LiVEMAX Himeji-Ekimae

2/10

Poor

05 Oct 2025

Aakash

よくない

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2025

Jonathan

It was quite at night, clean, and the staff were very nice.

Only 2 down sides I saw were that there was no safe in the room I stayed in and that the shower randomly got hot.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

05 Apr 2025

Damian

Worst of all the hotels I stayed at

Self

2/10

Poor

23 Feb 2025

Babak

No a good hotel very small and smely

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

16 Dec 2024

Regina

The room has a kitchen and nice fridge and tv

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2024

Frances

I liked that the room was well designed to include all the basics a person needs. Nothing was luxurious but everything was practical and functional.
Personally, I found the bed uncomfortable.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 May 2024

Brian

I would book here again but not first choice

Room was ok. Room on the smaller side of our stay. A bit dated. Location was good, close to the station and castle. Bed was a bit too hard. Our room window looked right onto another buildings outdoor staircase. Problem was that the light for the staircase beamed into our room as the blinds were a couple of inches from the wall and let lots of light in, right into the eyes of the person on the bed next to the wall.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 May 2024

Ailen

Cleanliness needs to be improved.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Feb 2024

Roberto

Convenient, well run, efficient

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2023

Troy

No frills place to stay. minimal desk personnel, Decent room.

8/10

Excellent

06 Sep 2023

William

Good value for price paid

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

28 Mar 2023

Robert

A very poorly maintained and shabby property, with staff who did not seem to care at all, when they could be found. I will never stay here again. The best that can be said of it, is that is was not overtly dirty.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2019

CHUEN YEE

Love it.

Super value. Inexpensive. Great location.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Close to train station, nice staff. Stored our bags while we went to the castle

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

Typical Japanese very small room.

Reasonable access to train station, reasonable English spoken.

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2017

Roy

budget hotel without being 'cheap' feeling

second stay at this hotel, and still is a good value choice. Although a very business / working man's hotel with no restaurant, it's clean and very convenient to the train station, markets, stores, and food and a 20 minute walk to Himeji Castle. Room was surprisingly large and included a microwave and small sink. Washers and dryers on several floors is also a bonus, as well as vending machines for that late nite drink. Most inexpensive hotel in all my 16 day stay, but it's definitely not a 'cheap' feeling. If ever back in Himeji, definitely will consider staying here again.

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2017

Shinyoung

Overall good. Just as much as its price. Close to the train station. Washing machines are on two floors.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

Ok for one night

Nothing spectacular, the hotel is well located and our room was decent, bed was comfortable, the room was well equiped.

4/10

Poor

22 Jul 2017

Shalendra

Uncomfortable stay

Hotel overall is ok but the room comfort was not ok. Bed was very hard and tiny. Could barely fit us. Room was clean. The hotel does not have blockout curtains and the curtain installed was tiny. There was no way to stop the light from coming in. So overall the comfort factor was not there. Staff hardly understand English.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2017

Gav

Friendly and convinent.

Great place to stay. Small room but very clean. Staff and managment are very helpful.

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2017

Calvin Konner

Comfortable and Convenient

The hotel offers good facilities in a location convenient to the railway station.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Apr 2017

Julie

Good hotel near train station and restaurants

Hotel livemax is placed conveniently near the JR station and loads of restaurants. Wedding distance to Himeji castle. The friendly staff let us leave our luggage at the hotel before check in time. The rooms are compact typical of Japan but clean and comfortable. There is a mini kitchen in the wardrobe! Would recommend.

8/10

Excellent

28 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Not too bad. They set a single room for tow for us.

6/10

Pleasant

20 Dec 2016

GUAN

Convenient Hotel

The room and bed are too small for 2 people but the hotel is in good location, walkable distance to himeji castle and jr himeji station

Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

Decent budget hotel near Sanyo Line station

Near train station. About 15 min walk to Himeji Castle. Lots of restaurants nearby. Good value for money.

