Stayed here one night out of random. A little difficult to find if you're using the Lonely Planet or Rough Guide but locals are friendly enough to give directions. Also a little out of the way but in a quiet area.

Were given a twin room on the ground floor just down the way from reception and even though we were outside showers and bathrooms we didn't really hear anything. Rooms were clean and functional with all power points and A/C working well.

Upstairs lounge was good with internet working and people actually being sociable which is what you want out of a hostel.

In all its a hostel. A clean hostel. What more do you want?!

I stayed here around one year ago. May 2009. Rooms were clean, staff was nice. But while on the computer in the common area I found a bed bug on the wall. I brought it up with the staff who were quite surprised. They said bedbugs were not a problem. My room turned out to be fine and our stay was good and I never seen anymore.

So this year (June 2010) the travel companion I was with last year decided to stay at this place again while in Fukuoka because it was fine last year. I have just spoken to him and he said as soon as he went to be he was attacked by bedbugs!!! They were crawling all over him and he has bite rash now. He could not sleep in the room at all and moved hotels that morning. It seemed on the surface the hotel was very clean, as most places in Japan are and its hard to tell who and when someone could be packing bugs with them....but they were there last year and again worse this year. Watch out.

It's not in the best location, and there were no curtains in my room, but otherwise this is a very well-equipped, clean hostel with free lockers.

Staff was obliging when I requested for an extension and put me in a more expensive room without the additional charges. The mixed crowd would mingle on the 3rd floor sitting area and kitchen and that was where my shared room was located. Would have been a problem for light sleepers as they just talk and laugh through the night. 2 things I didn't like though, there was no lift and even though the toilet on the 3rd floor was designated for female guests' use only, the guys staying on the 3rd floor use it as well. Thus there was this perpetual stench and from what I observed, it wasn't cleaned during the 4 days I was there.