Dongshan Guest House

Dongshan Guest House is a plain but clean budget guest house across from Tonghua Railway Station on Jingyu Road, at No. 1 Jingyu Road in Tonghua, in the south of Jilin Province. Tonghua is a mid-sized city in the mountains near the North Korean border and serves as a base for onward trips to Ji'an and its Koguryo sites, which are a UNESCO World Heritage listing. The Chinese name for taxi drivers is 东山宾馆.

The guest house is a simple, functional property of the kind common in Chinese provincial cities, with a station-side location that is its main advantage. Room types include Standard Rooms, Twin Rooms and Family Rooms, and listed rates run from about CNY 150 to 300 per night (approx USD 22-45). Rooms are modest, and visitors should not expect hotel-style design or extensive facilities.

Amenities include a restaurant, wifi, parking and a 24-hour front desk. The restaurant typically provides simple Chinese meals, and the area around the railway station has many inexpensive eateries serving noodles, dumplings and northeast Chinese dishes. The 24-hour front desk is useful for travellers on early or late trains.

The service character is basic and practical, and English-language support is likely to be very limited, so a written Chinese address and key phrases are advisable. The guest house can be reached by phone on +86 435 361 8105. For travellers heading on to Ji'an, onward buses and trains depart from the station area, and the neighbouring location removes the need for local transport on arrival.