The wall between rooms is thin. You might have trouble sleeping if you’re a light sleeper as you can hear movement from other rooms.

The property is extremely clean. The living room and tea room have a cosy home feel.

Stayed in May 2025

We had a great stay. The owner is very friendly and helpful. He arranged dinner reservations for us. He also runs a nice coffee shop that we recommend to visit. Overall a great experience! We had a big room with futons. Everything is very clean. The bus stop is really close and a supermarket is very near, too.

Stayed in March 2025

Super friendly and helpful host. Cozy and traditional japanese house that felt like home. Calm area! Awesome place

Stayed in October 2024

The house is truely special and authentic, the location is great, ideal to relax and explore the sourrounding area. Mitsu has been an amazing host with a very welcoming nature and great recommendations for restaurants or tipps in the region. It was a pleasure staying there.

Stayed in October 2024

Good experience. Remember you can send messages on booking, and the household will respond in time. This helps me solve all the problems. 1. Very typical traditional Japanese house, nice and tidy. 2. Friendly householder. Communication in English is not a problem. Householder also invites me to his cafe by the sea, which gives me a chill afternoon tea break experience. 3. 3mins walk from bus station. I remember it’s about 18mins bus drive to the railway station. 4. There are some restaurants around this neighborhood but most need reservation. You can also take bus and try restaurants along the beach. Or try the tore-tore market (before18:00)

Stayed in October 2024

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I love the whole set. We are traveling with my family and friends family. It is such a good fit. Super friendly host and provided us very useful advise on restaurant etc. free parking any way we enjoyed the entire stay wish to stay longer especially kids love the play room.

Stayed in September 2024

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Mitsu and his wife were so kind ! We really felt at home for a few days. To give you an example : when we arrived, it was our son's aniversary and obviously after several days backpacking across japan we didn't have a birthday cake. Mitsu not only call a pastry Shop to help us have a cake for the dinner but he and his wife also went to buy some party balloons to enfance the expérience. We really are thankful for this great attention.

Stayed in August 2024

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If you want to experience real Japanese hospitality, this is the place to go. The owners went out of their way helping us to get our daughter's phone back, which she had left on the train (driving to the station in the middle of the night and organizing the key to the train!). The hotel is very cozy and the coffee (home-roasted) is great. Thank you very much!

Stayed in March 2024

Nothing - it was perfect.

Staying at Sangenya Guesthouse was one of our best experiences in Japan. The property itself is beautiful, clean and traditional. Of course, the town of Shirahama was also beautiful and having access to the beach within walking distance made it such a great location. We spent some wonderful days at the beach! Unfortunately, one of the days there was a typhoon - however our incredible hosts were so lovely and generous that it was actually a positive experience even when the weather outside was torrential. This trip marked the end of a year in Japan and even as we packed up our things to leave, we were talking about how we wanted to come back to the guesthouse in the future because the property and hosts were so wonderful. We also had some drinks at the property’s café, and both the hojicha and matcha were the best ones we’d tried in Japan!  We absolutely recommend the Sangenya Guesthouse!

Stayed in August 2023

It was perfect for us and the hospitality was excellent

The home was very traditional and gave a good sense of the local lifestyle.

Stayed in August 2023

Nothing! We had a lovely stay.

Lovely little guesthouse with three rooms. Very cosy shared living area. You sleep on tatamis (comfortable!) and bathroom facilities are shared. We arrived by car and there was parking. Our host gave us some excellent recommendations around town. It’s in a residential neighbourhood about a 10 minute walk down to the beach and the tourist area, which is really nice (as the centre of town feels a bit touristy)

Stayed in August 2023

A traditional Japanese residence in a quiet but not too far area.The host speaks very well English and can make great breakfast and coffee.Deserve to be recommended!

Stayed in August 2023

It’s perfect.

Nice garden, comfortable living room and big sleeping room. It’s exactly our dream house in Japan. We highly recommend you to stay there. The couple are very nice and helpful, they gave us useful recommendations. We sure we will be back!

Stayed in June 2023

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Everything

Stayed in June 2023

This is a charming and relaxed guest house not far from the beach. Beautifully renovated and looked after. Our host Mizu spoke perfect English and helped with everything we needed: bicycles, dinner reservations and even booking a massage! Nice relaxed atmosphere in a family setting.

Stayed in June 2023

very clean and feel welcomed. it’s a traditional house with spacious public area guest can enjoy. location also good. very quiet.

Stayed in March 2023

They were very kind.

Stayed in May 2023

Very quaint and clean.

Stayed in October 2022

Share bathroom on 1/F, that you need to get down the steep stairs to shower, should mention about the share bathroom arrangement in the subject description instead of putting it in fine print Sound proof, when someone turn on the tap, it disturb my sleep

Authentic old Japanese house

Stayed in April 2024

Do not need any improvement

Host is very kind.Coffe is yummy and room is clean. Bike is free to guests. wonderful day！

Stayed in July 2023

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Stayed in August 2025

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Stayed in April 2025

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Stayed in December 2024

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Stayed in November 2024