Yakutou Ichihara

7.2
Very Good
(528 reviews)

973 Yawata, Ichihara, Chiba 290-0062, Japan

+81 436-42-1126

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Hotel Description

Yakutou Ichihara is a charming and simple hostel located at 973 Yawata, Ichihara, Chiba 290-0062, Japan, situated in a lively street that is perfect for those seeking a quiet yet vibrant getaway. The hostel offers a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere with gender-segregated dorms, lockers, and a modest lounge where guests can unwind after a busy day of sightseeing. This budget-friendly hostel is only 6 minutes' walk from Yawatajuku train station, making it extremely convenient for those traveling by public transport. Whether you're here for a short stay or a longer visit, Yakutou Ichihara offers easy access to nearby attractions such as the stunning panoramic views at Chiba Port Tower (11 km away) and the tranquil Odoike Park (6 km away).
The rooms at Yakutou Ichihara are basic but comfortable, with features designed to maximize space and comfort for both short- and long-term stays. The hostel offers gender-segregated dorms with essential amenities including lockers for security. For added comfort, there are private rooms available as well. The hostel’s basic yet functional design ensures a cozy atmosphere where guests can rest peacefully. Additionally, rooms come equipped with air conditioning, ensuring a comfortable stay regardless of the season.
Yakutou Ichihara features several standout amenities that make it unique among other hostels in the area. The hostel offers free Wi-Fi throughout the property, which makes it easy for guests to stay connected. For those who like to unwind, there’s a game room, a karaoke room, a library, and a sauna. The sauna is a particularly rare amenity for this type of accommodation and adds a touch of luxury and relaxation after a long day. The hostel also features a communal bathhouse with four soaking tubs, allowing guests to enjoy a traditional Japanese bath experience.
In terms of transportation, Yakutou Ichihara is conveniently located with easy access to major public transport options. Yawatajuku train station is just a 5-minute walk away, providing a quick and easy way to explore the region. For those arriving by air, Narita International Airport is a 47-minute taxi ride away, and Haneda Airport can be reached in about 53 minutes by taxi. There are also bus stops and local train stations within walking distance, making it an ideal location for travelers who want to explore Chiba and the surrounding areas.
The hotel takes guest safety seriously, implementing various measures to ensure a secure stay. The front desk staff are available to assist with any inquiries or requests, and the hostel is equipped with a security system. In addition to this, there is a baggage storage service and concierge service for guest convenience.
Nearby, visitors can explore a wealth of cultural and historical attractions, including the Chiba Port Tower, Chiba City Museum of Art, and Chiba Shrine Myōken Hongū. For nature lovers, Chiba Park is a short drive away, offering beautiful green spaces, cherry blossoms, and a peaceful atmosphere. The Chiba City Zoo and the serene lotus ponds at Odoike Park are also within easy reach.
Guests at Yakutou Ichihara will also enjoy exploring the local food scene, with several dining options located close by. Within walking distance, there are a number of popular restaurants, including the traditional Japanese restaurant こけし, the Chinese restaurant 志ら鳥, and the cozy chicken spot OKARIYA. For those seeking other culinary delights, the Chinese restaurant 中華料理明湘園 and the Japanese restaurant いちの膳 市原八幡店 are also within a short taxi ride.
Whether you're looking to relax in the hostel’s sauna, explore Chiba’s famous landmarks, or enjoy delicious local cuisine, Yakutou Ichihara is the perfect place to stay. It offers comfort, convenience, and a friendly atmosphere for all travelers visiting the vibrant city of Ichihara.

