Hotel Check In Shijokarasuma

The room has everything you need. A comfy bed, a moisturiser, a washing machine, and a toilet that has drying function making it very handy for washing your clothes. One-time washing powder can also be purchased at the hotel it is very convenient. The hotel is also close to the train station that provides direct access to Osaka and many surrounding areas, and various bus routes that allows you to get around the tourist attractions of Kyoto. So be in mind that this is a business hotel catering towards the locals, so make sure you follow the local rules to show some courtesy, e.g. lowering your voice around common areas.

It could be slightly small for travellers with big luggage.

Almost perfect location, located 2 stops away from Kyoto station it does require a single line change to the local subway if you're coming in from a different city via shinkansen. However it's barely 5mins walk from the subway which makes it not too bad. The subway station (shijio station) has an elevator too(unlike some stations). The room albeit on the smaller side is furnished with everything you need. Including a washing machine! Knock yourselves out doing some much needed laundry if you need to during a long trip. 5mins away from nishiki market and 10-15 from gion. Everything is within a stones throw away. The staff are also friendly and helpful. Would definitely book this again when I'm back in Kyoto.

If I had to give a complaint, it would be the lack of luggage space in the room. But you can make do with it.

The location was quite good, the in-room washing machine and drying line in the bathroom were quite nice to have, the bathroom has a drying function making clothes drying easier. The public bath on the top floor, while small, was nice and included an outdoor area that fits one person. The lobby has a free drink machine. The bed was comfortable and quite big for single person Japanese hotel rooms. The room also had a small fridge, pants press and desk with chair. Provided night ware (pjs, common in Japanese hotels, coat useful to go to the public bath) fit larger sizes, and was comfortable. Daily towels and complementary water bottles were provided. Housekeeping is minimal, but works ok. Wifi is kind of weak, but ethernet connection was good. Noting the weak wifi to the front desk lead to the staff providing a solution that improved the wifi.

The room cleanliness could have been better, but this might stem from the minimal housekeeping scheme the hotel has. Towels are accumulated since they are provided every day, this might be a plus for some and a negative for others.

Location is excellent, extras are superb, it was lovely to come back each evening and pick up complimentary bath salts for a soak before bed. Room was clean and well laid out.

Our room overlooked the main road, so there was no logic to covering the windows with shoji paper, in effect it is claustrophobic. You can't even look out of the window to see whether it is night or day or what the weather is doing. Moving about the double room with two people and their luggage was like those puzzles where you can only move one square at a time.

I liked it. The hotel is Not a luxury hotel but a businessman hotel. It has great amenities for a solo traveler like a washing machine in the room and laundry service. It’s a perfect place to stay when getting ready for the next leg of the journey.

The vending machine options were small but there are plenty of restaurants near by. The Wi-Fi is a bit weak.

I had to work while in the hotel so I appreciated the desk and the comfy chair in the room. The Wi-Fi was not working well so I asked the staff if they had an adapter for the LAN cable in the room (to use in my MacBook). They didn't but they provided me with a small router instead, which gave me super fast internet! I really appreciated that. The room was full of useful things like a multi-charger, an iron board for pants, a dehumidifier, a remote control for the lights, a safe with a plug inside, and a washing machine! Also, they gave a water bottle every day, which is amazing.

The place itself is not very fancy, so if you want a pretty hotel/room this is not it

Location: most of the attractions I wanted to visit were within 15-20 minute walk or less, including the shinkansen station. Those that weren't, I'd get there in 10 minutes by train. Comfort: even though I didn't stay long, it felt very good being there. Everyone was very kind and welcoming, and everything was so clean and fresh. Definitely going to stay there again next time I visit Kyoto.

The equipments are very good, including all most items that you need. The room size is small, but suit for single traveler with small bag. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

Some of rooms, the aircondition are full of dust that need have time to cleaning and maintain them.

Close to metro, 3 mins walk to Nishiki alley and 30 mins walk to Yasaka shrine a bit far but worth to walk. free welcome drink comprising of coffee and sodas washer and dryer equipped in the room and functional

room space

Good value for money. Staff were patient with my questionable Japanese skills and helped me prepare a box for shipping.

It was hard not to spill water all over the bathroom floor when taking a shower. Even with the curtain pulled it spilled out at the sides but I got fresh towels every day so it was no big deal