Café and Guest House An, Lake Biwa, Japan

Otsu Shiga prefecture is:

The beautiful scenery in this region, including Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, and Mt.Hiei, one of the holiest mountains in the country, make Otsu an ideal place to base yourself when visiting the Kansai region.

The area is also known for a number of historical figures including Murasaki Shikibu, author of 'A Tale of Genji' the feudal lords Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi who strove to unify Japan, and the poet Matsuo Basho.

Guesthouse AN (Back Packers House), located in Otsu and open since November 2010, looks forward to welcoming you to this region with its unparalleled scenic beauty and cultural heritage.

Otsu is very convenient to get to by the JR Express train 'Haruka' from Kansai Airport, the 'Shinkansen'

or bullet train stopping at Kyoto station or a network of local rail lines from Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Kobe.

Guesthouse AN (Back Packers House) is not a Hotel or a Ryokan: a Japanese-style Inn, but is a small detached house. And the structur is that it is necessary for you to cooperate with other guests. The whole room is divided with a 'Fusuma', so each individual room is not sound proof.

Please consent such a inconvenience beforehand.

Check-In Time 15 : 00-22 : 00

Check-Out Time by 11: 00

Please note we are unable to check guests in after 22 : 00

Our Curfew 22 : 30 (But, after checking in, you are free to go in and out.)

If you are not in the curfew, please call us out by Intercom on the left side of the front in our home : the left side of our Guesthouse.

* We would like to ask for Your Cooperation in the water conservation & the power saving for keeping a Low Room Charge.

* No-smoking inside the Guesthouse.