The Most Outstanding Trait

1. 11-minute drive to Chii Soga Sports Park

2. 5-minute walk to Yawatajuku train station

3. One of the few hotels in the area with a sauna

4. Game room with entertainment options for guests

5. Wi-Fi available in public areas and guest rooms

6. Comfortable, gender-segregated dorm rooms with lockers

7. Communal bathhouse with four soaking tubs for relaxation

8. Convenient access to public transportation and airports

9. Proximity to popular attractions such as Chiba Port Tower and Chiba City Museum of Art

10. Several local dining options within walking distance offering a range of cuisines


7.0 Very Good

Location rating

Top sights

Chiba Port Tower
23 min
Chiba City Museum of Art
21 min
Chiba Park
25 min
Chiba City Zoo
22 min
Chiba Shrine Myōken Hongū
22 min

Nearest locations

こけし
1 min
OKARIYA
1 min
Yamachan
1 min
中華料理明湘園
2 min
いちの膳 市原八幡店
2 min
ゆず屋
2 min
食べ飲み放題 カレー居酒屋 アーユルヴェーダ 八幡宿駅西口
2 min
レストラン ピーターラビット
2 min
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Good to know

Check-in14:00
Location rating7.0
Nearest airportNarita International Airport
Travel time to airport47 min

Location

973 Yawata, Ichihara, Chiba 290-0062, Japan

Airports:

Narita International Airport

Taxi: 47 min

Transit: 58 min

Haneda Airport

Taxi: 53 min

Transit: 1 hr 9 min

Transit:

市原出道(バス)

Walking: 1 min

Goi Station

Taxi: 11 min

Walking: 49 min

Yawatajuku Station

Walking: 5 min

Oyumino Station

Taxi: 15 min

Walking: 1 hr 19 min


Nearby locations

7.0

Very Good Location

On a lively street, this simple hostel is 11 km from panoramic city views at Chiba Port Tower and 6 km from Odoike Park. It's 6 minutes' walk from Yawatajuku train station.

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Amenities and Facilities

Activities

Game room

Languages spoken

English

Japanese

Korean

Accessibility

Accessible

Accessible parking

Accessible elevator

Food & drink

Restaurant

Table service

Breakfast

Breakfast buffet

Vending machines

Wellness

No fitness center

Massage

Sauna

Spa

Pools

No pools

No hot tub

Rooms

Air conditioning

Kitchen in some rooms

Refrigerator in some rooms

Pets

No pets

Parking & transportation

Parking

Self parking

Services

Front desk

Baggage storage

Concierge

Currency exchange

Elevator

Gift shop

Housekeeping

Policies & payments

Credit cards

NFC mobile payments

Cash

Business & events

Meeting rooms

Children

Kid-friendly

Activities for kids

Internet

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi in public areas


Reviews

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keiiti kawai

5/5
You can enter from 5am. The parking lot is also quite large. The sauna automatically turns on and off every 20 minutes, so you can use it at your own pace. In addition, there are plenty of craft colas available after bathing. The rest area also has an open feel, and there are also Yogibo and manga.

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高澤知佳代

5/5
It's a sauna. I really love the sauna here! There is also a kasuri and a medicinal bath. It's too great.It takes me an hour to go there 🙋There are many delicious restaurants nearby, and you can even stay there for the night! !I think it was 2000 yen to use the nap room?Really recommended ♡

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上小澤審

5/5
It's good hot water

Room 4

Service 4

Location4

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Mato Yama

4/5
I went to the morning bath after a long time.It has been renovated and the toilets and sauna are clean!Autoroll has been added to the sauna.The feeling is once every 20 minutesIs it about 5 minutes?The smoking room in the changing room has been changed to a room with a temperature setting of 16 degrees.Perfect for cooling down after a bath

