Name: Oku Kamishichiken
Address: 712 Shinseicho Kamigyo Ku, Kyoto, 602-8381, JP

Oku Kamishichiken

Kyoto · Japan

712 Shinseicho Kamigyo KuView location

20 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2026

Scott

Excellent hotel in a beautiful and old building. I believe it was a tea house long ago, now renovated and modernized into a hotel. The staff was very helpful. There are several bus stops nearby, so getting around Kyoto was easy. 7-11 is a few doors down in case you need a quick snack.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Aimee

The room was beautiful. Location was a bus ride from the nearest train station, but easy enough to navigate.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2026

Richard

Yes

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2025

Genevieve

Private onsen, private bath tub

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2025

Sorcha

The Koubai suite was wonderful. The outdoor bath is very private and peaceful. The bed was extremely comfortable and the private garden was lovely. This is my favourite room in Japan so far!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2025

John

Awesome

Rating should be higher. Quality experience, suoer clean , extremely helpful and courteous staff

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2025

Caralyn

This was a highlight of our trip! A truly luxurious experience - it was the best shower of my life and the indoor and outdoor baths were restorative after a week of travel and climbing Mount Inari earlier that day. Lovely interiors and a gorgeous mix of modern and traditional.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2024

Fausto

Room was spacious, staff was very friendly and accommodating. Great amenities. The area/street was quiet but the rooms soundproofing are not great and I could hear noise from adjacent rooms. May need a taxi or spend time in transit to go site seeing, but some places are walkable. I enjoyed the outside bath even on rainy nights, as it was under cover. Overall enjoyed my stay here.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2024

Mark

Large room and nice apartment

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 Sep 2024

FRANCIS SCOTT

Bit high for outdated/ if you don’t mind old building this may be worth looking into

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2024

Matthew

Beautiful space with private outdoor soaking tub (for one person). It's a quiet space with the charm of authenticity. Don't expect the staff to have much English. We had some miscommunications and ended up relying on Google Translate.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2024

Elodie

Perfect

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2023

Kaz

Beautiful and traditional-style property in an old district with numerous alleys to explore.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2023

Xifan

Very nice hotel. Excellent service.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2023

Iris

The staff was so nice, accommodating and helpful. They went above and beyond to ensure our stay was perfect. The property is really nice and we loved our private onsen. The breakfast was included and delivered every morning to our room at the time we requested. Perfect 10/10 all around!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2019

Michael P

4-star hotel on a quiet, historic street

This is a very small (6 rooms) 4-star hotel tucked away on a historic street west of the Imperial Palace. We felt it was a great find! It’s a 100-year-old house that was renovated into a hotel a few years ago. It still has the historic façade and the old curved beams, but everything else is brand new and spotless. The staff is extremely helpful and understands English well.

The room is very large by Japanese standards (45 sq mtrs). We booked a “2 Large Beds” room, and it was actually a 2-room suite with 2 wide twin beds, a sectional sofa and coffee table, and a large tub with shower. It had a balcony, but no view. The beds were nice and soft, with big down comforters.

The street is almost all historic buildings (most of them renovated) that was one of the original Geisha districts of Kyoto, and it’s extremely quiet. There’s a large temple complex at the end. The neighborhood has a lot of very small restaurants, mostly Japanese and a few western. The hotel staff created flyers in Japanese and English for many of them, including maps. There are a lot of small shops and a 7-11 in the neighborhood, but it is a 10-block walk to a supermarket or large pharmacy.

Unfortunately, it’s a half-hour bus ride to downtown, but it’s much closer to the Imperial Palace, the Textile Museum, and the temples in northern Kyoto. We had stayed downtown at a big tourist hotel earlier in our trip, and found this hotel, the staff and the neighborhood to all be a lovely change.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

friendly staff, nice room, half Japanese half western, comfortable bed, and good size bathroom and bath.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2018

Jenna

Beautiful accommodation with exceptional staff