95% of the hotels are full during last 2 weeks of December 2015. So I've got not much choices. The Hotel (ryokan) is situated along a small alley and looks old from the outside. Check in was smooth (3pm) and the walk way looks pretty decent for a ryokan. We were later directed to our room on the second level. The room was meant for 5pax but we have only 3pax. Room is small for 5pax. Once the futons are fully laid, that's not much space for luggages if is for 5pax. There's an additional small room in the room that we stayed in. So we placed all our luggages in that tiny room as we were told that the Aircon could not be turned on in that room. Only the section where there's a tv comes with Aircon. You could imagine how cold it could be at night if there's really 5pax to stay in. It comes with an attached toilet. I couldn't expect too much from a one star hotel but the tatami is really dirty. The futon mattress and pillows do not clean to me.