This is a very lovely Japanese style hotel with huge rooms, extremely clean, very comfortable. Tea, coffee and fruit are available all day in their large and comfortable lounge. They also have some sort of traditional Japanese bathing facilities, I think sort of like a spa, but we didn't use them. The location is very convenient, just south of the walls of the old city, with easy access to taxi/uber, etc. Best of all, the staff at the Haikin Ryokan were absolutely wonderful. They graciously accommodated both our very early arrival and our very late departure. When we told them at check in that we had an early tour the next morning, they prepared wonderful boxed breakfasts ahead of time for us and left them in the refrigerator for us to take with us - with super tasty sandwiches, milk, and juice. On our day of check out, when we returned from our Elephant tour at 5:00pm to collect our bags they even offered that we could shower again in our same room if we wanted to. I don't think I've ever been treated so kindly.
