HOTEL R9 The Yard Mobara

The toilet felt cramped, but the room itself was clean and comfortable.

I was happy with my stay. Since each room is in a container, noise from neighboring rooms wasn't an issue. The room was clean, with a roomy bathtub and a two-door fridge where I could keep my own food. Coffee was made fresh at the front desk machine for me to take back upstairs. Breakfast was frozen food from the front desk building, heated in the room microwave. Smoking was allowed only in the outdoor smoking area. Prices seemed to change with booking demand, so booking early may be a good idea.

The room was small and had a pretty unpleasant smell, possibly from pets. Smoking is regulated, so I don't understand why pets aren't treated the same way. Maybe they could charge 50,000 yen for bringing a pet, or make the smoking fine 50,000 yen? This hotel is full of things I can't make sense of. The walk from the parking lot to the room was extremely long, and the Wi-Fi was strangely slow. They wouldn't take my luggage, didn't refill the tissues or toilet paper, and seemed unwilling to clean. A chain hotel is better for me. You know what to expect and won't be disappointed. Is this one a chain too? I'm surprised.

I’d wanted to try a container hotel for a while, and stayed at this one on a recent work trip. Walking in on such a hot day to a room that was already wonderfully cool was a great start, and I liked not needing a card or room key to switch on the lights. The room seemed fairly new, was clean and spacious, and didn’t have any particular odor. The unit-bath toilet seat was small, which could be awkward for a bigger person; the bathroom otherwise seemed about like one in a standard business hotel. There was a fridge with a freezer section and a microwave. The front desk had frozen meals, and I was given one for each night. I picked up curry at check-in for breakfast the next morning. Parking was roomy and easy to reach from the road, though there didn’t seem to be many restaurants nearby, so going out to eat would likely mean driving. It was more comfortable than an average business hotel, reasonably priced, and I’d stay again.