Kyoto · Relax & Stay

Places to stay in Kyoto

28 places, each checked by our team.

• Ace Hotel Kyoto エースホテル京都Karasuma-Oike — Kengo Kuma and LA studio Commune turned the 1926 Kyoto Central Telephone Office into Ace's first Asian hotel, wrapped around the Shinpuhkan…
• Aman Kyoto アマン京都Kinkaku-ji / Takagamine — Kerry Hill's 26-room retreat hidden in a forgotten 32-hectare forest garden at the foot of Mount Hidari-Daimonji, near Kinkaku-ji. Moss, mossy stone…
• Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto バンヤンツリー・東山 京都Higashiyama (Kiyomizu) — 52-room hillside retreat in Higashiyama (2024) with a Kengo Kuma-designed outdoor Noh stage and onsen rooms; 1 MICHELIN Key.
• Capella Kyoto カペラ京都Gion / Higashiyama — Kengo Kuma-designed hotel in the Miyagawa-cho geisha district, opened March 2026 and already awarded two MICHELIN Keys.
• Dusit Thani Kyoto デュシタニ京都Kyoto Station — Thai-Japanese luxury hotel (2023) near Kyoto Station around a garden courtyard, with Ayatana by Bo.lan chefs; Forbes Four-Star.
• Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto フォーシーズンズホテル京都Higashiyama-Shichijo — A contemporary hotel wrapped around Shakusui-en, an 800-year-old pond garden in Higashiyama. Non-guests can walk the garden, sit by the pond and…
• FUFU Kyoto ふふ 京都Okazaki / Nanzen-ji — 40-suite small luxury resort by the Lake Biwa Canal near Nanzen-ji, each suite with a hinoki hot-spring bath; 1 MICHELIN Key.
• Garrya Nijo Castle Kyoto ギャリア・二条城 京都Nijo — 25-room boutique hotel by Banyan Group just south of Nijo Castle, with Japanese-garden views; 1 MICHELIN Key.
• Genji Kyoto 源氏京都Kyoto Station north — 19-room design hotel on the Kamo River inspired by The Tale of Genji, with riverside balconies and a rooftop garden; 1 MICHELIN Key.
• Hiiragiya Ryokan 柊家旅館Downtown / Fuyacho — A ryokan founded in 1818, across the lane from Tawaraya, where Kawabata Yasunari stayed and wrote; old wing of Meiji-era rooms and a 2006 new wing…
• Hoshinoya Kyoto 星のや京都Arashiyama — A riverside ryokan upstream of Arashiyama that you reach by private boat: a century-old merchant villa rebuilt as 25 rooms of hinoki, tatami and…
• Hotel Okura Kyoto ホテルオークラ京都Kawaramachi — Historic downtown hotel (founded 1888) at Kawaramachi-Oike with Higashiyama views and a subway station below.
• Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion ホテル ザ セレスティン京都祇園Gion / Higashiyama — Calm upscale hotel on Yasaka-dori between Kennin-ji and Yasaka Pagoda, with an outpost of Tempura Yasaka Endo; 1 MICHELIN Key.
• Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTONijo — The Mitsui family's former Kyoto residence across from Nijo Castle, reborn in 2020 as a luxury hotel entered through a 1703 gate, with a garden of…
• Imperial Hotel, Kyoto 帝国ホテル 京都Gion — Imperial Hotel's first Kyoto property (2026), in the restored 1936 Yasaka Kaikan theatre building in Gion; 1 MICHELIN Key.
• Kanamean Nishitomiya 要庵 西富家Shijo-Kawaramachi — Small sukiya-style ryokan in a downtown side street near Nishiki Market, upgraded to two MICHELIN Keys in 2026.
• Kifune Ugenta 貴船 右源太Kibune — Riverside ryokan in the Kibune mountain valley with maisonette rooms and private open-air baths; One Michelin Key.
• Park Hyatt Kyoto パーク ハイアット 京都Higashiyama / Ninenzaka — A low-rise Higashiyama hotel on the slopes of Ninenzaka, built around the historic Kyoyamato ryotei garden, with Kyoto's most famous hotel bar view:…
• ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & Resorts ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & ResortsKinkaku-ji / Takagamine — Forbes Five-Star hilltop retreat in Takagamine near Kinkaku-ji, with a heated outdoor pool and 500 artworks.
• Six Senses Kyoto シックスセンシズ 京都Higashiyama-Shichijo — Six Senses' first hotel in Japan, opened in 2024 in Higashiyama, with interiors inspired by the Heian court and the Pillow Book, a moss-and-stone…
• SOWAKA SOWAKA（そわか）Gion / Higashiyama — 23-room boutique hotel in a 100-year-old former teahouse below Yasaka Shrine, with a garden and a respected Japanese restaurant; Forbes Four-Star.
• Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto 翠嵐 ラグジュアリーコレクションホテル 京都Arashiyama — 39-room riverside hotel in Arashiyama on the Hozu River, with onsen baths and many rooms with private open-air tubs.
• Tawaraya Ryokan 俵屋旅館Downtown / Fuyacho — Kyoto's most revered ryokan, run by the same family for over 300 years in a quiet lane off Fuyacho-dori. Most visitors only see its dark wooden…
• The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu ザ・ホテル青龍 京都清水Higashiyama (Kiyomizu) — Converted 1933 elementary school below Kiyomizu-dera, with the K36 rooftop bar facing Yasaka Pagoda; Forbes Four-Star.
• The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto ザ・リッツ・カールトン京都Nijo-Ohashi / Kamogawa — A low-rise luxury hotel on the west bank of the Kamo river, facing the Higashiyama hills, built on the site of the old Hotel Fujita and the…
• The Shinmonzen ザ・シンモンゼンGion — Nine-suite Tadao Ando-designed hotel on the Shirakawa canal in Gion's antiques street; two MICHELIN Keys.
• The Thousand Kyoto ザ・サウザンド キョウトKyoto Station — A calm, design-led hotel a minute from Kyoto Station, named after the 1,000 Kannon of Sanjusangendo. Pale wood, stone and paper inside, a…
• The Westin Miyako Kyoto ウェスティン都ホテル京都Okazaki / Keage — Historic grande-dame hotel on the Higashiyama hillside since 1890, with an onsen spa and the Murano Togo-designed Kasui-en wing.