Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Kawaramachi Jokyoji

Room was spotlessly clean and very spacious by Japanese standards. I liked the Japanese style decor in the room and lobby area. Beds and pillows were comfortable. Green tea, coffee and water were replenished daily. Staff were all very friendly. The Breakfast was very good with a menu with Japanese and western options and a small buffet. The location is great. There are lots of restaurants nearby and Shijo subway station, Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station and Gion-Shijo Station are all within a 10 minute walk.

Friendly and helpful staff at reception. Help us with the enquiry on luggage transfer service to Kansai airport. Location is good and is about 10 mins walk to some of key Kyoto attractions and departmental stores.

The location was excellent - just steps away from a busy shopping street but quiet and calm. City bus stops and train stations are very close. My room was a decent size and overlooking a shrine which you can visit. The beds were very comfortable The large public bath was very good - hot but not too hot. All the facilities were extremely clean. Hotel pajamas- every hotel should offer them! The restaurant was OK for dinner Staff were really helpful and sorted out my luggage transfer to the next hotel

Easy to find, kind of hidden out of the way from the main street but easily findable by taxies and by google maps. Super clean and always smelled like incense, really quiet too. We were placed on the floor with the smoking area (4F), but nothing smelled at all unless you actually went into the smoking booth. Staff super helpful and kind; ask them for directions, restaurant recommendations, reservation help, etc. and they got it. Just be ready to use google translate probably. First floor has most bath amenities available to grab n go, not placed in room (ie. bath scrubbers, razors, shower caps, extra toothbrushes/pastes, etc). 2nd floor bath was small and there’s an indicator for how crowded it is, open til late through the night and restocked quite frequently. Found it easier to shower there than in the room, which was a bit small, even for a double twin room. But there is only one bath at one fairly nice temperature, probably wouldn’t go if it was too full though. Bath had lockers for valuables and shoes, but you have to take your own towel and pick up essentials other than soap from the lobby (ie. shower caps, razors, scrubbers, etc). They provide cute bathrobe top and bottoms in japanese style and slipper clips so you don’t lose your slippers. Room itself was honestly really small, but had everything we needed. Loved that they had a humidifier and a pitcher to fill it up, helped avoid some nosebleeds; a little weird that the sink was outside in the room (rather than in the restroom), but honestly it made it easier to share the restroom. Toilet equipped with a bidet and facilities all pretty clean. USB plugs next to each bed and easy-to-reach buttons to shut off all lights from the bed. Beds weren’t the BEST, honestly kinda more like a futon thickness, but clean and provided 3 great pillows so no complaints.

The staff was very helpful and friendly. The public baths were very clean and comfortable. The best part was the location. Outside the extreme tourist areas of Gion but within the center hub of the city near the cool markets and shopping while still also being very walkable to Gion. Lots of public transportation nearby to get to all the major tourist spots in Kyoto.