Rating & Reviews : Kodo-no-Mori Anchan
Accommodation
4.13
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Date: Dec/2025
4.60
Convenient
No guest review.
Date: Dec/2025
3.60
Great location at the start of Kumano Kodo
We arrived here a day before we took off hiking the Kumano Kodo. It's a very practical place to start your walk. Across the street is the Kumano Kodo information centre where you can get the maps and stamp booklet. Kodo-no-Mori Anchan provides supper, breakfast & lunch upon request and luggage service, so that's very convenient.
Date: Dec/2025
4.40
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2025
4.60
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2025
3.00
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Good location. They didn't seem too enthusiastic about customer service but were nice people. Access to a kettle would have been great and it was our least favorite meal on the trail. However great location - literally at the trailhead for an early start.
Date: Nov/2025
3.20
中辺路起点の宿
お世話になりました。 人懐っこいニャンコにも癒されました。
Date: Oct/2025
2.40
Disappointing first stay on the Kumano Kodo
We were very disappointed with our stay at this guesthouse. The main issues were lack of facilities for the number of guests (11) and lack of privacy in our room which was impacted by noise from every direction. Our room was located on the front corner of the house, next to the front door, opposite the entrance corridor, opposite the shop/dining room side entrance, and with the kitchen next to our room's back wall. The road ran past the front, the Kumano Kodo Takijiri entrance gate was next to our side window so people were walking past or stopping and talking, and there was a main road across the river that had trucks rumbling down it all night. A group of 4 guests opened our room's sliding door and tried to enter as they must have believed that was the entrance to the guesthouse. It was not possible to lock this sliding door, for security or to quieten the sound of people talking at the tables outside the front of the shop. The shop had a loud bell/buzzer that kept sounding, as guests kept walking in and out of the shop. Guests also kept using the side entrance to the shop which was opposite our room's entrance screen. There were no curtains in our room, so the light from the corridor and the light from the shop which shone through the shop's glass-paned door into our room, meant our room stayed lit up. Guests staying in the upstairs rooms would've had a very different experience. For the 11 guests staying that night, there was one bath/shower room which opened directly out into the laundry room that also had the only sink for guests to use. This meant that if someone was using the bathroom, the sink was out of action. I waited for a long time to have a shower as one of the guests had a bath! In the evening, as the bathroom was occupied, some of the women guests and I had to use the tiny sink in the corner of the men's urinal to brush our teeth. This smelled strongly of urine. There was only one shared toilet. In the morning, we went to the nearby public toilets for our morning ablutions as it was easier. Dinner was basic, especially for the price. Our Japanese curry barely had any meat, just a few fatty scraps. Overall, the lack of privacy, inadequate facilities, and relentless noise made for an uncomfortable stay.
Date: Oct/2025
4.20
Basic stay
This was our first stay during Kumano Kodo pilgrimage and we could not expect much. My review is based on total experience and compared to other accommodations.
Date: Oct/2025
4.25
中辺路を歩く始点で泊まりました。
掃除がしっかりしてあり、襖で仕切られた和室でしたが、隣りを部屋が空室なので、物音が気にならなかった。 ただ、隣りの家になるのか、隣家のガレージで夕方からBBQをして、7〜8人が10時くらいまで談笑しているのが、とてもうるさかった。
Date: Oct/2025
5.00
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No guest review.
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