Fukuoka Guesthouse Hive Reviews

good location

Very unfriendly owner or porter, but otherwise everything is fine.

It was nice to be able to get there by bus from Hakata Station. It wasn't uncomfortable just to sleep. There is a small izakaya right in front, so you can enjoy the local atmosphere.

It was fun to be able to talk to people from different countries.

I had a good rest before leaving. Even though check-in was late, the response was good. I want to stop by again next time~~~~~~~~~~~!

The location is close to downtown Fukuoka and it was easy to get around :) Also, the staff were very friendly and the service was satisfactory 😀

We had a family room for a single night. While the overall vibe and staff were really lovely, the biggest issue was that you are only provided with a single sheet. This means the bedding on top of you has touched the body of every prior traveller to use it. I was very surprised at this practice and really don't think it's acceptable from a hygiene perspective. Additionally, the aircon was not working well enough to provide comfort given the weather was still hot and the room was stuffy.

I stayed 12 nights from april 5 to april 17 at Fukuoaka Guesthouse Hive, I had bed D in the street-level dormitory and began to have my legs itching in the first days, I didn't pay attention, thinking I had been with moskitoes at some point, but a few days in my sojourn, I found a bed bug on the matress sheet in the morning, it was obviously full of blood, I crushed it in a tissue and showed it to the guy of the hotel who was present at that time. He excused himself and directed me to the next bed while this one was to be cleaned. While I was putting the sheet on my new bed, I found another bed bug under the mattress, this one was dead and flat, but I showed it also to the employee, who then gave me a private room upstairs for one night, as all other dorm beds were occupied. Then the following night I got a dorm bed again. I kept having itching sores the remaining days of my sojourn (particularly on my arms) but wasn't sure these were from active bed bugs of from the one I caught. I think the owners don't do enough to correct this bed-bug problem, from what I saw they just clean superficially the wood planks under the mattress but don't change the mattress and the duvet and that's where these bed bugs certainly hide. My own opinion is that the bed bugs are in the duvets, they don't change sheets for the duvets (we're given only a white sheet for the mattress and a white pillowcase), they keep the brown duvet cover from visitor to visitor, and because of its brown color it's hard to tell if they're dirty or not. From where the bed bugs bit me I also think it's very likely they do it from inside the duvet. Otherwise this guesthouse is quiet and the staff is friendly, I'm sorry to have to share this information but other travellers should know, especially given that no serious correction is made by the owners of this guesthouse. I have made multiple trips to Japan along the years, staying in hostels in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and never encountered such a situation.