Bright Hotel Kiyomizu

Bad room in a good location with no one to help. The location is within walking distance from Gion (guasha district), a major temple, the riverside, and a train station .. but it is a long walk (between 15 and 30 depending on the thing). The room was the worst I have even been in. It was small (but that is to be expected in Japan), had a decent amount of dust (but otherwise clean), but it was next to a very load road with no sound insulation, and it had the hardest bed/pillow I have never been on (I ended up using my dirty clothes as a pillow instead). The worst part however is that there is no one ever there to help with anything. That wouldn't have been so bad if the locks weren't really finicky and took a while to lean how to use. A youtube video forwarded to all people who booked could have easily solved this.

Practical place if you want to stay in the Kiyomizu-area, otherwise quite expensive for a staffless apartment-hotel. The previous tenant had left boxes in the closet and the beds were fold-up beds and not very sturdy. The window had no soundproofing, so you could hear every insect and pedestrian and car from outside, however nothing from the rest of the building. It was quite a walk from the nearest train-stop, and the check-in time of 16:00 made it very difficult to enjoy the day as we had our luggage to haul around (since there was no staff, no coinlockers or self-check baggage area in the "hotel"). I would only recommend this hotel if you are desperate for a room, because it was moderately clean.

Super clean and cosy room. The bathroom was nice and spacious and there was a small kitchen. However appliances had some faults. The TV weirdly turned on in the middle of the night and there was a strange light flashing behind it. There was also this constant ticking (we think it was the door) as well as it sounded what was like a possum in the wall.

It could not be worse, we booked apt upper floor and we got one in lower floor with no windows!! Only artificial light, completely dark with no fresh air and no ventilation! Just like a container and nobody to complain in the complex. I was travelling a month in Japan and I stayed in different hotels, apts and Ryokan. By far this was the worst place of all of them do not trust the pictures…

The unit is closed to Kiyomizu dera and is a 12 mins walk from Kiehan Kiyomizu-Gojō Station. The unit is very small and is a challenge to store 2 checked luggage. Also, the toilet seat and bathroom are shared. There will be an extra charge tor early check-in but you can arrange with them for luggage dropoff to your room and come back later for check-in when the room is ready. This is very helpful to us as we arrive Kyoto at 12pm and can dropoff our luggage to the room and go out for sightseeing and then come back after dinner for the check-in.