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Ryokan Yoshida-sanso

4.5 star property
4.5-star adults-only ryokan near Kiyomizu Temple

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Building design
Hanare - private cottage | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, individually decorated, free WiFi
Property grounds
Japanese Style Main Building (Private Bathroom) | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, individually decorated, free WiFi
1 bedroom, in-room safe, individually decorated, free WiFi

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking included
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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59-1 Yoshida Shimo-ooji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8314
  • Kyoto University
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Heian Shrine
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Kiyomizu Temple
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Osaka (ITM-Itami)
    ‪49 min drive‬

Room options

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Hanare - private cottage | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, individually decorated, free WiFi

Hanare - private cottage

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 592 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Futon

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Japanese Style Main Building (Private Bathroom) | 1 bedroom, in-room safe, individually decorated, free WiFi

Japanese Style Main Building (Private Bathroom)

  • 1023 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 4 Twin Futons

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About the neighborhood

Kyoto

Sakyo Ward stay.Within a 15-minute walk of this Sakyo Ward ryokan, you'll find Kyoto University and Heian Shrine. Kawaramachi Street and Kiyomizu Temple are also within 3 miles (5 km).

What's nearby

  • Kyoto University - 10 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Heian Shrine - 12 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Nishiki Market - 5 min drive - 2.2 miles
  • Kiyomizu Temple - 6 min drive - 2.1 miles
  • Kyoto Imperial Palace - 6 min drive - 1.4 miles

Getting around

  • Jingu-marutamachi Station - 3 min drive
  • Keage Station - 3 min drive
  • Kansai Intl. Airport (KIX) - 103 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪WOVEN - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪きゃらばん - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪まんぷくおにぎり米都北白川本店 - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Indigo - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪茂庵 - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Ryokan Yoshida-sanso

4.5-star adults-only ryokan near Kiyomizu Temple
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. A terrace, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands are also featured at the luxury Ryokan Yoshida-sanso. Limited free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This 4.5-star Kyoto ryokan is smoke free.

  • 5 guestrooms or units
  • 2 levels
  • 2 buildings
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Wedding services available
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Gift shop
  • Newspapers in lobby (free)
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
Ryokan Yoshida-sanso offers 5 accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. These individually decorated accommodations have separate dining areas. This Kyoto ryokan provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, toilets with an electronic bidet, and complimentary toiletries. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Housekeeping is offered daily and in-room massages can be requested.
Public bath/onsen services include an indoor public bath (no minerals) and a yukata (Japanese robe).

Languages

English, Japanese

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Kaiseki meal

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Valet for wheelchair-equipped vehicles
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchairs on site

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Toilet with electronic bidet
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Separate dining area

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Individual decor
  • Safe
  • Tatami (woven mat) flooring
  • Tokonoma (alcove)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport; guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
There is no front desk at this property

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • This property welcomes adults only.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • 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've listed 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
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and JCB International. Cash is not accepted. 

We should mention

  • As required by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, all international visitors must submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ). Also, it's required that lodging proprietors photocopy the passports of all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file.
  • Please note that some properties do not permit guests with tattoos to use the onsite public bathing facilities.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Ryokan Yoshida-sanso
Ryokan Yoshida-sanso Kyoto
Yoshida-sanso
Yoshida-sanso Kyoto
Yoshida-sanso Ryokan
Ryokan Yoshida sanso
Ryokan Yoshida-sanso Kyoto
Ryokan Yoshida-sanso Ryokan
Ryokan Yoshida-sanso Ryokan Kyoto

Frequently asked questions

How close is Ryokan Yoshida-sanso to the airport?

Ryokan Yoshida-sanso is 37.3 mi (62-min drive) away from the Itami Airport (ITM) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

How much does it cost to stay at Ryokan Yoshida-sanso?

As of Jul 14, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Ryokan Yoshida-sanso on Jul 24, 2025 start from $952.84, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Does Ryokan Yoshida-sanso have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at Ryokan Yoshida-sanso.

Does Ryokan Yoshida-sanso offer free breakfast?

Ryokan Yoshida-sanso does not offer free breakfast.

Is there a casino at Ryokan Yoshida-sanso?

No, there is no casino at this ryokan.

What time is check-in at Ryokan Yoshida-sanso?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM.

Is there free parking at Ryokan Yoshida-sanso?

This ryokan offers free self parking.

Does Ryokan Yoshida-sanso have a pool?

Ryokan Yoshida-sanso does not have a pool.

Does Ryokan Yoshida-sanso have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does Ryokan Yoshida-sanso have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this ryokan.

How close is Ryokan Yoshida-sanso to downtown Kyoto?

Ryokan Yoshida-sanso is 1.3 mi away from Kyoto.

