Hello, we are【Tabitabi Stay】, a group who love design and traveling. We come from different countries, but we were all attracted by the charm of Kyoto which combining ancientry and modernity, so we decided to stay in this beautiful place and we wish we could share it with you. We think accommodation is indispensable during traveling, and house is one of the ways to represent the local culture. Therefore, we combine these two ideas depending on our know-how to make the design for our guest houses. We share the Kyoto images with you through our guest houses and wish we could make you have the different experience of accommodation. 【Tabi】contains two meanings in Japanese, 「repeating」and「traveling」. In addition, it character in Kanji with「度」and「旅」, which represent a meaning,「Repeating of traveling」. The beauty of Kyoto would make you deeply trapped in it and visit again and again, and we wish that【Tabitabi Stay】 bring you beautiful memories in your journey over and over again as well.

[TabitabiStay Shinsen] is a traditional two-storey machiya , which was built in the Taisho era with more than one hundred years history. The name Shinsen comes from one of the oldest famous courtyard in Kyoto during Heian Period, "Shinsenen", which is located near our house. We retain the original properties of the machiya by using a lot of wood materials, using sakura wood for the floor and the wallpaper is made of sakura wood texture, a visual feast like the falling cherry blossoms. The Japanese courtyard designed by the veteran courtyard master through the floor-to-ceiling windows and doors of the living room. In the courtyard, a hand-built bathtub is made of Japanese cypress, known as Very precious material in Japan, which is designated used by the Emperor. The fragrance of cypress essential Oil spread in the air when you bathing. On the second floor, there is a Japanese dry garden outside the room. You can enjoy it through specially designed snow-viewing windows when lying on the bed. Here, you can experience the original and traditional Japan and feel the ingenuity of combining modern elements with traditional craftsmanship.

The house is located in a residential area with good manner and good public security, which makes you to take a good rest without being disturbed after a tiring day. Within a five-minute walk are supermarket, pharmacy, 24-hour convenience store, and hundred-yen store. And there are also many restaurants around which is a quite convenient place. ●5-minute walk from subway “Nijo” Station. ●5-minute walk from JR railway “Nijo” station. Nijo Station is located in the center of Kyoto and also the transportation hub of Kyoto. You can directly reach famous sights such as Kamogawa, Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kinkakuji Temple, and Mount Arashiyama by train, subway or bus.