BJ Family House

This hotel, actually ryokan, is very clean and friendly and only 7 minutes walk from the station. The toilet and shower are common for all rooms. There is no tv or radio in the room, however there is free wifi with really good speed. You may end up in a room with no window (at least ours was like this). Since, this place is a ryokan you should not expect a bed. We slept on a relatively thin mattress with an awful pillow. However, there was a down comforter so that was used as a pillow. We were there only for the weekend and so it wasn't so bad sleeping o the floor. I wouldn't reccomend it for a longer stay. There is also a bicycle rental place down the street which rents bikes for 500 yen per day, which is actually really cheap.The most fun way to see Kyoto is on a bike!

BJ Family house is very conveniently located in that it is close to the main Kyoto train station, subway stations, and is on a main bus line. If you want basically a place to sleep and leave your luggage while you go sight seeing, this is fine. It doesn't offer much more than that but I didn't expect more, based on the description in hotels.com. The rooms are simple, a little small, and Japanese style tatami mats with futons on the floor. I sleep fine on that but some non Japanese guests might not. There's a lot of street noise for the two rooms in the front of the hotel (I had one of those), not good for light sleepers. The innkeeper, was very, very helpful for anything we asked, right down to drawing us a map to a good tonkatsu restaurant. The location is great, the rooms are clean and simple, you share bathroom/toilets, and it's located on a busy street so there is street noise. But keep the value in mind as well. I would stay here again but I might try to get a room in the back instead of over the street.

The hotel is within walking distance from Kyoto station and has free wireless internet. The bathroom and shower are shared. My room was across from the bathroom and the walls are very thin, so I heard people throughout the morning and night. The room was cheap though, and allowed me to stay in Kyoto for a short time in order to explore the numerous temples and shrines. I would probably stay here again, but only for a short time.

Its about a 10 min walk from Kyoto Train station. This is like a Bed & Breakfast (except the breakfast part)!! You can come in & leave anytime you want per your sightseeing schedule

Japanese rooms have little comfort, but if you're aware of that on booking, this is an excellent choice. We slept better on these matrasses on the floor then on most western-style beds in other cheap hotels. We did have to get used to the smell in the room though: it smelled a bit funny, because our room didn't have a window. But that's no reason not to book this hotel, I will certainly book the same hotel again when I go back to Kyoto. Very friendly and helpfull hostess, clean rooms, good location near the JR station.

although a bit overpriced, the location of this hotel was just a few minutes walk from kyoto station, and near to other stations too which made it easy to get to the temples and other tourist attractions. the staff were extremely helpful and kind and the cleanliness of the hotel, especially the bathroom, was excellent. they also have a washing machine, free internet and a kitchen...which was very useful. i would definitely recommend this hotel to others.