Let's Get Something Straight

I saw a LOT of comments about bugs and insects in hostels, especially about cockroaches. Cockroaches are disgusting little critters, but Japan has them just like everywhere else. JulieinJapan (see side panel) states that there IS a cockroach problem in Japan, but this is everywhere and NOT just because it's a "trashy hostel".

You can read her helpful tips to minimize this problem here:

http://www.julieinjapan.com/2010/01/ofuro-japan-tips-bath-cockroaches.html
http://www.julieinjapan.com/2008/08/cockroaches-have-made-me-better-person.html

I have also read that there are bedbugs in hostels. This is true and it isn't true. It IS true that hostels are more likely to get bedbugs than your home, but hostels have pretty much the same chance to get bedbugs as a regular hotel. The only thing that raises there chance more than a hotel is that you could have 12 people from 12 different places in the same room, meaning 12 chances that one of them could be carrying the critters. However, hostel does NOT equal bedbugs. Do some research.

If you suspect bedbugs, the best thing I can tell you is to keep your luggage off the ground and away from walls. Wash everything in the hottest water possible and perhaps douse the mattress in rubbing alcohol. I HATE bugs. I hate them. But if you're going to be traveling abroad, there's always the chance so just deal and take precautionary action.

So far, all the reviews I've found for Yadoya (and you've really gotta search) say what I already figured. It's tiny, it's cramped, it's cheap. Hopefully, there won't be bugs.