Hostel KAG

Top choice in Western Honshū


The black facade suggests you've arrived at an art-house cinema, but this is KAG, shaking things up in the Kurashiki hostel scene by offering designer digs at budget prices. Roomy dorm beds have privacy curtains, and the cafe/bar/live music/exhibition space downstairs is one of the best places to hang out in town, though it's noisy until midnight.


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