Kyo no oozora KIHANA

The house, bath and the location

I loved how close we were to temples, restaurants, and shopping. The property was beautiful.

Since you are close to alot of tourist areas, it can get congested at times.

Very central in Gion area and a short walk from the station. The beds were comfortable, there were nice products in the bathroom, and facilities for making basic meals. We really liked the Tendon place next door and the door ramen place a few doors down!

When we arrived it was snowing in Kyoto and the house was really cold too..The girl that checked us in said the heating was on, but after a few hours it still had not warmed up. I contacted the chat service and they came out to check it. Once the heating was on in both rooms upstairs and the fan was turned on on the ceiling, the heat circulated around the house and it was warm after a while. If the house had been warm on our arrival it would have made a much better first impression. The bath looks impressive but the little room it was in was freezing and the bath itself was cold coming up from the floor so not comfortable.

Great location. Very good value for money. Nice staff. Very spacious, lots of utilities, has apple TV and a very nice bath!

Can be a little noisy at night. Wasnt a problem for me (deep sleeper) but my girlfriend couldnt sleep well. Can also be a little cold down stairs at times.

Clever utilisation of space - ie microwave in cupboard, also hidden washing machine plus dryer - which worked extremely well - behind sliding doors, cute interior, lovely bathroom. Only met one lady who showed us a few things just after we arrived who was lovely.

Quite dusty everywhere mostly upstairs, one side of property seemed a bit unfinished and didn’t seem to be put together very well when having a closer look. It was very cold in Kyoto when we went and although there is underfloor heating and some other heaters dotted around could never really get the downstairs properly warm so were cuddled around the table with the heater underneath (guess quite authentic!!) Also close to quite busy road and didn‘t seem as much in the heart of Gion as we had pictured.

Gorgeous property really close to everything, would come back to stay in the same property.

Everything was great

Converted traditional Japanese house

Really nice Japanese style. Bed really comfortable and really good and comfy bathroom.

Check in time is too late and check out too soon. You pay for one night and it’s actually a few hours. For that price, a bit more time shall be included.

Location - close to Chion-in, Yasaka shrine and Gion. Walkable to Kyoto sights and public transport. Nice to have a kitchenette to make coffee in the morning.

Traffic noise made it difficult to sleep at times and the stairs are a bit perilous at night.

Staff very helpful and the scan code communication system for questions etc brilliant

Upstairs a little dirty on floor. Would be helpful to have a dustpan/ broom