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YAWP! backpackers - Hostel
8-26-1 Takasago Katsushika-ku, Tokyo

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 68 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 105 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Camila

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tak is very cool, he will explain a lot of things and share experience with you if he has visited your country! The beds and toilets are fine for the price. Beds very confortable. The only thing its not very clean! The toilet and room smells a little bit. But we had a very good stay.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Lauren

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Place definitely needs some cleaning and organization. The host is kind, however I would like to highlight that I struggled with communication. A small example: while I was organizing some coins on the counter, the host came up and grabbed my money, then attempting to give me other coins in exchange... this was super random and action done without any verbal communication. I had to stop him and reverse the exchange I never asked for. If you have any issues with hoarding behaviours or a lack of cleanliness, I would skip over this place. Otherwise, decent location, close to a train station and quiet.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from YAWP backpackers on 29 Mar 2024
This hostel has a very sociable atmosphere and I enjoy with many guests every day. But I have never seen this couple talk with other guests. Her boyfriend is friendly enough, but she is difficult and generally didn't even greet me back.One day, she started arranging many coins on my desk, so I assumed she wants to exchange smaller coins for larger coins (many guests ask me such requests). So I took the money out of my own wallet. She uses this example as a basis for saying "I struggled with communication," but I think it's obviously weirder to spread coins on someone's desk for no reason. Of course, I did it out of kindness, and I'm surprising that someone would feel bad by such so trivial thing. As one of the funniest review topics, I will share her story in various interacting places from now on.

10/10 Excellent

Kitche

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owner is s very good and accommodating
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cristina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Host is so kind, speaks various languages and keeps the place tidy and comfortable :) He even helped with my luggage. Thank you so much!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice stay, will definitely come back.

10/10 Excellent

samuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great convenient area although a little secluded from all the big tourist attractions but with it's own attractions.
Stayed 17 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

MARIANO

El dueño súper accesible, la cama es cómoda, la ducha y el toilet estaban limpios. Sin embargo, en el área compartida había objetos arrumbados y algunos sectores llenos de polvo. La cocina es muy chiquita y durante unos días estuvo la basura allí.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Olga

It has everything a backpacker needs.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jese

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our host Tak truly made the stay memorable. He genuinely enjoys running a hostel and is happy to help with finding local gems and organizing outings with other guests. From kareoke to movie nights to the best local ramen shop Tak is your guy. The hostel is also right next to an amazing little bento shop, near both a 711 and family mart, coffee down stairs, and a five minute walk from a great train station.
Stayed 10 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Danny

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Honest opinion...
In my opinión, this is not a hostel. This is the owners apartment with a bunch of strict rules that makes staying uncomfortable and awkward. Everyone has to follow the rules or he gets angry (because he is behind you 24/7). A hostel is not Just a place to sleep, its also a cool social space where people want to relax while they can meet other backpackers, but that was not how this was. Most of the travellers are adults and they dont want a strict mom behind them telling us not to spill a drop of water in the kitchen or bathroom. My suggestion: bro just chill out, get a volunteer to clean sometimes and focus more in Hospitality and make everyone have a good environment and enjoy their stay. You make people feel ALOT of anxiety. I would recommend paying more somewhere else to be able to breathe. It was unnecessary stress on our trip we would have rather avoided.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

henry

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place was usually much hotter than outside, we got threatened to get kicked out for using a rice cooker [owner had told us we could use everything in the kitchen to cook], owner kept making up rules as we were staying like not being in the lounge past midnight, youre about 50 mins from anything worth seeing in tokyo
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Response from YAWP backpackers on 4 Sept 2023
Please don't believe this review, which is full of lies and malice.The first lie. I defenitely did not say "You can use everything in the kitchen to cook." The rice cooker was out of order and I had hidden it in the back. But they found and took out and were using it without permission (I have never seen such a strange guest), so I told them not to use it. But they didn't accept it and did the same things again. In addition, they used towels to dry hands as dust cloth, cooked in areas other than the kitchen, broke cooking utensils and chairs. They were doing too many selfish and annoying acts, So I said “If you cause any more trouble, I will kick you out".They were also extremely unfriendly. They didn't even proper respond to me or other guests talking to them, which ruined the atmosphere of a shared space where everyone was having a good time. It was also really bad.They didn't consider the many problems they caused and wrote lies and malicious review as if they were good guests. I think they are one of the worst guests in my hostel's history. We are always turns on the air conditioner in the bedroom and manages the room temperature. In addition, Tokyo Skytree is 12 min far, Ueno/Asakusa is 15 min, and Tokyo Station is 30 min. These are undeniable facts, so “much hotter than outside” or “50 mins from anything” are equally vicious lies written by such an aweful guys. Please don't believe them.

