Excellent location, near Hase Station off the Enoshima Line, and 2 minutes from the beach. My bed was comfy, and each bunkbed had a privacy curtain and outlets. I liked that there was a female-only dorm room and bathroom. There is a bar downstairs, and an area for eating. Perfect home base for exploring Kamakura and Enoshima Island. Staff were very nice. 8/10.

Dorm room somewhat cramped, and it got a little bit warm. Lockers are available, but I didn’t love that they were right by the front door (I had no issue with lost items, but I was weary that the lockers were in such a prominent place). One shower room was pretty tiny.

The location is excellent for exploring Hase, and getting down to Yuigahama Beach in less than 90 seconds. Hasedera, the Great Daibatsu Buddha, and more are within easy walking. It's a quiet street as well. The room I was in was the female dorm, and was low-frills, but also comfortable and quiet and calm. It was six beds in a reasonable sized room, we weren't crammed in. A good place to spend a few nights in order to explore Kamakura and Enoshima. The toilet & sink are upstairs with the dorms, the showers are downstairs. It's a fair arrangement, and convenient and good for minimizing disruptions. Keigo-san was a great host to welcome me in, and show me the way of the place. The price was perfectly fine, and appropriate. Even though there's a bar less than 10ft from where I was sleeping, I had no bother sleeping - it's not a noisome place, it's nice.

It seemed a bit sad that there wasn't any tea or coffee for guests to make with the supplied kettle, in order to get a hot drink when getting up in the morning. It's a bit tricky in sleepy Kamakura to get something to drink in the early morning, short of venturing out to a vending machine, so that would be appreciated. Even if it was an honesty box system to take a teabag, or coffee, that would be fine. Just anything would be welcome at 7am! Also, this isn't a negative, but if you stay, organize anything like leaving luggage etc on check-in, because it can be tricky to find the staff if you need them in a hurry - it's just a laid back place, and they're running around doing stuff, so just get organized early, then don't worry about it.

I like the common area where you can relax with your drinks and have a chat with other guesthouse guests. There's also a takoyaki party every Saturday, but I have missed out as I arrived on Sunday. It was a pleasant stay overall.

As the others have mentioned, the air conditioning unit is placed directly on top of of one of the bunk beds. If the person that is sleeping there decides to turn it off if its too cold, then the entire room will be too warm and uncomfortable to sleep. Please consider relocating the air conditioning unit so that it can reaches everyone, or relocating the bunk bed so that it does not hinder the air conditioning's flow. This issue has been there for a while now, and a lot of people are complaining about it. Please take actions soon.

The location was just a 3 minute walk from the beach and very close to multiple cafes and shops. The area felt safe and had a laidback feel to it. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. We felt welcomed in the guest house and would definitely stay with Iza Kamakura again!

If there are multiple people staying in the house, it can be difficult to wash and dry your clothes. The time frame to use the washer and dryer is also limited so you will have to be patient.

This was my second time staying here. I came as an emergency as I had been up all night partying in Shibuya. I arrived at 10 am and even though check in is not until 3pm (as it is at most hotels in Japan) they were kind enough to prepare my bed early so I could finally sleep. They are very kind and accommodating and fun to hang out with. I consider the staff to be my friends and I hope we will meet again someday! Highly recommended.

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* very close to the beach! * great staff, that was very friendly and super helpful. * comfortable beds with curtains and some space to put things on. Overall nice interior. * womens bathroom. * nice, spacious common area with free water.

* there were few lockers in the common area. I was happy that I was able to use one for my valuables. * lugagge storage after check-out is not for free. * no stove/ proper kitchen (but there are microwave/oven and kettle)

Great staff, very nice and had good ideas on stuff to do. The common area was nice and some people just hung out there. They held our luggage for us before we checked in so we could explore.

Beds were a bit creaky. Bedtime for us was good, but keep in mind that if you want to go to bed earlier, it might be hard to fall asleep if people are interacting Downstairs. But they do have earplugs available.

It is an absolute injustice that this place does not have higher ratings. I last stayed here in 2019 before Covid and had such fond memories. I've come back in 2023 and it's such a cozy place. It's common room has the most character of any hostel I've stayed in, the rooms are cozy and warm. There's a well facilitated kitchen or good food available to buy. People need to come here and then spread the word that this place is lovely.

The guest house is just a few minutes away from the beach as well as some beautiful tempels and shrines. Hase train station is reachable with a small walk. It's probably an old villa and thus it has a spacious entrance area where guests can come together, chat and even have some drinks together.

The mattress/bed isn't suited for side sleepers. Although sleeping on the front or back is fine.

comfortable hostel in a great location. lounge and bar is a good place to hang out and chat with other people. overall great value for money.

Wi-Fi was ok majority of the time from the bedroom but not perfect. not ideal that the closest and the only toilet upstairs is female only and so had to trek downstairs for the one mixed toilet every time. the bedroom walls and/or door wasn’t good blocking noise out since I could clearly here people downstairs at late evening who weren’t even that loud.