Name: Koto An
Address: 240 2 Sakai Machi 2 Chome Muromachi Dori Gojo Saga, Kyoto, 600-8162, JP

8/10

Excellent

08 Apr 2024

Marie-Sarah

Very good stay! Would recommand!

6/10

Pleasant

11 Nov 2023

Coral

See review for accurate building address

DO NOT GO TO THE ADDRESS LISTED ON HOTELS.COM. Go straight to this address to check in: 542 wakamiya-cho; this will take you to the check in office, and they will tell you where to go for your room which is about a block and a half away.

This hotel is a solid 3.5. The adage \"you get what you pay for\" applies here. My room was upstairs and the stairs were very narrow and steep; lugging one small suitcase up was perilous. The bathrooms are shared but there are three toilets for the 4(?) rooms in the building. There is a shower stall and a soaking tub. The soaking tub would be nice if there were English instructions on using the tankless water heater. This is an old style building so gives you an \"authentic\" experience for your stay in Kyoto, but in exchange lacks many of the amenities that comes with a standard hotel. There was a small kitchenette though so that is a point in its favor. Check in and check out, once I was provided with the correct address, was pretty simple and easy. I only stayed here one night and it was comfortable for that night, but any longer may be a challenge.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

04 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Small room. Long check in process

Check in needs improvement, the reception was not onsite and you have to walk 5 minutes to it, but took us 15 mins to find it, the actual checkin process was really long as well and took 10 mins. The accommodation was okay, theres only one toilet and most of the times we have to wait really long before we can use it, the room was so small

Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Very convenient near the train station and price is reasonable!

2/10

Poor

20 May 2018

Nicole

Don’t stay in room K24!

Have stayed in ryokans our whole trip and this one was the absolute worst.

The place itself is fine (same as most of the other typical cheap ryokans) and the staff are lovely and very friendly, however the room we were staying in was terrible.

Every time someone moved in the room above us there were terrible squeaks in their floorboards (our ceiling) which were loud enough to wake you and give you a headache.
Also the wall to the outside street was literally paper so every car, bike and person going past could be heard.

This room was very loud and very distracting. I can usually handle some noise and light during the night but this was ridiculous. I’m glad we only stayed here for one night!

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2018

Verified traveler

We had a really lovely stay at Koto an, the staff and home was lovely. The only down fall was really loud guests arriving at 3:30am on our second night who continued to talk and move around upstairs for another hour into the early morning. The house is very old so the floors creek a lot. I would definitely stay again but would ask the home stay to consider having check in time window boxes as it was really unpleseant to be woken at such an early hour and for the guests to be able to continue loud conversations as they prepared for sleep. Thank you for having us.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Apr 2018

Kayoko R.

We had a good Kyoto experience

Nice clean house, just like the photos.

6/10

Pleasant

04 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

One time Experience

Ok to experience the old Japanese style living quarter. The room are on top of each other and the stairs are old style wooden one with no rail. Tough to get luggage upstairs or downstairs. Your neighbor will hear all the noise you make in your room no don't expect privacy. Only one shower and two toilets to share with 4 rooms. The office is about 8 minutes walk from the actual living place, so no staff at where you stay. Ok for one time experience but I would not go back. Just not for me.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Nov 2017

Mirza

Good for a day, but not more.

Expensive and not really comfortable for large group of people because the restrooms and shower area are shared. In addition to that the walls are super thin, which means you have to be really quite not to disturb others. Otherwise, it is a cool place to stay because of its old japanese architecture.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2017

Christa

Nice hotel about a 15 min walk from Kyoto station.

Staff was very friendly and super helpful. Hotel was cute and nice and clean

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2017

Agnes

A family stay in kyoto

Simple and basic traditional house - good to experience in warmer times of the year. As the reception is 3-4 blocks away you have to
Be willing to be indépendant from any other needs after you check in - very quiet area close to a subway station and a convenient store.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

12 Nov 2025

Yasuko

ちょっと布団が埃っぽい気がした。キッチンの布巾など不衛生に感じた。

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

17 Mar 2025

Arisa

音が響きやすい民家構造にもかかわらず静かで過ごしやすかったです。
2階の部屋だったのですが階段の一段一段が細かめなのでキャリーケースを運ぶのは少し大変です。覚悟しましょう。
脱衣所が外の気温と同じくらいだったのでヒートショックを起こさないように気をつける必要があると思います。
それ以外はお値段もリーズナブルでとてもよかったです。ありがとうございました。

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2024

Miki

昔ながらの古い建物でありながら、よくお掃除が行き届いていて清潔感があり、気持ちよく滞在できました。
セキュリティもしっかりなされてて安心して宿泊できました。

6/10

Pleasant

18 Nov 2024

Ana Karen

Te cobran por lavar las toallas y no deberían es un servicio que debería de venir incluido, nunca fueron a hacer limpieza, y estaba acordado en casa tercer día, la cocina algo sucia y vieja los dueños Super groseros

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2024

Miyuu

ゆっくり寝れましたがエアコンの音やドライヤーの音結構大きくてびっくりしました。人の話し声や階段の上り下りの軋む音も凄く聞こえるのでそういうのが気になる人は違う所を行かれるといいと思います。そういうのを気にせず畳部屋が好きな方は過ごせると思います。6.5畳くらいはありました。

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Sep 2024

ちよこ

和室の部屋でのんびり出来ました。

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

20 Mar 2024

Marie-Eve

Bonne localisation, très central. Accès à une cuisine complètement équipée. Par contre, le futon était très mince, impossible de dormir sur le côté. Aussi, on entend tout ce qui se passe dehors et ailleurs dans le hostel. Très mauvaise insonorisation. La cuisine et les salles de bain ne sont pas chauffées, elles sont directement dehors.

6/10

Pleasant

26 Nov 2023

Tomomi

昔ながらの家なので人の話声やドアの開閉音などが聞こえましたが、他のお客さんも気を付けていたのもあってか、レビューほど騒がしくはなかったです。響くのでドライヤーなどを使う時は気を遣いました。古き良き京都の町屋に宿泊できていい体験になりました。

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

30 Nov 2019

stephan

attention jardin non accessible et très froid ...

Partner