호스텔 와크와크 도쿄 우에노 아사쿠사(Hostel Waqwaq Tokyo Ueno Asakusa)

As much as the name is amusing, this hostel won’t bring you much amusement and is one of these hostels where it’s just a bed to sleep in and nothing more. It’s a hostel with less atmosphere than a university library around exam time, just a bunch of people being quiet and actively avoiding human interaction. The lack of atmosphere is really made apparent from the get-go when you’re informed no talking in the rooms (even if it’s during the day at say 2 pm). Yes, the atmosphere isn’t the be-all and end-all but when you simply can not talk to people in the rooms; and the only place you can do so is in a tiny common area with just 3 tables, one small couch and about 6 chairs that they kick you out of at 11 pm, it doesn’t do anything to create an atmosphere. Especially the whole kicking out of the common area business, forcing you to be bed-confined or forced to sit on the floor looking like a sad lemon. The reason is that people on that floor will be sleeping, which is fair enough, but to simply not be talking and watching something with your headphones on, not making any noise, c’mon Waq Waq pal!