Heritage hotels in Kyoto

Arashiyama, Kyoto $$$$

HOSHINOYA Kyoto

Preserved Meiji-era ryokan pavilions and seventeenth-century merchant grounds along the riverbank.

Gion, Kyoto $$$$

Hotel Chourakukan

A 1909 Meiji-era villa and designated National Important Cultural Property with preserved period salons.

Omuro, Kyoto $$$$

Hotel Utano Kyoto Bessho

Registered early Showa tangible cultural property featuring preserved sukiya craftsmanship and a Mirei Shigemori stroll garden.

Gion, Kyoto $$$$

Imperial Hotel Kyoto

The restored 1936 Yasaka Kaikan theater preserves original copper roofs and hand-cleaned tiles.

Kyoto Station, Kyoto From $500

Izuyasu

A timber machiya founded in 1839 to lodge Buddhist pilgrims visiting neighbouring Higashi Hongan-ji Temple.

Downtown Kyoto, Kyoto $$$$

Kanamean Nishitomiya

An 1873 Meiji-period machiya townhouse preserved with traditional timber joinery and an inner courtyard garden.

Gosho Nishi, Kyoto $$$

Kyo no Ondokoro Goshonishi #6

Preserved 120-year-old wooden machiya retaining its original exposed ceiling timber beams and traditional joinery.

Nijo, Kyoto $$$

Kyo No Ondokoro Kamanza Nijo #2

A restored 150-year-old merchant townhouse organized around an interior courtyard garden with a century-old plum tree.

Kawaramachi, Kyoto From $500

Marufukuro

Restored 1933 Nintendo headquarters preserving original company plaques, Art Deco fireplaces, and playing-card motif window grilles.

Sakyo, Kyoto $$$$

Miyamasou

Established in 1895 as pilgrim lodgings for Daibizan Bujo-ji Temple.

Fushimi, Kyoto $$$$

Momoyama Onsen Tsukimikan

A registered Tangible Cultural Property dating from the 1930s early Showa era.

Nanzenji, Kyoto From $1,100

Nanzenji Sando Kikusui

A preserved 1895 Meiji villa surrounded by a historic pond garden crafted by master landscaper Ogawa Jihei.

Gojo, Kyoto From $950

Nazuna Kyoto Tsubaki St. Hotel

Over a century of Meiji-era history preserved across traditional timber kyomachiya townhouses along an authentic Kyoto roji alley.

Gion, Kyoto $$$

Seikoro Ryokan

Wooden architecture dating to 1831, appointed with preserved sukiya woodwork and romantic Taisho-era antique furnishings throughout.

Arashiyama, Kyoto From $1,000

Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel

Restored 1899 Meiji villa Enmei-kaku and the 1910 thatched pavilion Hasshoken anchor the historic temple grounds.

Downtown Kyoto, Kyoto $$$$

Sumiya Ryokan

Taisho-era wooden ryokan with historic tea rooms and ironwork detailing preserved from its founding metalsmith workshop.

Downtown Kyoto, Kyoto From $450

The Hiramatsu Kyoto

A restored 1899 kyo-machiya townhouse preserving traditional wooden lattice windows, earthen plaster walls, and structural timbers.

Kiyomizu, Kyoto From $1,500

The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu

A 1933 elementary school conversion preserving original arched brick facades, sweeping staircases, and historic classroom proportions.

Kodaiji, Kyoto From $1,500

The Villa Higashiyama Roji Kazeno Heritage

A preserved 120-year-old Meiji-era tea villa built by tea master Goichi Uno near historic Nene-no-Michi.

Higashiyama, Kyoto From $500

The Westin Miyako Kyoto

Togo Murano's sukiya annex Kasui-en and historic rock gardens created by Jihei Ogawa.

Arashiyama, Kyoto From $400

Togetsutei

Meiji-era ryokan welcoming guests at the southern foot of Togetsukyo Bridge continuously since 1897.

Nanzenji, Kyoto From $400

Yachiyo

An 1890 wooden main building and Meiji-era pond gardens designed by master landscaper Ogawa Jihei VII.

Sakyo, Kyoto From $1,000

Yoshida Sanso Hotel

Former 1932 imperial villa of Prince Higashi-Fushimi, registered as a cultural property.

Downtown Kyoto, Kyoto From $300

Ace Hotel Kyoto

A converted 1926 red-brick telephone exchange houses loft rooms with arched windows.

Downtown Kyoto, Kyoto From $200

Candeo Hotels Kyoto Karasuma Rokkaku

A Meiji-era kimono merchant townhouse with original timber beams, inner courtyard gardens, and Edo-period ink paintings.

Kodaiji, Kyoto $$$$

Ishibekoji Muan

A preserved century-old wooden townhouse featuring traditional sukiya timber framing along the stone-paved alleys of Ishibe-koji.

Kibune, Kyoto $$$$

Kifune Ugenta

A generational estate tracing its lineage to the hereditary priestly family of neighboring ancient Kifune Shrine.

Nishijin, Kyoto From $700

Kyo No Ondokoro Nishijin Bettei #5

A preserved century-old textile merchant residence retaining original machiya timber beams, an earthen storehouse, and insect-cage windows.

Kodaiji, Kyoto From $350

Kyokoyado Yasaka Yutone

A preserved 1912 sukiya-style machiya townhouse featuring classic timber lattice doors, tokonoma alcoves, and courtyard views.

Gion, Kyoto $$$

Maana Kamo

A restored century-old Kyoto machiya with preserved timber post-and-beam architecture and exposed earthen clay walls.

Kiyomizu, Kyoto $$$

Maana Kiyomizu

Four century-old wooden machiya townhouses preserve their original rooflines, structural timber framing, and exposed roof beams.

Downtown Kyoto, Kyoto From $250

Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shinmachi Bettei

An authentic 1903 plaster storehouse and century-old timber pillars are carefully integrated into the ground-floor dining space.

Kodaiji, Kyoto $$$

Motonago

An authentic 1905 two-storey wooden machiya townhouse preserved with traditional tsuboniwa courtyard gardens.

Gojo, Kyoto $$$

Nazuna Higashi Honganji

A century-old Kyo-machiya townhouse opposite Higashi Honganji Temple, restored from a historic former inn.