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2016

KING TUNG

Convenient hotel for short stay in himeiji

The hotel location was very convenient , just a few minutes walk from the himeiji train station. At this price, it is pretty good and I am not expecting anything fancy. At least it is better than the budget hotels in Tokyo as I can open up my suitcase and put it on the suit rack. The bed might be a bit small for large guys as its 1.2m X 1.83m.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2016

Matthew

Optimal solution for short stay in Himeji

If you're thinking of visiting Himeji (which I would completely recommend in general, the castle is magnificent), you're probably only planning to stay for one night. Keep it simple - stay here, unless you've got bags of money to burn. Rooms are good for the price. It's located very close to the railway station, and is a short and pleasant walk up to the Castle. Top tip: in tourist seasons, stay here for the night before to arrive early at the Castle and beat the crowds.

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2016

Ash

The hotel is central and easy to get to from Himeji Castle and the railway station. Whilst a budget hotel, it is comfortable and clean. It is close to a supermarket and a variety of restaurants, along with the gentleman's entertainment district.

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2016

Direk_Ch

Superb Location , Near JR and Castle

Good location , walk 5 minutes from JR station, and 10 minutes to Himeji Castle. Clean and Comfortable room

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2016

Thadsapol

Comfort room, Near JR Himeji station

Nice location. A short walk from the train station. near restaurants and shopping areas. Can walk to Himeji Castle about 800 m.

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2016

Yuan

Conveniently located. However a bit hard to find.

The hotel is very close to the castle and the train station. There are many restaurants within the walking distance. The room is small but good for one person.

However, it is not on the main street. So be sure remember the way of going back to the hotel.

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2015

mature couple

Handily located,well priced hotel

No complaints. Great pizza place around the corner.

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2015

Ornnatee

Impressive stay

I stayed there for just 1 night but it was enough to feel impressed by the hotel staffs. The hotel is in a walking distance from Himeji JR Station. There are many restaurants and shops nearby the hotel. The staffs, though don't speak English efficiently but very eager to help with smiles on their faces. All is well.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Nov 2015

Verified traveler

Convenient location, reasonable price

A short walk from the station. Quite a small room, very clean. The bed is rather small for two average size westerners (we are not large). Friendly,helpful staff, not much English spoken. Overall, reasonable for the price.

6/10

Pleasant

28 Oct 2015

Lenaig

Room ok and clean

The hotel is well located close to the station and at a 15min walk from the castle. The room is little bit small but has everything needed.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

Recommended!

Paid CAD95 for 2 nights semi-double room for one person. Room comes with a simple kitchen (microwave, sink, hot plate n fridge). New hotel. Great value, good location 5min walk to Himeji JR station and 10min walk to Himeji Castle. Daiso and many stores around the corner. Left a wifi router in the room when checked out. Hotel has a system to keep all customers' belongings. I came back after 10days to pick up. Great service!

8/10

Excellent

26 Oct 2015

Hikki

very good hotel with very good value for traveler ,adult , and others ,really awesome :D

Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2015

David

Good Hotel

Livemax seem to be a bit of a budget chain, we stayed in 2 different branches during the trip. Both were clean, comfortable and had helpful staff. The location is about 10 mins walk from the station and the castle.

Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2015

Florian

hotrel review

good stay overall

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Aug 2015

Alberto

Very Clean and New Interior but tiny room

Clean modern room, but really small. No keys but digital key lock.

Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2015

Melissa

Traveling light? Great place to stay.

Convenient location. Easy walk to train station, Himeji Castle, & shopping arcade. Bowling alley across street. Standard business hotel: good service, narrow rooms, clean facilities. Only negative- no phones in room. Hotel has signs of apology posted for phone inconvenience - nice touch. Great place to stay, if you are traveling light.

Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2015

melissa

No phones in rooms

Standard business hotel. Clean, adequate room size, primarily single rooms. One inconvenience, no phones in rooms.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2015

William

Good value

Nice hotel which is close to the train station within walking distance

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2015

D.

Clean fresh room close by the station

We decided to spend a night there after visiting the castle, which was a good call as seing the castle at night is a treat. The hotel is close by the station, no more than 5 min walk. The room felt new and although small, it was far more manageable than our previous night in Kyoto. All the amenities you need, including laundery and of course, 10 min walk to the castle (but then everything is 10 min walk from the castle). Good value for money in Japan

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2015

Paul

Super value in Himeji

Within an easy 5 minute walk from Himeji station, this hotel is excellent value for money and I highly recommend it. Typically well equipped as every Japanese hotel is in my experience, with staff as polite and helpful as possible. I have spent double the money on a hotel for only a slightly bigger room, which really isn't necessary.
Hotels in this category are the best value for money.
People intent on finding fault eventually come up with something but faults are much harder to find in Japan.
Book sooner rather than later.
Himeji is a very impressive small city, spacious, modern and with free bicycle hire. It is
well worth at least 2 nights and a whole day............. Stay and enjoy!

