We opted to stay at the Oheka Castle primarily for the "wow" factor. After all, how often does one get to stay in a 1920s faux-Versailles mansion? It definitely did not disappoint on the weird and wonderful front, but it was not entirely what we expected. The mansion was redone from near ruin 20 years ago, but not at anything like museum restoration level. The shelves in the library, just as an example, are stacked with used bookstore castoffs. The curtains and other furnishings in the rooms are OK knockoffs of what they should be, but are already showing their age. The hotel is clearly set up for large events like weddings (and has some nice spaces for that) rather than passing guests. We felt like we were just about the only guests in the place, walking through the echoing halls seeing the occasional staff member and no one else. As a location, Oheka is an island. Other than the neighboring golf course, there isn't anything around it other than houses. The parterre garden at one end of the hotel is a pleasant place to stroll, but once you have done that and walked those echoing halls, you've pretty much run out of things to do. The in-house restaurant was good, as much for the people-watching as anything else. The hotel staff also matched the whole aimed-but-missed-the-target feel of the place. Friendly, certainly, and casual almost to a fault. But they definitely contributed to the amusing -- and bemusing -- nature of the experience of Oheka Castle.