Ryokan Hirashin Kyoto

Kyoto Ryokan Hirashin is an older facility located within walking distance to Nishiki Market. It has large tatami rooms and a public furo/bath downstairs. Great experience but if you are not used to the bed on the floor, it may be hard for you. The shikibutons are hard, although I was fine with it. Think of them as exceptionally FIRM. Rooms had own toilet/tub shower. Good experience for the price. We paid for breakfast which was simple and meatless. Hotel let us keep our luggage there after 10:00 checkout so we could run around Kyoto without having to worry about them.

Only one card key per room no matter how many people are in there. The late night person just said "Japanese style" no matter what we asked and pretty much just shooed us off but others were very pleasant.

The room was spacious by Japanese standards, especially for the location. The location was excellent. Close to public transport and many interesting tourist attractions and great restaurants.

They could improve on cleanliness. We needed to stack several futures ns as they were too thin. Although the photos made this look like a traditional ryokan, it is more a small hotel with Japanese style rooms.

This is located very close to the local market. We should have booked a couple of nights here due to its location near the bus stop and Nishiki market.

I didn't receive any communication prior to check-in, despite sending some questions. This was also the only time that my main credit card didn't work in Japan, never found out why.

The staff is sincerely kind and friendly. The ryokan has a superb location in my opinion. The room was very nice, although the ventilation shaft cover in the bathroom was broken, but that wasn't a big issue for me

Location was great.Easy access to Nishiki Market and a few other places.

They could have done a bit of upgrade to the room.Cupboard was falling apart.So was most of the furnitures.Needs to redo the rooms

Perfectly located, very clean Japanese style accommodation. They provided lots of extra bedding and the room was very spacious.

We went there during the busiest time of the year (Sakura) so the prices were a little high for the facilities. The bathroom had a strange smell that was a little off putting.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Created a very pleasant experience at the hotel. Location was also top notch in the middle of Kyoto with good access to plenty of places to eat and subway stops. Would definitely stay here again.

Easy to reach, comfy rooms and beds, you really get to feel the japansese way and with the onsen and all.

I found it a little bit expensive. But still i found it worth it.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Within walking distance of nishiki market.

Nothing

Excellent breakfast

A bit of mould around the shower fan.