Moritomizu Backpackers Reviews

beware of lockout hours: from9am-4pm, they will try and make you leave for the day. I was a bit sad that I had to bathe before 9am. Other than that, excellent hostel

difficult to search hostel in first time if owner can show sign at corner of road before turn should be geat for other traveller

When my husband made this reservation, he was given a reservation that included a 3/4 person room with private bath and toilet.So the price seemed very reasonable.What actually was, turned out to be a room but the toilet and bath area did not work.In fact the toilet that was supposed to be there was dirty, and unusable.There was "NO HEAT" in any part of the building except the main community room on the 1rst floor.(No rms.there)The only way to rooms is a narrow spiral staircase.Elevator/unusable

Unfortunately, I didn't know that I had booked a room without heating. But on that floor there wasn't any running water which was a little disturbing. Staff was very friendly and helping.

except freezing cold in the hallways a very good hostel with a nice atmosphere. and friendly staff. close to center of the city.

This place has a good location but thats all it has going for it. Was a very cold place, no heaters in rooms and when I asked for one all I got was a hot water bottle. It was also right next to train tracks with bells ringing every 20 mins so sleep wasnt quality. The toilets and showers on our floor were out of action and have been for some time looking at other reviews. Owner would not allow me to use a heater in the living room during the day when it was cold. Not good enough.

Two major flaws with this hostel. No running water on the same floor as the room was the first one. The second was that the heating in the room was virtually non-existent. The temperature in the room was about 4 degrees celsius when we woke up in the morning. Made the whole stay pretty unpleasant. Would definitely not go back to this hostel again.

Very friendly and helpful staff. The hostel is near the train station but not noisy at all. Bedding set is good and warm.

Very good location side to the train/bus station and good isolation (no noise). There\'s a lock-out during the afternoon but since usualy you visit, this isn\'t a real issue. Good place to start visiting Nagano. (city, skiing or monkey park and you can reach Matsumoto-jo quite easily by train)

The hostel was nice, but my bread got stolen out of the guest fridge. I recomment it for a reall cheap stay in Nagano.

Very friendly. We were only there enough time to sleep... But the manager was very friendly and spoke excellent English.

Only issue was no locks on the dorm rooms, but there were lockers to use downstairs. Really close to the train station, rooms were warm, volunteer staff was great! Lent me their own personal umbrella for the day and made me hot chocolate at night! Thanks Sachiko and Ben :) Hope to see you sometime in the future!

Nice place, close to the station, friendly staff, make sure ur room has a heater it can get cold in winter ... only complaint is that somebody knicked our food :)

It took about 15 minutes for my friend and I to figure out how the heater work. Luckily she was Japanese or I would have had no idea how it worked. I wish the staff would have showed us how to work the heater.