Originally Posted by
bigbrownboy
Helpful thread...and as a result I just booked a night at Kikokuso on our last night in Japan in May (on our first trip to Japan). You can book without meals if you want to save some money on that front--I booked with just Japanese breakfast. The train station proximity is nice to head to KIX and the
resident shiba inu sealed the deal.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the text on that page says that Gonta (the shiba inu) died last April.