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Gion Misen Furumonzen

3.0 star property

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Comfort Garden Room, Non Smoking
Bar (on property)
Comfort Garden Room, Non Smoking | View from room
Lobby
Exterior

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

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350, Miyoshicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 605-0081
  • Yasaka Shrine
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Nishiki Market
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Kiyomizu Temple
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Osaka (ITM-Itami)
    ‪57 min drive‬

Room options

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, Tempur-Pedic beds, free minibar, in-room safe

Luxury Queen Room, Non Smoking

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Queen Room with Bathtub, Non Smoking

Deluxe Queen Room with Bathtub, Non Smoking

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Queen Room with Shower, Non Smoking

Deluxe Queen Room with Shower, Non Smoking

  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Comfort Garden Room, Non Smoking

Comfort Garden Room, Non Smoking

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Superior Cozy Room, Non Smoking

Superior Cozy Room, Non Smoking

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Hotel Gion Misen

  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Breakfast available
  • Babysitting
4.8 out of 5, Exceptional, (414)
The price is AU$551
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
2 May - 3 May
Hotel Gion Misen

About the area

Kyoto

A stay at Gion Misen Furumonzen places you in the heart of Kyoto, within a 10-minute walk of Shijo Street and Yasaka Shrine. .This family-friendly hotel is 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from Gion Corner and 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Pontocho Alley.

What's nearby

  • Yasaka Shrine - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Gion Corner - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Pontocho Alley - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Nishiki Market - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Kiyomizu Temple - 3 min drive - 2.3 km

Getting around

  • Sanjo Keihan Station - 4 min walk
  • Sanjo Station - 5 min walk
  • Itami Airport (ITM) - 57 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪ぎをん 桃次郎祇園総本店 - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪eXcafe イクスカフェ 祇園店 - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪JAZZ LIVE CANDY - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪UDON MAIN - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪ホルモン鉄板焼安さん - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Gion Misen Furumonzen

Family-friendly hotel in Kyoto
Gion Misen Furumonzen offers 13 accommodations with free minibar items and safes. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Beds feature Tempur-Pedic mattresses. A pillow menu is available. 30-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include slippers, designer toiletries, bidets, and complimentary toiletries.

This Kyoto hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 50+ Mbps. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. Hypo-allergenic bedding, irons/ironing boards, and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 13 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Your room comes with a Tempur-Pedic bed. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have designer toiletries and bidets.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services. This hotel also features babysitting (surcharge) and gift shops/newsstands.
Grab a bite from the grocery/convenience store serving guests of Gion Misen Furumonzen. Continental breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include multilingual staff, luggage storage, and a safe deposit box at the front desk.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: JPY 2,000 per person
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's dinnerware
  • Cot (surcharge)
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Highchair
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Guidebooks
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Proposal/romance packages
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Coworking space

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Handrails in stairways
  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Cot (surcharge)
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillow menu
  • Tempur-Pedic mattress

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 30-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Free stocked minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Electrical adapters
  • Free local calls
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laundry detergent
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Late check-in fee for check-in between 10:00 PM and 11:00 AM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 8:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are available for JPY 2000.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A city tax may be collected at the property. The city tax ranges from JPY 200-1,000 per person, per night based on the nightly room rate. Please note that further exemptions may apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately JPY 2000 per person
  • Late check-in fee for check-in between 10:00 PM and 11:00 AM
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: JPY 2000.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ); additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Hotel Ethnography Furumonzen
Ethnography Gion Furumonzen
Ethnography Furumonzen
Gion Misen Furumonzen Hotel
Gion Misen Furumonzen Kyoto
Gion Misen Furumonzen Hotel Kyoto
Hotel Ethnography Gion Furumonzen

Gion Misen Furumonzen Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 171 out of 235 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 235 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 235 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 235 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 235 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Eli

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was friendly and helpful, great location to walk to shops, dining, and transportation. Room was amazing
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christopher-Bryce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Navid

