Wakayama Dai-ichi Fuji Hotel

August in Wakayama is very hot and extremely humid. The hotel is run down, leaks in the roof, moldy smelling. The room was warm upon entering. There is knob that turns from 1 to 3, this controls the air flow of the ac unit on the ceiling. The temperature of the air, however, is controlled by the front desk. They like to keep it warm for some reason. After having to ask them to turn the temperature down 3 times I gave up and went to Daiwa Roynet. They also wouldn’t give me a refund for the unused nights but it was worth it just to get a good night’s sleep! Never again!

We booked two twin rooms for New Year's Eve. I had reserved through booking.com and paid 10,000 yen per room with breakfast included. I had asked a few questions when making the reservation but didn't get any response. I had asked for non-smoking room but they gave us smoking rooms. It reeked of cigarettes. Near the elevators, they had room sprays and hand sanitizers. I had sprayed it but didn't make any difference. They provided air purifier and humidifiers in each room. Hairdryers and washed slippers (not new) if you need to use are there too. Rooms and bathrooms quite small for two adults. Not much space to keep luggage. Only one outlet so if you need to plug in anything extra like your phone charger, you need an extra plug. Breakfast is quite basic, cereal, milk, yogurt, coffee, onigiri, miso soup, steamed veggies, salad. Breakfast is from 6:30 - 9 am but last order is 8:50 so if you come late, they already start cleaning up and you get nothing to eat. One thing that was quite irksome was that the person who stayed in the room set the alarm for 6:15 am and didn't bother to turn it off so it rang and woke us up. Complained to the front desk about this. Parking available for 700 yen per day. Free wifi.

Best hotel for money saver!! Japanese style breakfast is a plus! Also, this room is very close to Wakayama-shi station. They have rental bicycle service only for 100yen (~$1) per day, super cheap!!!!!