This was a fairly priced, central/quiet location, with extremely communicative hosts. They helped book a reservation for a Kaiseki dinner and had a service to transfer our bags from the check-in location to the booked stay (for a fee) when we arrived too early for the normal check-in. The booking was pretty much exactly as shown in the photos with two separate bedrooms, and had ample space for the 5 of us that stayed (two couples and a 2-year old).

The location was a bit more outside of the main shopping/eating destinations than we thought. This may be perfect for some travelers who prefer quiet, but given our travel style (eat a little bit of all the things), it typically meant a short walk to the destination. That said, this did allow us to find some delicious hidden gems in the neighborhood! Note, there is also a Kyoto tax that I don't recall in the description that we had to pay upon arrival. This was something like 200 or 400 yen per person, per night. Not a huge deal, but something to be aware of.

I wanted a place which has traditional Japanese character with all the mod cons and this fits the bill perfectly!! Super clean and it is near various amenities like train station, bus stops, restaurants, etc. The house comes with kitchenette and washing machine too.

Not a big issue but having comfortable seats for the living room with back rest would be great with daily room cleaning (or at least to clear the garbage). We did not know where to throw garbage as public bins are not a thing in Japan. Also as part of the check in - it will be helpful if I had been told that the place for picking up the key the registration hotel named

it’s a good traditional Japanese house and allows my family to experience the machiya house stay. my children loves it.

there is no cleaning of the toilets throughout the 4 nights stay. there is throwing of trash and changing of towels on the third day of stay. we are allowed to decide when we want the towels to be changed.

We had a holiday home instead of a typical hotel room. It was a pleasant experience as the house was beautiful. A typical Japanese home perhaps.

Although the rooms (living room and bedrooms) were adequately warmed up by the heater, the corridor where the toilet is location was cold as there wasn’t any heater installed there. That includes entrance to the home.

Lovely machiya with modern facilities. Very clean and well-organized. Location wise is within walking distance to Gion & Kiyomizu-dera. Quiet & peaceful surrounding, so we got a good rest after the hustle and bustle of Kyoto city.

Nothing!

Good location, good vibe, clean, near subway, near convenience store, next time if i come to kyoto i will come back again.

Noting.

Love the privacy and multi room setup

Needed better instructions on how to use the bath and stop the drain

Beautiful traditional.house! We loved it

it’s a Japan ryokan style, worth to stay with a family walking distance with Gion Shimbashi District

not that near to the station

The spacious townhouse like. Japanese style house. Great experience

Very tight and steep stairs. We have way too many luggages. They have to stay downstairs instead.