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Conveniently located in central Kyoto, Ryokan KANADE offers a Japanese-style garden. Among the facilities of this property are a 24-hour front desk and luggage storage space, along with free WiFi throughout the property. Every room includes a terrace. Kyoto Station is a 15-minute drive from this property. The staff are very welcoming. Not all of them speak English but they all made extra effort to communicate and make sure we have a good stay.

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9.1
Superb
1,104 reviews
Price from
US$54
per night

A snack bar and drinks vending machine are available at this ryokan. There is an on-site hot spring open-air bath, 2 indoor public baths in addition to a sauna facility. Massage service is also provided at a surcharge. Luggage storage is offered, while laundry service is offered at an additional charge. Breakfast was awesome, very traditional and the dishes changed every day! The breakfast salon staff was also very attentive and ready whenever we needed anything!

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9.1
Superb
1,598 reviews
Price from
US$155
per night

Located 1 km from Sanjusangen-do Temple and less than 1 km from TKP Garden City Kyoto in the centre of Kyoto, Kyoto Takasegawa Bettei provides accommodation with free WiFi and free private parking. Featuring a lift, this property also provides guests with Blu-ray player. The ryokan also offers facilities for disabled guests. Our stay at Kyoto Takasegawa Bettei was absolutely spectacular. The location is perfect — quiet and peaceful, yet just a short walk from Kyoto Station, making it easy to explore the city. The rooms were spacious, comfortable, and spotless, beautifully designed with a mix of modern comfort and traditional Japanese style. Every detail felt thoughtful and elegant. The service was truly next level — the staff went above and beyond to make our stay unforgettable. They were warm, attentive, and made us feel completely at home. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Kyoto — it’s a hidden gem that offers true Japanese hospitality.

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9.6
Exceptional
3,281 reviews
Price from
US$182
per night

Situated a 10-minute walk from lively Kawaramachi area, Kyomachiya Ryokan Sakura Urushitei offers Japanese-style accommodation with modern facilities and traditional design. It provides a tour desk and a bar on the ground floor. Free WiFi is available in all areas. The hotel staff were super helpful. The room was great, exactly as we have imagined it. It gave us the chance to experience a Ryokan. I definitely recommend it.

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9
Superb
5,085 reviews
Price from
US$104
per night

Located in the sacred Koyasan area, Saizenin offers simple accommodation surrounded by mountains and many temples. Originally developed as a lodging for the temples’ pilgrims, it conducts Buddhist services every morning that guests can attend. Nankai Koyasan Train Station is a 15-minute drive away.

Fitted with tatami (woven-straw) flooring and traditional futon bedding, each room comes with a flat-screen TV and a seating area. A safety deposit box is also provided. Beautiful place. Everything is great

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9
Superb
1,432 reviews
Price from
US$153
per night

Offering free Wi-Fi and a spacious public bath, Ryokan Ryokufuso is located a 15-minute walk away from JR Kyoto Train Station. Guests can enjoy traditional multi-course meals featuring local Kyoto ingredients. Beautiful and spacious room, nice onsen on the top floor, attentive personnel, great kaiseki dinner.

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9.3
Superb
1,045 reviews
Price from
US$121
per night

Facing the central shopping street of the Kinosaki Onsen hot spring area, Morizuya offers authentic Japanese-style accommodation, hot spring baths and Japanese dining. Guests can wear colourful yukata robes at the property. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout. Nice room. Nice food. Nice staff.

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9.4
Superb
1,164 reviews
Price from
US$122
per night

Guests stay in rooms with paper screens and exposed wood, and sleep in Japanese-style futon bedding on a tatami (woven-straw) floor. An LCD TV, an electric kettle and a fridge are provided. Bathrooms are shared, but each room has a private toilet. As someone who's never been to an Onsen or a Ryokan, it was a one of a kind experience you could not get elsewhere. The staffs were incredibly friendly and very accommodating throughout our stay - they even helped to cater to our dietary requirements for our included breakfast. After check-in, a staff gave us a tour of the entire Inn and the Onsens, as well as our room, and gave us a leaflet with information of everything we'd need. The 2 public Onsens and the private Onsens they have were beautiful, and even had a web app you could conveniently use to check if they were vacant or busy. The breakfast was amazing, and the surrounding area was beautiful and had plenty of souvenir shops and eateries with amazing food. The location was also super near to the local bus terminal and train station, and you could easily get to/from them and these shops by walking. Should you need transportation to get to/from the Ryokan, they also provide free shuttle during certain hours you could easily request for by calling them up. To those coming here from Osaka, the easiest route I found was to get to the Hankyu Bus Terminal just outside of the Osaka Station and to get bus tickets to Arima Onsen which costed me 1,400 JPY - the bus journey itself took about ~45 mins-1 hour. All in all, I highly recommend anyone wishing for this Ryokan/Onsen experience to stay here.

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9
Superb
1,616 reviews
Price from
US$224
per night

Rooms feature tatami-mat flooring, comfortable futon bedding and paper sliding screens. They are fitted with an LCD TV and a safe. Bathroom facilities are shared, and the public baths are open 16:00-22:00 and 06:00-09:00 daily. We were curious about the vegetarian food that was offered in this place, and it was a nice pleasant surprise. The rooms were big, compared to other places where we stayed in Japan, and they had heaters available, to cope with the cold. This place was right on the main street of the town, so its location is very convenient to get around town.

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9.3
Superb
1,665 reviews
Price from
US$268
per night

Seikoro Ryokan is located in Kyoto, a 7-minute drive from JR Kyoto Station. Featuring traditional Japanese-style accommodation, it offers a public bath and massage services. Free Wi-Fi access is available at the entire property. Amazing experience that will remain with us for a long time. Exceptionally friendly staff that were always happy to help and answer our questions 🖤. The kaiseki experience was just fantastic, with amazing food.

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9.5
Exceptional
1,332 reviews
Price from
US$386
per night

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