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Rakurakuan

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Traditional Twin Room, Non Smoking, Terrace
Front of property
Traditional Twin Room, Non Smoking, Terrace | Terrace/patio
Bar (on property)
Hallway

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

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Tenshitsukinuke 3-452, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 600-8456
  • Shijo Street
    12 min walk
  • Kyoto Station Building
    14 min walk
  • Kawaramachi Street
    14 min walk
  • Osaka (ITM-Itami)
    55 min drive

Room options

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Traditional Twin Room, Non Smoking, Terrace

Traditional Twin Room, Non Smoking, Terrace

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Signature Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub (Machiya Style)

Signature Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub (Machiya Style)

  • 39 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub

Standard Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub

Standard Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Deluxe Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub

Deluxe Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Superior Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub

Superior Twin Room, Non Smoking, Bathtub

  • 39 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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About the area

Kyoto

With a stay at Rakurakuan in Kyoto (Shimogyo Ward), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Nishihonganji Temple and To-ji Temple. .This hotel is 1.4 mi (2.2 km) from Sanjusangen-do Temple and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Nijō Castle.

What's nearby

  • Nijō Castle - 3 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Sanjusangen-do Temple - 3 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Gion Corner - 4 min drive - 3.4 km
  • Kiyomizu Temple - 4 min drive - 3.0 km
  • Kyoto Imperial Palace - 7 min drive - 5.2 km

Getting around

  • Gojo Station - 7 min walk
  • Kyoto Station - 15 min walk
  • Itami Airport (ITM) - 55 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪ラーメン 魁力屋堀川五条店 - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪吟醸らーめん久保田 - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪京都東急ホテルプレミアムラウンジ - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪松粂 - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪石清 - ‬5 min walk

About this property

Rakurakuan

Hotel in Kyoto, a quick walk to Nishihonganji Temple
Rakurakuan offers 7 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and slippers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Pillowtop beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Kyoto hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks; local and long-distance calls are complimentary (restrictions may apply). Microwaves and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 7 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters and premium bedding. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Featured amenities include multilingual staff, luggage storage, and laundry facilities.

Languages

English, Japanese

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available
  • Off-site parking available (JPY 1300 per day)

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave (on request)
  • Fridge
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Japanese garden

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • In-room accessibility

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Down duvet
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Pillow-top mattress
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Microwave (on request)
  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Free long-distance calls
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Safe
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 10:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 3 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for JPY 1000 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

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

  • Nearby parking fee: JPY 1300 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: JPY 1000 per day

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

We should mention

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

Property is also known as

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Rakurakuan Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 45 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 86 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean
The room was clean and big and the staff were courteous. We were just wondering why the television turns on in the middle of the night. We stayed there for 2 nights and the TV just turned on. We did not use the timer.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Lanang

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We love the place so much..
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Shashikiran

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent room with zen garden view
Excellent hotel! The bed was small for our size and family. We were 4 of us..
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Liane

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A local gem
I spent three nights at Rakurakuan with a friend in October. We agreed that if we're fortunate enough to return to Kyoto, we will definitely stay there again. The hotel was excellent value for money. It had spacious (by local standards) rooms that were spotless and stylish, comfortable beds, and a great shower. We loved the location on a quiet and atmospheric street. Buses and the subway were nearby and it was an easy walk to the train station and to the historic part of the city. The staff were absolutely wonderful. They were polite, friendly, and very helpful. On our last day we were able to leave our luggage with them all day as we continued exploring the city. They made a wonderful restaurant recommendation that was a local favourite (delicious) and they helped us call a taxi on our last day. I would love to stay here again any time!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Len, Canada

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Size of the room is good and not cramp. Very spacious. The staff are very helpful even to the point of helping my daughter wear her kimono. :) Hotel is one station away from Kyoto station. We recommend this for anyone visiting Kyoto.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is a pleasant stay, my family love the hotel. Staffs are helpful and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great comfortable stay. Very helpful staff. We really enjoyed our relaxing stay here.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