8/10

Excellent

25 Apr 2015

Jon

Great Stay

Room was small but very clean. Hotel staff was very good and honest for a forgotten item that was left in the room. No problem ever returning to this hotel for another stay in the future.

Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2015

Eleanor

Very helpful staff

Staff were very helpful despite limited English, using a phone-in translation service. Our room was very small, but did include some cooking facilities. Located close to train station which was handy

6/10

Pleasant

19 Nov 2014

Roy

Convenient hotel for a nights stay

Conveniently located and priced right, this hotel is just about 2 minutes away from the station as well as several arcade malls. Himeji Castle is about a 15 minute walk away which might have been further than initially planned, but was still doable. The hotel itself was recently built so rooms were clean and it had some nice conveniences like a self-serve washer and the biggest tv of all the rooms we stayed at. The only complaint was that the common areas were not as carefully cleaned as the rooms were, so a point off of that. If visiting Himeji again, I'd consider coming back to this hotel.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2014

Catherine

Fantastic location

New hotel very close to both train stations which was very convenient when travelling with heavy luggage! Plenty of options nearby for dinner

8/10

Excellent

10 Apr 2014

Angela Tang

good location and comfortable environment

The hotel is located near JR station, but the entrance is not easy to find. It is new and overall condition is perfect. It is surprising that there is microwave in room. It is worth to visit it again.

Family

2/10

Poor

12 Dec 2025

Daiki

禁煙の部屋にも関わらず、バスルームのシャワーカーテンが明確にタバコ臭かったです。
また、枕やベッドからトイレなうような匂いがしており部屋中が臭かったです。
マスク無しで寝ることは不可能でした。
2度と滞在は致しません。

Business Self

2/10

Poor

07 Nov 2025

Willem

Waardeloze kamer , klein oud beschadigd meubels en een slecht matras . Kamer had een inbouwkast met klapdeuren , achter een bevond zich een keukenblok en achter de andere een koel/ vriescombinatie met een magnetron enen waterkoker. Kamer leek wel schoon afgezien van de vele vlekken in de vloerbedekking.

Self

4/10

Poor

04 Nov 2025

CHIKA

清潔感が足りない

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2025

SHUICHI

コーヒーが無いのが淋しい

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Oct 2025

Petronella

Rent litet rum. Mycket bra läge.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Oct 2025

Shoko

姫路駅から徒歩5分くらい
繁華街近い
凄く便利です

冷蔵庫2層で電子レンジあり
コンロも貸し出してくれます
スーパーやコンビニも徒歩圏内
長期滞在でも使えそう

Business

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2025

NAOMI

近くに飲食店が1軒しかないけどスーパーとコンビニがあります！
部屋はとっても広くてスーツケース広げても余裕の広さは快適です！
窓も大きくて部屋も明るく仕事も捗りました！

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2025

HIROMI

長期滞在でしたが安心して休めました
アーケード街の散策も楽しめます

Business Self

2/10

Poor

19 Jun 2025

Kazunori

あまり清潔感ある感じではなかった。
小蝿が飛んでいたので、不潔なのかと思った。　
リピートは無いかなと…

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2025

kouji

繁華街に近くて便利でした。

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2025

???

便利です

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

09 May 2025

Noriko

部屋の空気がよくないです

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

04 May 2025

??

