Bj Stay - Hostel

The whole place is just so welcoming! Just like being at home. The owner (and the only staff member, I believe? Alongside the tiny army of cleaning robots that swam the floors in the mid-morning) is beyond kind and welcoming. He tours each newcomer individually and provides contact information for questions or concerns. The rooms are not too big, just enough for circulating space, and have a bathroom attached to each room. The bathroom includes a toilet and an open-area shower facing the sink, with shampoo, body wash and conditioner (rinse) provided, as well as toothpaste. Towels are stacked in the cupboard by the toilet and are replenished as needed. The beds have black-out draw curtains around them for privacy. There is a small table/vanity in the room with a hairdryer and hairbrush included. The common area downstairs is a good place to chill: there is a table with benches or a ledge with cushions you can lie on while the radio plays steadily in the background. The kitchen is equipped with basic cooking apparatus, but not everything is there, so you might have to improvise a little. There are "free" things you can use to cook, mostly what's left behind by the past visitors. Things like soy sauce, salt, oil, pepper flakes, etc can be found in the cupboard. There is a fridge for guests to use freely (separate from staff fridge) and a totally separate, labeled fridge for Muslim guests (and separate cooking equipment for Muslin guests as well, in a labeled cupboard!). Free breakfast in the morning is until 10, and it's so lovely. The owner makes a lot of the items himself: salad and cut up fruits with yogurt in the fridge, and I once even had gimbap! There is also rice, toast and ramen, as well as the occasional packet of cookies or mini packaged pastry. Tea and coffee choices are a bit limited, super basic.

The beds were a bit springy (?) So when you sleep you can feel some of the springs digging against some of your bony prominences. The shower head support is at a strange angle, so when propped into it, the spray actually sails right across your head, into the wall next to the sink mirror: you need to hold the shower head to direct the spray at yourself.