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カラシウスオラータス

3/5
A public bath with a rustic, old-fashioned Showa-era smell that looks like it was carved out of a rural prefecture's hot spring baths and entertainment facilities.I was surprised to see a public bath with a pachinko parlor attached to it for the first time, but the elderly and grandmothers from the neighborhood usually come in and out, and even though tattoos are allowed, I don't feel that it's too dangerous for a man to take a bath at a pachi parlor. It's just that people who are close to the usual clientele tend to take baths, and even amateurs can safely take a bath there.In both the bath and the nap room, I saw people wearing amazing monmons, but the staff in plain clothes patrolled once every 5 minutes, including the bath, and the management was really good. do not have.However, the facility that smells of the Showa era is a 40-year-old building that is a real Showa era building.The inside is a labyrinth, the walls are full of stains, and the toilets are Japanese-style only. The series of my rules can be said to be a killer at first sight.What I was quite surprised about was that there were nearly 20 free slot machines and a karaoke room for one person, and since it was run by a pachinko parlor, it seemed like it would be a lot of fun for pachinko fans. However, you could only bet at the pachinko parlor next door, so if you wanted to bet, you could go out for a while and use the pachinko parlor in the same building.There are also cigarette and beer vending machines openly inside the store, as well as a smoking room with slots. The beer vending machine in the changing room gives you the ultimate luxury of guzzling beer naked after taking a bath, but what if you drown in a drunk bath or collapse in a hot or cold bath with alcohol in it? I thought so too. If you had good sense and feared for your life, drinking would be limited to drinking after taking a bath.The important bathing facilities are 100 lockers, and the bathroom is large and the size of a tennis court.The bath is 4 x 4 meters long and has a brownish color called a medicinal bath. About 42℃. It feels like you are bathing in a brown river in China or India, and when you bathe, you can't see any steps inside, so be careful not to fall, and when you enter or exit, you have to grope your feet and go up and down the invisible steps in the water. I have to.A completely colorless and transparent ordinary bath called white water is 6 x 4 meters long and has a temperature of about 40 degrees Celsius. There's also a bubble zone, which makes you feel like you're soaking in a tropical fish tank. The water is 60cm deep and there are two steps of 30cm, so it's perfect for children to enjoy a half-length bath while sitting.Finally, a cold bath with a water temperature of 17℃. A cold bath seems to have a great effect on your health, but I can't recommend it because it's bad for your heart. On the other hand, as if they are well aware of the characteristics of people who tend to get hot easily, there are 10 white plastic beach chairs in the bathroom, and you can use the air cooling instead of using a cold bath, so it's a good idea to cool down as you enter. I feel like I can take a long bath for an hour. It's frustrating, but it's more ingenious and ingenious than a real hot spring.There are 12 seats in the shower stand, and the water pressure in the shower is so strong that it makes your skin dent and feel pain. The faucet only takes 20 seconds, and it's not inconvenient and provides a luxurious amount of hot water. There are commercial-use cypress (wood) scented shampoos, conditioners, and body soaps.The rest room is on the 3rd floor and has a restaurant attached. Meals are expensive at 900 to 1,300 yen per meal, but if you use the meal plan, you can enjoy the 3-hour course plus 2 hours free, which is great for those who stay for a long time. The rest room has 15 chaise longues and beaded pillows spaced every 1 meter, an 8 tatami tatami room where you can't lie down, and about 600 manga books of 20 different types. Even though beer is allowed in the changing room, eating and drinking is prohibited in the rest room and nap room, which is frankly painful for those who stay for a long time. I understand that cleaning is a hassle, but the cafeteria starts at 1,100 yen, and I feel like I'd like to be able to eat cheap bread, cookies, and snacks and ice cream sold at the counter freely inside the facility. The rule seems to be that you are forced to close and move to the 4th floor between 2:00pm and 5:00pm. Also, the bathrooms are cleaned from 2:00 to 5:00, so the only option is to spend the 3 hours on the 4th floor.On the 4th floor, there is a nap room and relaxation room for an additional fee, and it is a special rest area with a mysterious rule that requires indoor wear rental (indoor wear rental is in place of the 4th floor zone fee) and that plain clothes are not allowed. There are 20 reclining sofas similar to those found in first class on an airplane, and 17 chaise lounge chairs for men and women in a nap room that is almost completely dark and has as much light as starlight. The chaise longue is as wide as a single bed cut in half lengthwise, and while it's much better than a capsule hotel, it's extremely space-saving and extremely unfriendly, as if you accidentally turn over, you'll fall 30cm down. The lighting is close to darkness, which is appropriate, but I think it depends on the person whether they can sleep soundly on the narrow chaise lounge without falling off. Apparently there are two private rooms that can be rented for around 4,000 yen that can accommodate two or more futons, but I couldn't find them during my exploration, so the details are unknown.The fee structure is 1,100 yen for bath use for up to 3 hours until 2am. Staying overnight is 2,380 yen on weekdays and 2,980 yen on holidays, all inclusive with check-out at 10:00. As a facility where you can stay overnight, it is the lowest price in the area, and unlike the nearby Kikatatsu Club and other Necafes, it has plenty of baths and showers, and you can stay overnight for up to 29 hours, making it unrivaled in its low price.The point is that men and women can't use the private rooms together, but it's also perfect for people traveling alone or sleeping in a car, or because it's a completely separate nap facility for men and women, it can also be used as a safe house in case you get kicked out of your house or run away, so it's super versatile. It's a rest facility. However, in the internet generation, there are no PCs or internet, and the facility has free Wi-Fi only in restaurants, which may be difficult if you don't bring your smartphone with you, but as a public bath and rest facility, it's perfect. Personally, if you have some tolerance or tolerance for Showa smells, alcohol, cigarettes, and monmon, you will feel good about using it, and I highly recommend it for people who like to take a break from a hot spring without meals, and it has a taste of a hot spring with a budget accommodation function.Furthermore, since the fee is paid in advance, even if the length of your stay or the number of courses increases or increases beyond your expectations, you can pay for the cheapest course, which is convenient. During your stay, payment will be processed using the barcode that comes with the locker, and instead of carrying cash, you should leave your wallet and valuables in a locked locker from the beginning. Credit card and electronic money OK.This is a bit of a nuisance, but the lockers do not have any accessory compartments and are vertical lockers for hanging coats, so the lockers are only about 30cm wide and cannot store large items, and pants can only be folded in half and hung upside down on hangers. When you change your clothes, almost 100% of the contents of your pockets are spilled in and around the locker, so be careful not to lose your car or home keys or leave them in the locker.There are 60 free parking spaces across the road, but they tend to fill up quite often. The second passage from the traffic light is deep, and if you go about 60 meters into the back, there will be plenty of space, so look carefully. If you look closely, you'll sometimes see numbers from other prefectures, and I'm impressed by how easy it is to find cheap local accommodation like this.Although there are restrictions such as not being able to use so-called private rooms for men and women (couple stays) (restaurants and rest areas are allowed), 1,100 yen for a 3-hour break with public bath, and 2,750 yen for a 24-hour overnight stay are really exceptionally cheap, so it's a Showa era rag. For people who don't care about the comings and goings of Sayamonmon people, it can be said to be a pretty good public bath and rest facility. I've already been there for two and a half hours, but I must say that it went by pretty quickly and I felt pretty relaxed.