Ryokan Yoshida-sanso Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 55 out of 65 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 65 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 65 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 65 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 65 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Phil

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An exceptional stay from start to finish. Gracious hospitality, a true time capsule with updates in all the right places. The japanese breakfast every day was truly memorable, and the coffee shop on the property was beautiful as well. I could not recommend more, 10/10 stay, worth the price! We stayed in the private cabin and it was perfect.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rojdan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Myself and my girlfriend stayed here for 2 nights we had the private residence. Beautiful place, fell in love with it but the moment we stepped foot init
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Youngju

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wow - we have just checked out from a 1 night stay at this Yoshida Sanso and we were truly amazed at both the place itself and even more so the lovely people that looked after us so well! We are celebrating our honeymoon in Japan and the family who run the Ryokan couldn’t have done more to make our stay a more memorable one! Would recommend to anyone wanting a peaceful and authentic Ryokan experience! ❤️
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Huyen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

maitha

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very beautiful hotel. We stayed in the Detached house “Hanare”, very magical place. The breakfast is delicious and the coffee shop was all for us before it opens to guests at 11:00AM, they even gave my son a small lovely gift. The staff are really dedicated and treated us very warmly, just like a family.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simply amazing experience. Refined elegance in every way.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
beautiful and perfect location close to the university.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Monica, USA

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is a historical place once belonging to a member from the Imperial family. The current members try to uphold some of the old traditions. Our room overlooked the garden as was very spacious. Our first breakfast was served in a sitting room upstairs which was private. The second morning in a beautiful room overlooking their beautiful garden. Beautiful service and delicious food Japanese one morning and Continental the next. A gorgeous Ryokan experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Incredible in every way, so serene and perfect service. The breakfast and dinner were superb. Such an enjoyable stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

Expensive and touristy

We had a nice stay at this ryokan, but it was extremely "touristy" as opposed to genuine. Service was good and food was ok but nothing was excellent. The house is beautiful and in a great spot for visiting some nice temples and the philosophers walk along the small river branch. Nice for couples that the bath is private and thus can be gender shared. Everything very clean. However, in total, this was extraordinarily priced (both the lodging and the food) for what it was.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

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

Magical and Historic

Yoshida sanso is a magical place and the proprietors are wonderful people. Also, you can walk to the Philosophers Path which is one of the most beautiful walks in Kyoto. The food was incredible, I highly recommend trying their dinner and breakfast, though we only had the breakfast. Be sure to arrive on time to allow yourself plenty of time to experience and enjoy the property.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent experience all around. Highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Harrison, San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful traditional Japanese ryokan! A very unique experience with some of the best dining found in Japan.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Luca, New York, Ny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unforgettable experience — a dream of a hotel! Most highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

eva, Hong Kong

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

Beautiful traditional Japanese building.

love the location, the view. All the staff is very kind, especially the Japanese style breakfast, definitely made my day. the last day we booked a shuttle service to the Kansai Airport, they helped us to storage luggage till late afternoon and served us their delicious Japanese coffee in the small but cozy tea house. that's very warm and thank you very much.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Calm, peaceful and relax, warm welcome, friendly and good service.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Granville

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

Unique experience

This 'hotel' is not like anywhere else I have ever stayed. The service was so personal, with private dining rooms etc., that most of the time it felt like the entire focus of the place was on you alone. Altogether a unique experience.

10/10 Excellent

HOU YIN PETER

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

Remarkable Experience and Top-quality Service

It was truly an amazing experience for the 2 of us and our 7-year old kid. This mansion used to be the home of a prince and was mentioned in one of the documentary books of Kyoto. It should be one of those top-serviced Ryokens in town. We were assigned for literally a "house" with 40 years of history and own front garden and gate, spacious living of about 2,000 sq. feet of room, comfortable trad. Japanese futon style, all necessary amenities (even come with iron & ironing board and kimono dressing). A special gratitude to all the smiling staff & their hospitality at the mansion, especially Tomoko, who explained everything well to us. At breakfast time, we were treated a private room and a full set delicious trad. Japanese style breakfast, and Japanese times daily newspaper, which was supplemented with complimentary coffee/tea in their relaxing tea shop, caused us certain delay in activity schedule because it was just so luring to stay a little longer in the mansion for the good mood and ambiance.... There are parking space as well in case you drive. The only thing you need to be aware is that since the surrounding is nature, you just can't avoid the chance of having "special" visitors such as the naughty spider which was attracted by our room lights and came visiting on the first night of arrival.... therefore my kid's comment would be different from us because he would opt for no insects in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

unique experience in a traditional ryokan

we spent two nights here. Found the staff incredibly kind and helpful. They went out of their way to make sure everything went smoothly for us. One of them wrote out for us in Japanese all of the sights we wanted to go to so that we could show taxi drivers the Japanese names of the locations. It turned out to be incredibly helpful and made our brief stay very smooth. We also had the traditional Japanese dinner one of our nights at the ryokan. it was amazing. We had never had anything like it. The owner was lovely and introduced herself during our dinner. The room was very comfortable, decorated in the traditional Japanese style. We had big windows that opened up to a lovely garden view with the hills in the distance. We would highly recommend. It was a wonderful experience all around.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017