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RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO

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Public bath
Exterior
Wide Japanese style room, Non Smoking | Down comforters, iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Hallway
City view from property

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
$162
$147 nightly
$162 total
Dec 14 - Dec 15

Explore the area

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709, Kyoto, kyoto, 600-8216
  • Place, Kyoto Tower
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Kawaramachi Street
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Kyoto Station Building
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Airport, Osaka (ITM-Itami)
    ‪54 min drive‬

Room options

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Moderate Japanese-style room, Non Smoking | Down comforters, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Moderate Japanese-style room, Non Smoking

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(6 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Futons

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Standard Japanese-style room, Non Smoking | Down comforters, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Standard Japanese-style room, Non Smoking

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(8 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Futons

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Wide Japanese style room, Non Smoking | Down comforters, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Wide Japanese style room, Non Smoking

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Futons

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Comfort Japanese-style room, Non Smoking | Down comforters, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Comfort Japanese-style room, Non Smoking

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Futons

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Deluxe Japanese style room, Non Smoking | Down comforters, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Deluxe Japanese style room, Non Smoking

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 8
  • 8 Twin Futons

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Moderate luxury Japanese-style room, Non Smoking | Down comforters, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Moderate luxury Japanese-style room, Non Smoking

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Kyoto

With a stay at RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO in Kyoto (Shimogyo Ward), you'll be a 3-minute walk from Kyoto Tower and 5 minutes by foot from Kawaramachi Street. .This ryokan is 8.3 mi (13.4 km) from Lake Biwa and 1.5 mi (2.5 km) from Nishiki Market.

What's nearby

  • Kyoto Tower - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Higashi Honganji Temple - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Kawaramachi Street - 4 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Kyoto Station Building - 4 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Kyoto Aquarium - 14 min walk - 0.8 miles

Getting around

  • Kyoto Station - 2 min walk
  • Gojo Station - 8 min walk
  • Itami Airport (ITM) - 49 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪立のみ いなせや - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪立呑処へそ 京都駅前店 - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪カプリチョーザ ヨドバシカメラ京都店 - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪珈琲館 (COFFEE-KAN) - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪麺屋 聖 京都駅前店 - ‬1 min walk

About this property

RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO

Ryokan in Kyoto, steps from Kyoto Tower
RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO offers 60 accommodations with slippers and irons/ironing boards. Beds feature down comforters. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Public bath/onsen services include an indoor public bath (no minerals). This service features separate men and women areas. The ryokan bathing area is open from 4:00 PM to midnight.
Make yourself at home in one of the 60 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and slippers. Conveniences include irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Featured amenities include luggage storage and laundry facilities.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Tea service

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden

Spa

  • Public bath open from 4:00 PM - midnight
  • Public indoor bath (no minerals)
  • Separate men/women areas in public bath

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Down comforter

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Tatami (woven mat) flooring

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property 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 100–10,000 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.

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
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve access to the public bathing facility
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

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
Please note that some properties do not permit guests with tattoos to use the onsite public bathing facilities

Property is also known as

RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO Kyoto
RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO Ryokan
RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO Ryokan Kyoto

RYOKAN GINKAKU KYOTO Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 145 out of 175 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 175 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 175 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 175 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 175 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Lena

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
We loved the property but staff was not helpful with local information.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Micaela Stefania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place and very safe
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul M

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A newly renovated hotel. A bargain given its location near the trainstation and its on site onsen. Highly recommend and would stay here when I visit Kyoto in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Aryo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
People are very nice and will do their absolute best to communicate with you. Very helpful and outgoing. Room was very nice and spacious compared to some japanese hotels and it had that traditional feel. Yukata was awesome too.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Juan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very serene and pleasant experience, just steps away from the Kyoto train station. Staff was very responsive, and their traditional breakfast was a nice touch each morning. The welcome tea was also a refreshing surprise. We will definitely stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Rogerio, Bellevue

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is good, but there is a problem with Expedia booking system with the hotel. It charged 100 dollars extra per night. It was the only hotel after 12 days that gave us problem. Also, the hotel asked us to call Expedia as they didn’t speak English; Expedia didn’t have any translator to Japanese either. It was an embarrassing, time consuming, and cost effective experience. Bad experience
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Karin

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

Tradition with comfort

We got a tradition ryokan experience with the luxury of a hotel. The onsen was really nice, but I wish towels were provided there rather than having to remember to bring them from the room. There was a note telling us to do that, but we forgot. The area was very walkable for shopping and restaurants and very close to the train station.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

NINA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Evelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the Japanese style hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Seth

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely loved our stay here! The staff were so helpful and spoke English really well which we really appreciated. We also really enjoyed the welcome tea and sweet treat. The room itself was so clean and had great amenities- I was very excited to wear the yukata! I love the authenticity of the room it was truely a great stay and I wish we had booked longer. I was also looking forward to trying the onsen but was very nervous because of the nudity, so I was very pleased to try the private bath option to be able to have this experience before becoming comfortable with the public bath.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rola

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic stay, a little far from main attractions but close to metro.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jason

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

Great Place Overall

Awesome place to stay - highly recommend! Staff was kind, spoke English & were very accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Allen

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Hansel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved how nice the staff were. They helped store luggage before checking in, they helped me with a recommendation, and assisted with a request very nicely. Everything was clean and comfortable. I would stay again!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Xiaomin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, very convenient.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Neomi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Surachai

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jessica, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Maria Carolina

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sylvester

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the traditional inn style
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Persefoni

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really pretty ryokan, in a central location and within a couple of minutes from Kyoto station. The staff is very helpful and friendly and it was lovely to stay there. Thank you.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chiajen, Renton

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Great Japanese style room with modern toilet and shower Extremely clean Amenities are limited
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good location
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025