a little bit insured for us.
Overall, a very special experience to the start of our kumano kodo trip.
Date: Nov/2019
United States (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Perfect
Lovely Japanese style accommodation that is very close to the train, shopping and many restaurants. The staff is absolutely wonderful and the place has a little bit of everything a traveler would need.
Date: Sep/2019
Germany (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Very kind staff and nice location.
Date: Aug/2019
Italy (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 2, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
Easy place, just for one night is okay.
Nice place to stay. The only problem we got a room without windows, we didn't expect this: there was a strange smell, kind of wet.
Date: Aug/2019
China (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Good service and clean room
The location is very well, 5 min walk to the Sation, and atound hotel can find many restrant and Bar.
Staff's kindly intrudcation is very well.
Date: Jul/2019
Denmark (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Best place
Great service and location has given us the trigger to an incredible experience at Kumano Kodo. Definitely recommended.
Date: Jul/2019
United Kingdom (Male, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Excellent
Very friendly service, nice and clean, close to the station, Kumano Travel and places to eat
Date: Jul/2019
Switzerland (Male, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Jun/2019
Brazil (Female, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 4, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: May/2019
Australia (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Asami was wonderful, and the accomodation has everything we needed
Date: May/2019
Netherlands (Female, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
One night stay
Room was good, new experience first time sleeping in a Japanese style room. Friendly en helpful hostess. Gave me some good tips about food places!! Very neat, peaceful and quiet.
Date: May/2019
Japan (Female, age 40-49)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
素敵な管理人さんと素敵なゲストとの出会いが滞在をさらに楽しいものにしてくれました
管理人の後様がとても気さくで話しやすく、またたまたま同じ日に滞在していたオーストラリア人の方々とも知り合いになり、意気投合し夜は隣のカフェでお酒を一緒にいただき、楽しい時間を過ごしました。
ロケーションもよく、またとても清潔でまた滞在したいと思いました。
Date: May/2019
France (Female, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 4, Baths -, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Good place to stop before walking the Kumano Kodo
This guesthouse is very conveniently located close to the Tanabe train station and the neighborhood with all the restaurants. The host was very friendly and helpful, the rooms clean and cozy, the bar very nice. There is also a kitchen where you can cook yourself. Good place to stay before walking the Kumano Kodo.
Date: Apr/2019
Hong Kong (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 2, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
The room is next to street and has poor soundproofing walls. Noise was rather disturbing at night, unable to sleep
Date: Apr/2019
United States (Female, age 50-59)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths -, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Convenient
My stay at the Cue was simple and easy. A bit hard to initially find, though. There were no frills but it was clean and gave me a basic place to sleep after a long flight. The staff person was very nice and tried to be really helpful.
Date: Apr/2019
Japan (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Jan/2019
Australia (Female, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 3, Baths 3, Meals -, Location 4, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
- No subject -
Date: Nov/2018
United States (Male, age 30-39)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 4, Meals 5, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Perfect spot to launch for Kumano Kodo
The location was great. We wandered out in search of food but luckily ended up back at the Cue for dinner and it was amazing! Great vibe at the bar and restaurant and friendly staff.
Date: Nov/2018
Netherlands (Male, age **)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 4
Plan:
No Meals
Great guesthouse in Tanabe
Our stay at Cue was very good! We travelled with our 9 month old daughter and everyone was very helpful and understanding. The rooms are spacious with good airconditioning. The cafe in the backyard has amazing food!!
Date: Oct/2018
Australia (Male, age 20-29)
Individual:
Guestroom 5, Baths 5, Meals -, Location 5, Reception & Service 5
Plan:
No Meals
Lovely share house vibes
Nice old house in the centre of Tanabe, very clean and comfortable. The owner (Asami) is super helpful, and really went out of her way to make sure we'd be safe while the Typhoon rolled in.
Central Tanabe