BJ Family House

La qualité principale de cet hôtel est localisation, à 5 minutes à pieds de la gare de kyoto. du reste, le service est minimum. la tenancière ne semble pas convaincus par son activité, elle est gentille mais dépassée par la tâche. j y suis resté 3 nuits, et chaque matin à mon départ (vers 9h) elle dormait sur le canapé de l entrée...moyen niveau image. pas d articles de toilettes à disposition, chambre minuscule avec une fenêtre condamnée! parfois, il n'y a carrément personne à l accueil, juste un numéro a appeler en cas de problème...wow. j ai payé 120€ pour 3 nuits, je voulais une chambre individuel, je n ai pas trouvé moins cher. cloisons en papier mâché, on entend murmurer les personnes ds la chambre attenante. ..pour le japon, c vraiment d une qualité médiocre. après, mon but était d y dormir, j y suis arrivé ss problème. Si vous réservez, n ayez pas d exigences particulières si ce n est d être bien placé.

We booked BJ Family House but no one was in and the place was closed when we arrived. No one answering on the phone number provided. After some time a friendly receptionist at a nearby hostel helped us track down someone who came and showed us to another hotel (the BJ Family Inn), about 5 minutes away. After all, everything turned out good but it was not a pleasant experience

房東很熱心，日式房間很小，兩個拉箱若攤開就無法舖床，隔音差

This is a nice hotel for people on a budget. The room is clean and you share bathroom and toilet with the other guests. The only negative thing i have to say is that you can hear everything that anyone is doing from your room.

small for the price

部屋が狭い、浴室も狭い、アメニティーがない。この程度の部屋であれば、宿泊料金が高い、 カプセルホテルのほうが、快適です。

沒無線上網/地處偏僻/收價昂貴/環境髒亂,不會考慮第二次

Room and toilets not well equipped. The hotel descriptions on hotels.com does not reflect actual conditions in the hotel (example description indicates room includes sattelite channels where in reality there is no tv in the room). Hotel is relatively messy and the main bath is located in the reception area.

I was on my own for two nights in Kyoto, and wanted somewhere cheap but bearable, and a private bathroom. It's harder these days to get something cheap in Kyoto, so I went for the BJ Family House, despite some poor reviews. It was quite OK. The room was tiny (4-mat) as was the bathroom, but I fitted in OK. It was clean, the air-conditioner was quiet. A bit of traffic noise (it was on the street side) but nothing too much. The one staff member I encountered was helpful. She spoke some English, but I speak Japanese so we coped (I think she was Chinese.) The only problem was the WiFi failed the first evening and wasn't restarted until the next day. I had data on my phone anyway.

Initially I had reserved a room with a bathroom, but was switched, for unknown reasons, to a single's tatami room. That struck me as odd, but none the less, I had a room and shelter from the sweltering Kyoto heat. Please beware, the owner has severely limited English skills, and her Japanese is okay. However, her Chinese is very fluent. I was able to communicate with her through Japanese and Chinese, and she was doing her best and was very helpful. The single's, no bathroom, tatami room, is extremely small. I am about 5 foot 10 inches, and laying down with my head to the wall across from the door, there was about a few more inches till my foot reached touched the door. Although small, it is clean, and the AC unit was a huge plus. Unfortunately the walls are thin, so you can hear everyone shuffle around outside in the hallway. Furthermore, you can hear the traffic, if you have the room facing the main street (shichido kawaramachi I believe), throughout the night. The price is okay, but you can find better.