I was just in Kyoto and Osaka. I stayed in this guest house, a budget ryokan and a business hotel. I also went to a minshuku. Of all of these lodgings, this place really felt the most Japanese. True, the floors creak, there is one shower, etc. but I appreciated the experience despite these small inconveniences. People were considerate and... More

Enjoyed my 3 nights stay at this guesthouse. The futon was comfy and had a good sleep. It is extremely quiet at night though, that I can hear snippets of conversation of my opposite room neighbour. There is a 24hr small supermarket about 2mins walk away.

It was very easy to get there from the Gion-shijo subway exit 1, probably within 1-2 minute walk. We arrived before the offical check-in time. But the front desk lady told us the room was ready, and we could check-in and settled our things there. It is an authentic old Japan house which made of wood, dim lights, living/common rooms... More

Rakuza is located in the ancient quartier of Gion, in the centre of Kyoto. There are many traditional restaurants and beautiful gift shops around. The ryokan is entirely traditional style, clean and confortable. They provide a laptop, free wifi, hair dryer and some fruits in the morning in the lobby. They rent bikes for 500 yen/day. We took them for... More

.. I suggest you to stay here. It's very affordable yet it gives you that authentic feeling. We stayed there for two nights after our trip to Hiroshima and we decided to stay in a ryokan after a series of stay in business hotel to experience living in a real traditional Japanese house. The ryokan, to our surprise, is not... More

This is a small guesthouse in a fantastic traditional building. Wooden walls and doors, with mat flooring - shoes do need to be removed when inside. Sliding doors, and I liked there was a padlock on the door, which has not been the case in other places. We stayed in Dec so the air con was not needed. We were... More

I changed my booking so many times when coming here (felt awful for it), however they were very patient and did not charge me any extra for it. When I got there, I got a tour of the building - which is lovely to see from the inside as it is different than anything I've ever been in in England... More

We were keen to experience more traditional Japanese accommodation rather than staying in a Western-style hotel, and to accept any differences from what we're accustomed to. We enjoyed staying in this beautiful old house, even though negotiating the one shared bathroom and two toilets was more challenging than the hard sleeping surface. There seemed to be a lot of women... More

I travelled with 3 female friends and we stayed in 2 Japanese style twin rooms at Rakuza for 3 nights second week of December 2010. My purpose for choosing Rakuza was to have a taste of living in a real Japanese home and secondly, I wanted to stay as close to Gion as possible. I wasn’t disappointed… The 100 year... More