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Davis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pillow is too flat
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pearl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed my stay at Gion Misen Furumonzen. My room was very stylish and comfortable, and I loved the bathroom. The bathtub was amazing! The staff were also wonderful: very polite and helpful any time I had a question. I've seen other reviews complaining that the staff isn't friendly, but essentially these complaints seem focused on the fact that the staff are mostly European rather than Japanese. This should be seen as a pro, rather than a con. They are all multi-lingual, meaning they can help a greater range of travellers in their own languages. For a city like Kyoto that draws visitors from every corner of the globe, having multi-lingual staff at a hotel is an absolute bonus. The location of the hotel is great too. Right on the edge of Gion, so the area is walkable (I walked as far south as Kiyomizu-dera) but the street itself is quiet, which I appreciated. And it's very close to Sanjo Station, which makes travel quite easy (no need to take any packed buses). The one thing, as other reviewers have mentioned, is the pillow situation. The pillows in the room were like pancakes. I had two beds in my room, so I was able to use the additional pillows, but for a relatively expensive boutique hotel, you'd expect better pillows, or a pillow bar in the lobby. If business-class hotels can have a pillow bar, so can boutique hotels. This hotel's rating would instantly improve if they added a pillow bar. Beyond that, I had a great stay and was sad to leave, haha.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Benedict

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent accommodation - clean, quiet, comfortable, helpful staff, good location. We enjoyed our stay very much. Thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ginger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Danelle

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful staff and beautiful room. Loved it
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shonaugh

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was a lovely stay in a Gion. Staff were lovely and our room was beautiful. Highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Montse

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing staff, beautiful room and very convenient location close to everything we needed.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fuji is beautiful!

We stayed in a room for 3. 2 beds as normal and one on a mezzanine up some ladders- steep so be prepared! The staff were great. The water was lovely. The view of Mt. Fuji from so close by was great. The recommended pizza place sounded excellent but it had sold out quite early as it is very small. The bakery down the road is lovely. Access to views of Fuji are great and the lake was lovely too.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Helen

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roshni

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was hard to find since the name was written in small letters on a hanging banner. However, the hotel was centrally located and provided maps. The room was spacious and had a low bed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Charming little hotel in northern Gion. Super convenient location for us during our stay in Kyoto, as it’s within walking distance of Gion and Higashiyama. And with Sanjo station nearby, making trips to other parts of Kyoto, as well as Nara and Osaka, was also easy. Thanks for helping to make our first trip to Kyoto unforgettable!
Stayed 6 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tyler

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best place we stayed while on our trip. We will be staying here every time we visit Kyoto in the future. The room was great, just enough space and gave that Japanese experience with the feel of Western amenities. The staff was incredible, answering a lot of our questions about Japan. Close to the subway station, close to the bus station; overall I can't recommend this place enough.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Berna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cozy Stay in Gion

We lived this cozy hotel. The staff was very friendly and helped us with our restaurant booking and other recommendations in the city. Hotel is almost brand new. Rooms are japanese style but with a modern touch. We booked a room with onsen style bathtub and loved it. The metro connection is not a direct line to kyoto station as it is in Gion but it was absolutely worth staying here! There was also a 24/7 open Lawson store right across
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Florent, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Jenny

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in a great location - in a quiet street but close to everything Gion has to offer. The price is ok for what is offered.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ulrika, San Francisco

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Alex

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location, most things are walkable. The room itself is ok, the hotel is generous enough to give us upgrade to a garden room but it’s not really a garden just a space between buildings that had couple plants that’s smaller than a normal balcony, because the garden room is on ground floor surrounded by high buildings so you never got to see the sky and it’s dark. The mattress is on the floor but the floor has some funny smell kinda smell like dirty feet. All the staffs are super friendly and nice, but the restaurant recommendation are questionable. So make sure do your homework, they are happy to help you to make reservations.