I found the entrance rather unwelcoming.

2025年8月1日

A: How was your trip to the museum?
B: It enjoyed admiring the art but I found the entrance rather unwelcoming.
A: Did you?
B: But once inside it was amazing!

In this situation, what should you say ‘I found the entrance rather unwelcoming’ in Japanese?

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B：楽たのしく鑑賞かんしょうしたよ。入いり口ぐちはちょっと入はいりづらかったけど。

Note: This is not a word-for-word translation.

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A word-for-word translation

B：美術びじゅつ作品さくひんを鑑賞かんしょうするのは楽たのしかったのですが、入いり口ぐちはちょっと歓迎かんげいしない雰囲気ふんいきでした。

or according to The Google Translation:

美術びじゅつ作品さくひんを鑑賞かんしょうするのは楽たのしかったのですが、入いり口ぐちがちょっと居心地いごこちが悪わるかったです。

Either option is understandable. However, both explanations sound unnatural and aren’t usually used in everyday speech.
Especially, 歓迎かんげいしない isn’t often used.

居心地いごこちが悪わるかった can be used when you are in a room at a party where the host has not prepared properly or when you are with no familiar people, for example.

In the situation of the example conversation, we often use 入はいりづらかった.
To be precisely, we imply the below:

人ひとを寄よせ付つけない感かんじがして、入はいりづらかった

入はいってはいけない感かんじがして、入はいりづらかった

It’s OK to say the first part out loud, but the message will be conveyed even without saying it.