バスの排水が悪い
館内に喫煙所が無い

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2025

palunut

ดัครับเครื่องมือเครื่องใช้พร้อมมีดตาอ่างล้างจาน ไมโครเวฟ ห้องเล็กแต่อุปกรณ์ให้เหมือนอยู่บ้าน ใกล้รถไฟสะดวก

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Apr 2025

EIJI

安いし駅も近いし良かった

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

26 Apr 2025

atsunobu

隣の部屋の音が気になります

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Apr 2025

Mae

キッチンやレンジが備えてあるので、コストを抑えた連泊が可能かと思われます。また駅近なので、大変便利です。　一方、部屋のスペースは限られており、隣がビルなので閉所が苦手な方は向かないでしょう。

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

05 Apr 2025

Martin

The Rooms were very dirty. The duvet was'n t Clean The curtains of Windows and shower were damaged. There was an ugly smell inside the room

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2025

NAOMI

電子レンジと大きな冷蔵庫があってとても助かりました！

Business

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2025

Okuno

よき

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2025

Shuiti

良かったです。

4/10

Poor

19 Mar 2025

YOHEI

シャワーの温度が不安定でした。
部屋が寒い。
夜遅くに到着したが、受付に人がおらず、また、近隣のホテルへの電話もすぐに繋がらなかった。

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2025

:

good

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2025

:

安くて良かった

Business

4/10

Poor

24 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

値段相応

値　シャワーの湯温が不安定で急に熱湯が出たりするのは要改善。テレビも映らない時があった。
フロントの対応は良かった。

Business

6/10

Pleasant

22 Feb 2025

Yasuhiro

平日の値段は納得です。
駅からも近く、姫路城も近く便利でした。

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2025

MITSURU

とても安いのでコスパ良く泊まれました、施設は少し古く汚れ等気になりましたが値段を考えると文句言えません

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2025

Hidenori

便器の汚れ、洗面台のピンクのカビが気になりました。

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jan 2025

masaya

駅　飲食施設に近く　良いです

Business_and_leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

26 Jan 2025

shinichi

施設自体　非常に安く　周辺は駅が近い所から飲める場所や食事には困りません　なにしろ格安なのでオススメです

8/10

Excellent

26 Jan 2025

MANABU

角部屋で良かった

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jan 2025

???

よかった

8/10

Excellent

10 Jan 2025

Yasuhiro

駅も食事（飲み屋）も近い。

2/10

Poor

08 Jan 2025

Yasuki

人手不足？

人手不足なのか？シーツは新しいものの布団に食べ物のこびり付き、コップも消毒済みの袋がかけてあるがくもりや縁が明らかに汚れている、テーブルの下は、タコ足配線がむき出し、指定の駐車場の確認の為電話したが応答は無く、残念でした、フロントの方は一人で対応されていたので大変だなと感じた。

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jan 2025

Rie

アメニティが大阪の方と比べると微妙
キッチン、IHあっても鍋もスポンジも何も無いので
使うには。。。

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2025

Reina

寝るだけなのでコスパ最高です！

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

02 Jan 2025

HIROKI

なし

Business Self

4/10

Poor

02 Jan 2025

Hajime

値段相応
期待はしない方がいいです。

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2025

Koichiro

good

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2025

YUJI

良かった。

6/10

Pleasant

28 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

ドライヤーの風が弱い、ベッドから部屋全体の電気が消せない等気になる部分が多かった

Self

6/10

Pleasant

22 Dec 2024

hiroaki

コーヒーかティーバッグくらい欲しい

4/10

Poor

22 Dec 2024

Fusako

午前中に職員が不在なので、荷物を預かってもらえませんでした。

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Dec 2024

RIKA

午後にならないとフロントが開かないのが残念でしたが、その他は静かにさせて下さいましたので助かりました。

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 Dec 2024

shiger

事前に荷物も預けることができ良かった

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

18 Dec 2024

Ayumi

床に柿の種（ごみ）が落ちている。

2/10

Poor

17 Dec 2024

YASUO

とにかく清潔さがありませんでした。
家具なども傷が多く居心地がよくなかったです。

Business

6/10

Pleasant

08 Dec 2024

Kazuhiro

お世話になりました。

Business

4/10

Poor

04 Dec 2024

SHOU

排水管が詰まっていて脱衣場へ溢れてた。

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2024

Satoru

駅から少し歩くけど、問題なし。商店街が近くにあり飲食は困らない。コンビニも歩いて数分。
部屋はよく清掃されていて過ごしやすかった。
少し壁のキズが目立つけど設備的には大丈夫だった。窓からの眺めを気にする人はオススメ出来ません。隣の建物の壁しか見えなかった。

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