10/10 Excellent

Henzel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tak was very hospitable! Def would recommend it to people who are looking to save money, as well as potentially meet new people.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Conrad

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great stay, everyone there was super friendly, especially the man who runs the hostel.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Liana

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The owner tak will make you feel at home. The town is quite and away from the hustle of Tokyo, but very close to transit. You can’t go wrong with staying here.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Kaitlin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible Place To Stay!!
We went to this place. It wasn’t private whatsoever. There was no air conditioning upstairs. The owner was extremely abrasive the second we showed up. It was dirty and messy. No lock on the bathroom door. We felt totally unsafe. So we decided we were gonna tell him that and ask him for a refund. He argued and argued with us about how he wasn’t going to lose money off it. Agreed to pay us HALF back for the next 4 nights. So we lost about $150 over it. Then he demanded we pay the fee that he pays to hotels.com for our booking. We said no. Eventually he said pay half and we gave up because we wanted the rest of our money back. It was insane. He also argued with me about getting a receipt. He said he doesn’t give receipts. I said I paid you in cash I need a receipt to prove that Oh also he made me pay up front and in cash
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019
Response from YAWP backpackers on 22 Nov 2019
It was obviously mismatching. They have never known about hostel (guest house). They asked me “it is weird, why isn't it private room ?” Of course, it is written “dorm room”or “shared room”at our page on all booking site. And also, of course we have AC at all rooms, and have lock system of bathroom. In Japan, I have never seen such a hostel which doesn't have them. Their complain was not made by us. All of them are from their misunderstanding. Before the booking, If they have read all information on our page, this gap was not happened. So, they had to pay cancellation charge to me, and pay fee to booking site. It is also written on the policy page ! Even on this conversation, they had too many misunderstandings. Anyway, I hope all new guests to read this comment. And I expect, you are having literacy mind and can understand which is correct.

4/10 Poor

Whatever

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cleanliness is way too bad from what it is shown in the advertisement. The room size is packed with 12 people in it where smtimes you dont feel the aircond at all (i went in summer) and it was so hot that disturbed my sleeps there. If u want to do laundry, owner will get it done for u and u need to pay 200 yen for it each time. I think u need to re-think if u want to stay here (if u choose a lil bit of convenient).
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019
Response from YAWP backpackers on 22 Nov 2019
About the temperature is really difficult problem. In one room on same situation, some guests say “it's hot” but another guests say “it's cold.” If you want to control everything the way you want, I don't recommend you to stay at shared room. And, laundry service is not free. It is normal things in Japan.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hostel, very clean, I found the beds to be super comfy, ac worked well And was always on in the dorm. very quiet location, 1 min walk to a family mart for essentials/food. great friendly pubs close by, 2 min walk to the train station making almost everywhere accessible in Japan, big thanks to tak for making my time in Japan awesome, I will be returning!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was the first place I stayed in Japan,it was amazing. The owner is very helpful and friendly! I found the bed very comfortable and cosy, not too hot and not cold. Very close to the station, convenience store and some restaurants. I was sad to leave!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Host Tak is very friendly and the place is clean and comfortable.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Owner really nice, nearby train station makes it easy to get around.
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
I liked the owner, he was very friendly and helpful with my questions. I didn't like the smell and the mess. there was a lot of clutter.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Hiren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tak was a really nice host, very welcoming. Facilities there were great, had everything we could ask for. Only real negative is that it is a bit further out from central Tokyo but can’t complain as the price is really good.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Roger, Chicago Illinois

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The owner tak is great, the beds are comfortable, and it’s walking distance to the train. Couldn’t of asked for a better place to stay!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic host, nice building, convenient location
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really comfy well-decorated hostel, had a real "living room" feel which was nice!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Ray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Owner, Tak is a great host
Tak is a great host

10/10 Excellent

Josh, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy, cool and best host in Japan!
I stayed for 2 weeks, these are the comfiest beds you'll find in Japan! The hostel is close to the station, great if you're flying in from Narita Airport. Place is full of vintage furniture, retro games and pop culture references. Owner and host Tak is a seasoned backpacker and knowledegeable friendly guy always ready to give a hand or a tip to ease your trip and help you discover this great country. Useful if you're a first timer navigatin Tokyo! He will often cook and take people out to local activities and try great local restaurants.
Stayed 15 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Georgia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay
I had a great stay, Tak was an amazing host, and spent the time getting to know us all, which made us all get to know each other and make friends. I would highly recommend it to anyone staying in Tokyo, despite it not being in the city center.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

HYUCKRAK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best Hostel ever~ Im just looking forward to visit again soon. Thanks a lot host TAKU^^
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Takuto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

XI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
大家さんが優しくしてくれて、とても安心にすごしました。近くにラーメンの名店もありますし、一週間の滞在にぴったりです。
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Zen

Stayed 14 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

GYUNGMIN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

マサカズ

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
オーナーが面白くて親切な方でした。楽しく滞在できました。ありがとうございました。
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

SHINJI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
宿泊料金がとても安い。ベッド回りも清潔で快適。駅からも近いしコンビニも近く便利。浴室が一つなので多少の不便さはあるが23時までやっている銭湯もまぁまぁ近い距離にある。早朝から営業している下町の総菜屋さんもすぐ隣にある。
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

セイディ

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
最高
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

ほのか

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 11 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

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Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
この値段でここまで駅に近く、便利なのは素晴らしいです。海外の方との会話もでき、管理人さんも気さくな方なので居心地がとても良かったです。
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023