DAWN

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic Accomodation not to be missed.
Beautiful, spacious, clean and view of tower. Decor splendid. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. Very big room with plenty of storage, fridge and bathroom spotless with toiletries. Quiet and excellent location with supermarket close by. Walking towards the hotel the streets are full of traditional homes you just can't stop taking photos. This accommodation is faultless you get more space, value for money and tradition compared to big chain hotels.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room size was great and we enjoyed our 3 nights here. The staff could not have been more helpful. They sorted out an issue with another hotel we couldn’t get to because of the typhoon for which we were really grateful. We were waved off like friends when we left.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice, small property not too far from the station. Room was massive for Japan hotels, extremely clean and well equipped. Staff were great and very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Nathan

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great location for local transport options Carpet in room needs replacing and more detail to general cleanliness but comfortable and the staff was very friendly
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceeded all Expectations!
Totally unexpected, but this place was amazing! If you judge it by the exterior and location, you would be so misled. Inside the room was spacious, comfortable and simply fabulous. Plus, the next morning, the hosts made us the best breakfast we had on our entire 10 day trip.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cherie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great family hotel
A sensational little hotel in the heart of Kyoto. Easy to find and get around from with staff kindly helping us when we asked questions re holidaying. Generous breakfast daily. Clean tidy traditional hotl. Highly recommended for families visiting Kyoto
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy small house converted into a hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Nice and clean, but lacking
Decent central location, clean, and nice staff, but seriously lacking in attention to detail and experience. Good: - checked us in early and had our bags in our rooms when we came back later - staff are friendly - Central location - beds were comfortable Not so good: - it's "machiya style" design-wise, but cheaply done - there's nowhere to eat breakfast downstairs, so you have to go to the buffet, get the food on a tray, get on the elevator and then somehow open your room door with a tray of food in your arms. Then you have to eat on a tiny table that is only suitable for one person, let alone the four people our reservation was for. Plus there are only two chairs in there anyway. At the very least they should provide a cart to bring your food back to your room. - no rug/carpet so the floor gets dirty quickly - emergency light by the door (probably a legal thing, but still) is always on so it's never really dark - the electrical outlets are on sometimes and off sometimes, so they either have some electrical issue or it's a weird power-saving strategy. Either way, you can't depend on charging devices overnight. Basically it's a good place to sleep, but other than that I can't really justify the price point.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

russell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ticks Many Boxes
A newly renovated hotel. Large bedroom, comfortable bed and a relaxing breakfast room service. 5 minutes walk from Gojo subway station, 15 minutes walk from the centre of things such as Nishiki market. Quiet area and very friendly staff. We enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Luke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Amazing service, short walk to stations and some food and drink options around. Sometimes the language barrier is a little much but google translate really helped.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful room, courteous staff
Very clean, modern room with beautiful, traditional Japanese art decorating room displayed in alcoves with spot lighting. Like staying in a Japanese art gallery. Fixtures and ac/heat unit seem new and top line. Miss Tomi was extremely courteous and helpful, called us cabs, stored luggage, answered questions. In a quiet neighborhood, a short cab ride from Kyoto station was most economical for our party of 4, about 600yen.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

TabbyCat, London

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good location, very limited service, smoky lobby
The location of the hotel is good. Quite convenient. Staffs gave good recommendations on where to eat. For some reasons, they didn’t clean our room the first day so no clean towels were provided. The second day, they tried to clean the place at 4pm while we’re in the room. We asked them to come back later but they never did. Luckily they gave us some clean towels. The staffs are normally in the staff room but if you don’t ring the bell, you don’t see them around. Although it is supposed to be a non smoking hotel, the lobby is always very smoky. Our room was on the ground floor. The room itself is spacious and comfortable with a nice garden but it can get noisy at night when other guests coming in or going out of the hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional Style Kyoto Guesthouse.
Room was new, spacious, comfortable and well finished - looked pleasingly Japanese. The hotel is a little off the beaten track, about 10 min walk to nearest metro station and 25 min brisk walk to central/downtown Kyoto. Hotel didn't have any laundry facilities; though there's a coin launderette about a 5 min walk away.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel off the main path in quiet neighborhood
Hotel is a small nice hotel located away from the busy tourist section of Kyoto. It was a bit hard to find if you are not familiar with Kyoto (and Japan addresses in general), but it looked exactly like the picture so that made it easy. Very clean, roomy, and friendly staff. Great place to stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017