Name: KAMP Houkan-cho Backpacker's Inn & Lounge - Hostel
Address: 3-1-35 Hokancho Kitaku, Okayama, Okayama, Okayama, 700-0026, Japan
Rating: 8

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KAMP Houkan-cho Backpacker's Inn & Lounge - Hostel

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Quiet and simple, other guests were very respectful. The ambiance of the lobby, chill
Music with the welcome drink was perfect. Friendly staff. And good food as well. What else could we ask for? Ho good WiFi, clean bathroom and washing machine for your laundry? Yes they got that too

Super cozy hostel

The atmosphere of the coffee/restaurant downstairs was great. I had a delicious chicken curry and a local beer. All of the staff were wonderful, even when I managed to oversleep the checkout time......they were really understanding and let me pack my stuff without putting stress on me.
Everything was clean and there were enough showers and toilets. If you wanted to relax you could use the common are where there was a fridge, microwave and more. The beds are comfortable and there is a lamp and plugs.

There were not enough lockers, unfortunately all of them were being used when I was there.
The walls are pretty thin, even though I used ear plugs I could still hear the people from the room next door.

Friendly staff and nice atmosphere!

Clasic backpacker shared dorm, very clean, and nice common area with kitchen. Great location next to station and walking distance to main atraction. Bar with special discount for guest and cultural activities.

Very nice backpackers style

Nice hostel, we used this place as a base to visit Naoshima for a day trip. The hostel is above a cool bar and cafe, it's where you check in. The staff are really friendly. We arrived earlier than check in and we could leave our bags so that we could go check out Okayama castle and gardens. 
We had a traditional Japanese room which was very comfortable. The hostel itself is a bit rough around the edges, the walls are thin and it could do with a lick of paint, it's a refurbished building so noise travels quite easily through the structure. The kitchen is quite dark. Would really benefit from free tea and coffee. 
This hostel is good for a few days on a budget. 

Good budget accommodation 

So as a general rule, I'll give any hostel/hotel 3 stars if I can at least sleep. Even if my experience is bad, as long as I can sleep, the hostel/hotel has provided it's primary function and has at least earned 3/5 stars.

This place failed at the only thing I was looking for.

For context, I was only in Okayama for one evening. We came in on the Shinkansen to go to a friend's birthday party. We were leaving the next morning. The ONLY thing I needed from the hostel was a bed. I didn't need a common space, I didn't need activities, I really didn't even need the shower, I just needed a place to put my head after a night of drinking, I required nothing else from them. My review is entirely based on one thing: my ability to sleep.

That bed/room had a couple of problems:

1. Bed height. As with most dorms, the beds were bunked. This is normal and I expect that. Was was unexpected for me was the inability to sit up on the lower bunk. It was incredibly claustrophobic (for someone who doesn't really suffer from claustrophobia). It also made organizing my stuff difficult because I couldn't sit and managed my things. If the beds were 4 inches higher, my experience would have been improved. I don't even know how they managed to get bunk beds that were so small. 

2. Air Con. It's Japan. In July. It's hot and humid. Aircon is a necessity. Unless someone is absolutely used to this climate, they need aircon to sleep. The aircon in the room didn't work. It was so miserably hot that I couldn't sleep.

3. Mold. I have a mold allergy. Most buildings in a wet climate will have some kind fo mold growth, so I take antihistamines to be able to breathe normally. It's fine as long as there's not a major mold problem. The dorm room had a major mold problem. Even with an extra dose of antihistamines, I still couldn't breathe. I eventually left the hostel about 3 hours before I was planning to (largely for this reason). After being outside for all of 5 minutes, my nose cleared and I was able to breathe normally. My girlfriend complained of a sore throat after that night, which also cleared up within an hour of being outside. This is why I wished I just slept outside.

4. The price. At 3000 yen, I expect a hell of a lot more than that garbage. That's a ton of money for a hostel in a nothing town (seriously, Okayama isn't all that interesting, and hostels in downtown Tokyo run for 3000/night). In Hiroshima (where I live and which is more interesting), a decent hostel can go for 2500 a night, so I don't know what this place is doing. If you going to charge me 30 bucks to sleep, I want to actually be able to sleep.

Literally the only thing I asked of that hostel was a bed. I needed nothing but a bed from them. I asked nothing of this place and THEY STILL DISAPPOINTED ME. I tried to sleep for about 4 hours, and eventually gave up. I waited in the common room for another 3 hours (for the first Shinkansen to start running so I could go home). After a quick shower (in a shower room that flooded), I headed out. I got home a couple hours later and immediately fell asleep.

I'm writing this review at 3 am the next day. I'm up at this time because my sleep cycle was entirely messed up by this hostel. I really regret staying there. It was a 2/5 review until it literally messed up my ability to sleep the night after I stayed there. I would have had a better time sleeping outside of the train station, and I genuinely wish I had.

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