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Yoshi-Ima

3.5 star property
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Exterior
Traditional Room, Private Bathroom (Japanese Room) | Balcony
Exterior
Traditional Room, Private Bathroom (Japanese Room)
Dining

Reviews

9.4 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Yamatoohji Higashi-iru Nishinocho 229, Shinmonzendori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 605-0088
  • Hanamikoji Street
    1 min walk
  • Hard Rock Cafe
    2 min walk
  • Sanjo Station
    5 min walk
  • Osaka (ITM-Itami)
    56 min drive

Room options

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Traditional Room, Private Bathroom (Japanese Room)

Traditional Room, Private Bathroom (Japanese Room)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Twin Futon

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About the area

Kyoto

Located in Kyoto (Gion), Yoshi-Ima is within a 10-minute walk of Yasaka Shrine and Pontocho Alley. .This guesthouse is 0.6 mi (0.9 km) from Kawaramachi Street and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Nishiki Market.
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What's nearby

  • Yasaka Shrine - 7 min walk
  • Gion Corner - 9 min walk
  • Pontocho Alley - 10 min walk
  • Nishiki Market - 13 min walk
  • Kiyomizu Temple - 3 min drive

Getting around

  • Sanjo Station - 5 min walk
  • Sanjo Keihan Station - 6 min walk
  • Kansai Intl. Airport (KIX) - 93 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hard Rock Cafe - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪eXcafe イクスカフェ 祇園店 - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪UDON MAIN - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪肉匠益市GION - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪京趣味菱岩 - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Yoshi-Ima

Guesthouse with free breakfast, a short walk to Yasaka Shrine
Yoshi-Ima offers 17 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and bathrobes. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include showers, slippers, and hair dryers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Public bath/onsen services include a yukata (Japanese robe).
Make yourself at home in one of the 17 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Private bathrooms with showers feature hair dryers and bathrobes. Conveniences include safes, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, multilingual staff, and luggage storage.
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.

Languages

English, Japanese

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Japanese garden

Spa

  • Yukata (Japanese robe)

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Genkan (entrance)
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • In-room dining only
  • Kaiseki meal

More

  • Safe
  • Slippers
  • Tatami (woven mat floors)
  • Tokonoma (alcove)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 7 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

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

Children and extra beds

Children 18 and younger are not allowed at this property; All guests older than 18 are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
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.

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; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Children 18 years old and younger are not permitted at this property
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
Set meals are served in guestrooms only (no menus or public dining)

Property is also known as

Yoshi-Ima
Yoshi-Ima Inn
Yoshi-Ima Inn Kyoto
Yoshi-Ima Kyoto
Gion Yoshi-Ima Hotel Kyoto
Yoshi Ima
Yoshi Ima
Yoshi-Ima Kyoto
Yoshi-Ima Guesthouse
Yoshi-Ima Guesthouse Kyoto

Yoshi-Ima Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 42 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Fatimah

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

10/10 Excellent

Sara Filipa

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

lynne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely cultural experience, would highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alyssa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was our first stay in a ryokan, sleeping on traditional tatami mats and futons. Staff brought breakfast to our rooms in the morning, it was delicious and a nice cultural experience. The room was large and spacious, along with the bathroom. A great stay in kyoto and I definitely recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful and traditional experience.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Raul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic Ryokan if you want an authentic Japanese hotel experience. It takes a little getting used to for the slipper swap but it just adds to the authenticity. Also be ready for breakfast 30 min before your requested time.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Spencer

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

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Beautiful and amazing property
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Suhail

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What an amazing ryokan, the best value for money I had on my entire trip. The staff are so polite and they offer an authentic Japanese experience. It was the highlight of our trip, will definitely stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

anabel

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

k

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing service, the staff were all super friendly and made us feel at home. The property was beautiful and in a great location!

10/10 Excellent

Jarod

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is ryokans offers, traditional Japanese clothing, (kimono and yukata) breakfast, Zen garden, tatami mat flooring, sliding wooden doors, bidet, mats for floor sleeping and excellent temperature control. A big plus was the Wifi and location. Staff are awesome. I would warn this ryokan has an 11pm curfew which curtailed our late evening plans to see Fushimi Inari (which is 24/7). The curfew is the biggest setback for travelers who wish to run a late night.

10/10 Excellent

Gagandeep Singh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a fantastic stay at gion yoshi ima for 6 nights. The ryokan was absolutely incredible and the staff were absolutely amazing. Location was great. Nothing was a hassle, we were treated so kindly would recommend this stay without question!
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fabulous Ryokan. Truly gives the Japanese culture experience. Great location in Gion. Highly recommend to stay here when visiting Kyoto
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An authentic ryokan experience
A family run old fashioned ryokan Comfortable great location and helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Japanese experience
It was great for the whole Japanese experience and in a great location close to all the other full culture shops and restaurants etc. if you don't like small space and sleeping and sitting on the floor this is not for you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional ryokan close to all the action
Very traditional place to stay. Enjoyable. Nicer than a modern hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Kate, Delaware, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yoshi-Ima Roykan in Kyoto is a peaceful respite
THe location near to the Gion region and the subway and train stations (not JR Kyoto) make if a great base for touring Kyoto - best done on foot, so as to better see all the beautiful temples and intresting shops - that are happy to welcome visitors, even if the language is only Japanese.

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Michel, Paris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Authentic Ryokan in the very heart of Gion
A great welcome, always with a smile. A nice immersion into traditional Japanese cultural. Helpful and flexible staff. A place not to miss when in Kyoto.

10/10 Excellent

Louise, Melbourne VIC, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delightful Yoshiima
We loved our stay at Yoshiima. It provided a wonderful traditional Japanese style accommodation experience. The staff were friendly and helpful, and the rooms, bathrooms and private garden were delightful. The Ryokan was also situated in a fabulous location of Kyoto. It enhanced our Kyoto experience.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
antique shopping
The Inn (Gion) was an experience.. It is a nice, quite place in an active night area. We were older guests, who were a bit surprised by the lack of grab bars for a very deep tub in the bathroom, and raised thresholds, a bit of a hazard for midnight visits to the WC. Futon sleeping and low chair sitting does not lend itself for aging western bodies. Our error in booking more than one night. Very nice staff with sense of humor. I would stay in area once more, but would rather stay in a modern facility where after a long days exploration one could sink into a comfortable chair or bed to recuperate. It is a nice place to stay but older guests should be made aware that more than one night is not advised if comfort is desired.

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Right next to Shimbashi-great spot in Gion
Fantastic environment ,lovely staff -very happy with location also.

8/10 Good

Shayne, Brisbane, Australia

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Gion Yoshi-Ima - Excellent Service
We stayed in better, cheaper hotels throughout our holiday in Japan, but this one definitely excelled for service. The lovely older lady that served dinner and breakfast definitely made our stay at the hotel. The meal was a really authentic experience - just make sure you aren't squeamish about eating raw fish and other strange creatures!