FAQs | Guest House Wakabaya (Takamatsu, Shikoku, JAPAN)

Can a non-Japanese speaker communicate with the Wakabaya's owner?

Yes! We speak English, et puis un peu français. We also love traveling abroad, so understand the difficulties of language well.

I rarely stay in a guest house. What kind of accommodation Wakabaya is?

Guest House Wakabaya is an accommodation run with the Hotel Business Permit [picture] issued by Takamatsu City. Our fire preventive facilities are inspected and reported to the Takamatsu North Fire Station every year.
We only rent the whole house for one group per day after 1 September 2025 for the time being. You will not share facilities with other guests. Make yourself at home with your family or friends.
The front door has a self-locking system, and each bed room has an inside and outside lock for security. [picture], however, the guests are responsible for their belongings. Wakabaya cannot be responsible for any troubles during your stay.
Even at night, host family always stay in our private house back the guest house zone. Whenever you need, you can call us with a chime in the living room.
Our facilities are not soundproof. Our children's voices may be heard from our private house.
Please keep quiet at midnight and early in the morning.
The bunk bed room, Japanese-style single room, and 2/F twin room are on the second floor but there is no elevator. We help the guests carrying heavy luggage up and down.
Meals are not served. You can get to the downtown nearby Kawaramachi 瓦町 Station for 20 minutes on foot. An "udon" noodle shop which opens from 6:00 a.m. stands just a 5-minute walk away from Wakabaya, enjoy the local udon breakfast! Besides, there is a supermarket, convenience store, and a bakery also 5-minutes away.
Nightware is not provided.
We sell a travel toothbrush set for 150 JPY and a razor for 100 JPY.
Guests can use towels, two-in-one shampoo, body soap, hair dryer for free.
During your consecutive stays, we will clean the bathroom, living room, hallway and other areas, dispose of rubbish, and restock amenities and towels. We will not enter your bedrooms for cleaning or to change sheets. An adhesive rolling cleaner is provided in the bedroom.

Can we stay in Wakabaya with children?

Yes, the guests can stay even with babies as we don't limit the age of guests. However, please pay attention when children use ladders in the bunk bed room.
We have no age-based children's rate. A child who use his/her individual bedding will be charged the same rate as an adult. Children sharing an adult's futon or bed will be charged 1,500 yen per child per night. The size of futon: about 8 cm thick, 100 cm wide and 200 cm long.
Even if the number of guests including children is more than our capacity of the room, guests can stay. Instead, we can prepare beddings only for the number of capacity. Children need to share bedding with their parents.
Our bathroom has a bathtub.
The guests can use our kitchenette to cook or prepare milk for children.

Does Wakabaya limit the time of check-in, check-out, and curfew?

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Check-in	17:00 - 21:00
Curfew	Once you have checked in, you may come and go freely without any time restrictions.
Check-out	Before 10:00 a.m.

If you wish to check in outside these hours, or would like to drop off your luggage earlier, please select your preferred time on the booking request form. We will inform you on the booking information email whether this can be accommodated. Please note that if you arrive outside these hours without prior notice, we may be unavailable and unable to let you in.

From when does the guest have to pay the cancellation penalty?

Wakabaya is a guest house for a traveler. We set the following "minimum" cancellation policy not to disturb free travel. Please understand it, and when you decide to cancel, let us know as soon as possible for another traveler who needs your vacant room.
If the total charge exceeds 50,000 yen, your reservation will be confirmed upon payment of a 10,000 yen deposit.
Cancellation fees will be charged via online credit card payment.
For reservations made through Booking.com, Agoda, and other booking sites, the cancellation policy of each booking site applies.

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Before three days prior to the check-in date	No cancellation fee.
From two days prior until 21:00 on the arrival date	Cancellation fee: 10,000 yen
No-show with no contact by 21:00 on the arrival date	Cancellation fee: Full payment for the first night's charge

Can I park a car or bike?

Cars, bicycles and motorcycles can be parked at free in the order of required reservation. See the details.

Up to how many people can be accommodated?

Beddings can be provided for a total of 16 guests: 3 in the twin room 1/F, 3 in the twin room 2/F, 2 in the single room, and 8 in the group room. But please be noted that one of futons has to be folded in the Japanese-style rooms, and guests may feel it tight.
For groups exceeding 16 guests, we propose booking two properties: Wakabaya and another guesthouse approximately 1km away (Kawaramachi Dormitory, capacity 10). Please feel free to consult us.

Can I bring a futon or sleeping bag?

Yes, it is possible. However, the room charge will be calculated depending on the total number of Wakabaya's prepared beddings and the beddings the guest brings. Therefore, the guests can bring their own beddings, but it will not reduce the expence.

When do I pay? Is cashless payment available?

Upon check-in, you will be required to pay the balance of the total accommodation fee, after deducting the advance payment of 10,000 yen.
In addition to Japanese yen cash, payment can be made by credit card (VISA, JCB, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover), QR code payment (PayPay, Ali Pay, Kakao Pay), prepaid IC card (Suica, PASMO, Kitaca, toica, manaca, ICOCA, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken).

Is Wakabaya non-smoking accommodation?

Smoking is strictly prohibited anywhere inside. An ash stand at the outdoors roofed bicycle parking is prepared.

Can I put myself on the waiting list?

Please email to us. However, if the chances of cancelation is quite low, we might reject your request.

Can I stay for a long?

The guests are allowed to stay consecutively up to 7 nights in principle. However, this does not apply to those who have stayed at Wakabaya before or who have been introduced by our guests. At first, please ask us.
Long stay discount is not offered.