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ナオ

1/5
There is always a middle-aged hag in the nap room who snores.I’m always there!I snore so badly that I can hardly sleep.Smartphones are the way they are and they are already causing a lot of trouble.Even though the person himself/herself knows best about snoring,I'm amazed at how selfish he is.Please note that if you snore, you cannot use the nap room.It should be included.

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ナイトスター

1/5
I can't recommend this place to people who don't like tattoos (general customer sensibilities). It's reasonably priced, close to the station, and has an attractive medicinal bath, but there were so many tattoos that I didn't feel like I was relaxing.

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K氏

5/5
I enjoyed a refreshing sauna at the medicinal bath DAIKI in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture. First of all, I was surprised by the cleanliness of the facility. It's very beautiful and has a comfortable space. The temperature of the sauna was perfect and I was able to work up a sweat.What I particularly liked was the size of the cold bath. There was a spacious space, and I felt truly refreshed after warming up in the sauna. Soaking in the cold water seemed to reset my body and mind.The medicinal bath was also very pleasant, and I felt my body gradually warm up and relieve my fatigue. It was very relaxing and I was able to forget about my daily stress.Additionally, the food at the facility was delicious. The meal after sweating in the sauna was exceptional, with a menu full of nutrients. My stomach was full and I felt refreshed both physically and mentally.The staff was friendly and there was a homely atmosphere. The warm hospitality of the staff created an even more relaxing environment. I was able to take my time and enjoy a comfortable time.Overall, I was very satisfied with my experience at Yakuyu DAIKI. With clean facilities, comfortable medicinal baths, saunas, cold baths, and delicious food, this is a wonderful spot that you will definitely want to visit again. For those who want to refresh themselves, we highly recommend this shop! !