This place is beautiful. The facilities were clean and the perfect mix of tradition and comfort. The rooms are spacious and full of natural light, and they have very nice views of the surroundings. I did not use the public bath but some of my friends did and they loved it. The traditional breakfast was delicious and very filling, and a nice experience to try something new. They have a free shuttle service in the morning that leaves you very close to Kinkakuji. We used this after checking out and it was very convenient. That said, because it's towards the mountain, the location is a bit difficult to reach with public transport. I'd recommend taking a taxi if you're carrying luggage.

Breakfast was tailored to my restrictive diet. The chef's were very thoughtful and careful with the requests and I am very grateful. Lovely miso soup, salad, fish, protein, and pickled vegetables. The staff was beyond helpful. Deeply kind. They helped with everything I could need including directions, tea ceremony, e-bike, meal requests...The room was spacious and the tatami mat was very comfortable.

The onsen is only available until 9am and then closes until 4pm. The hotel should provide bottled water or have a source to fill up water bottles.

This is a very traditional Japanese Ryokan. If you're looking for an authentic experience, this is it. Very comfortable, futons are on the floor so please do not expect a bed. However, clean, comfortable and lovely food. There is a single sex hot bath and shower area which is incredibly convenient and lovely addition to the hotel.

No criticism, all great.

Very nice place overall. The staff was excellent. Very big rooms. Highly recommend if you want to feel a true Japanese experience. We booked with dinner and breakfast. The food was very tasty and so much! They brought us like 20 little different little plates we were really stuffed. But we ate it all. From our windows we could see the beautiful garden and hear the water flowing that it was so relaxing. The room had a bathtub that had hot water to relax in your room if you didn't want to go to public baths. The public bathes were very relaxing with view of the mountain.

The building was not a little house that i had in mind it was a big hotel ryokan style a little bit old, but still luxurious. The only bad thing was that it was so far away from the kyoto central. You had to take a bus and then change to another bus or metro. If you want to go to this ryokan, do it like us stay some days at the center and then go to this ryokan.

It is a good option for a family wanting to experience an onsen spa hotel. It is in the outskirts of Kyoto, and the view from the bath to massive pine groves is glorious. The flipside is, there are no restaurants or shops around. There were two (or three, we never found out) baths, but only the bigger one was open. It was well maintained and had great views, though they had not fired up the heating at the corridor leading to it so it got chilly with the yukata provided. There was a mix-up and it turned out we had not ordered dinner, but the personnel offered us options to order in, so we had good sushi, no complaints there. The room itself was lovely, though the view from the window was the ugly backside of some building nearby. The breakfast, traditional with soup, fish and rice, was good quality. Overall good value for money and recommended.

The level of service is a bit basic for japanese standards, though it is still good for either European or American ones.

Breakfast was excellent - traditional Japanese and delicious, and lots of different dishes. The Onsen was wonderfully relaxing; and the pool was a good size - 25 metres - good for lengths. The staff were very helpful; and the place was very clean and comfortable. Rooms are large and spacious for a family of 3. All set in beautiful surroundings. The accommodation was convenient for Kinkaku-Ji - with the hotel providing a shuttle bus to it. Good public transport links to the rest of Kyoto - first by bus, and then by subway/train (Kyoto is quite spread out and its amazing sights are all over the city). There are a few beautiful temples close by too.

If you did not want to have the Kaiseki Japanese dinner in the evening (which takes about 2 hours to eat), there did not appear to any restaurants close by. So some nights, we walked to the 7 Eleven for food and ate in our room. The swimming pool was only open between 10am and 5pm - it would have been nice to do some lengths in the pool after a long day's sightseeing.

great ryokan! a little far from the subway, but there is a bus stop nearby, and the hotel also provides a shuttle service to Kinkakuji and the nearest subway station in the morning at 9 and 10 am. We stayed in a Japanese style room and it was an unforgettable experience! The rooms are clean and spacious. As a compliment from the hotel there is tea and a small selection of traditional Kyoto sweets. The hotel also has public baths, which can be used free of charge by every hotel visitor. The rooms also provide traditional yukatas, which you can wear to walk around the hotel. We booked a room with breakfast - and I highly recommend this, since this ryokan serves a traditional Japanese breakfast, consisting of many dishes. Great choice for this price!

LOVED this ryokan, it was a great place to recharge during our trip to Japan. The hospitality was incredible, the room was lovely and simple and the duvets were so comfortable we wanted to find out how to buy them and take them home. Amenities were great, and we enjoyed the onsen with a gorgeous view of the forest. The meals were great, but just so much food we felt bad we couldn't come close to finishing it. Close to the city so it was easy to get to, but far enough away that it felt tranquil and calm. The gardens were beautiful and the staff were very helpful and accomodating.

Only small complaint was that our private bath on our terrace was tiny, much smaller than in the photos, and could barely fit one person let alone a couple of us. I had booked a room with a private bath so we could enjoy hanging out together without going down to the public onsen all the time, and we couldn't really enjoy that feature as much as I wanted. On the plus side, the onsen was tattoo friendly which we were surprised by so we did get to use it. I wouldn't have paid so much for a private bath if I knew it was so small.

Everything was perfect! The staff is absolutely adorable and so so nice! The rooms were very spacious, very clean and so pretty. It was an amazing experience to stay at this Ryokan. The location, albeit not the easiest accessible, is gorgeous. The lobby was gorgeous, with a view on a splendid garden. The overall atmosphere of this Ryokan is what you expect: poetic and heart warming. We also tried their Kaiseki dinner which was a wonderful, albeit intersting, experience! The traditionnal breakfast on the morning was also very enjoyable. After dinner, we went to the public bath to relax before the night. It was, as always, a wonderful experience that we would recommend to anyone! This accomodation definitely exceeded our expectations. The staff helped us when we had an issue with our taxi on our leaving day and we couldn't be more thankfull! They were always there for us and made us feel welcomed right away. Thank you again for caring about us so much.

We enjoyed our stay in Ryokan since it was our first time experience. Room was spacious, cute outfits and relaxing atmosphere. It was further away from the city but we managed to reach it with a local bus.

We felt disappointed since only one onsen was open as we planned to have some time in an inside pool as well. Outside pool was closed and thats ok. Dinner took 2 hours so it would be nice to have it delivered to a room since sitting with other people is not that enjoyable and takes away the ryokan experience in the room.