Located in Tokyo (Katsushika), YAWP! backpackers - Hostel is within a 10-minute drive of Tokyo Skytree and Sensoji Temple. .This hostel is 8.5 mi (13.6 km) from Tokyo Dome and 9.1 mi (14.6 km) from Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Katsushika Symphony Hills Cultural Center - 2 min drive
Tokyo Skytree - 9 min drive
Sensoji Temple - 9 min drive
Ueno Park - 11 min drive
Tokyo Dome - 15 min drive
Getting around
Keisei-Takasago Station - 3 min walk
Yotsugi Station - 5 min drive
Haneda Airport (HND) - 41 min drive
Restaurants
吉野家 - 3 min walk
鳳龍軒 - 2 min walk
麺心國もと - 3 min walk
サーティワンアイスクリーム - 3 min walk
立ち喰いそば 新角 - 2 min walk
About this property
YAWP! backpackers - Hostel
Tokyo hostel in Katsushika with free breakfast and a restaurant
YAWP! backpackers - Hostel offers 12 air-conditioned accommodations with DVD players and video-game consoles. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided. Guests have access to shared bathrooms.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include shared/communal kitchens and portable fans. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 12 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and video-game consoles are provided for your entertainment. Shared bathrooms are provided.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At YAWP! backpackers - Hostel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily.
Featured amenities include luggage storage, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk.
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
YAWP! backpackers - Hostel has a restaurant on site.
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and public transport
No on-site parking available
Food and drink
Free continental breakfast available daily
1 restaurant
Conveniences
Front-desk safe
Guest services
Daily housekeeping
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Outdoors
Terrace
More
Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Heating
Portable fan
Bathroom
Shared bathroom
Towels
Entertainment
DVD player
Video game console
Food and drink
Cookware/dishes/utensils
Electric kettle
Microwave
Fridge
Shared kitchen access
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 11 AM; Check-in end time: midnight
Check-out
Check-out before 10 PM
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open Monday - Sunday (11 AM - 3 PM) and Monday - Sunday (6 PM - midnight)
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Check-in hours are 11 AM to 3 PM and 6 PM to midnight.
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets not allowed
Children and extra beds
Children 6 and younger are not allowed at this property; All guests older than 6 are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Important information
Fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:
The city tax ranges from JPY 100-200 per person, per night based on the nightly room rate. The tax does not apply to nightly rates under JPY 10,000. Please note that further exemptions may apply. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
We have included all charges provided to us by the property.
Optional extras
Towels available for a fee (or guests may bring their own)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
We should mention
Children 6 years old and younger are not permitted at this property
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ); additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file
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YAWP! backpackers - Hostel Reviews
Reviews
8.8
Excellent
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
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.
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.
Great convenient area although a little secluded from all the big tourist attractions but with it's own attractions.
samuel
Stayed 17 nights in Feb 2024
8/10 Good
MARIANO
28 Nov 2023
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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).