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4.0 star property

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Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

1 bathroomSleeps 5

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Outdoor space
  • Parking available

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223-13 Kamiyanagichou, Youbai Street, Shinmachi Higashi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 600-8301
  • Place, Higashi Honganji Temple
    โ€ช9 min walkโ€ฌ
  • Place, Kawaramachi Street
    โ€ช10 min walkโ€ฌ
  • Place, Kyoto Tower
    โ€ช15 min walkโ€ฌ

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About the area

Kyoto

At this holiday home you'll be within just a 15-minute stroll of popular places like Kawaramachi Street and Shijo Street. Highlights at this boutique holiday home include a kitchen and free WiFi. .Home features a private garden, a separate bath and shower and an espresso maker. In-room dining is easy with a kitchen that comes equipped with a fridge and a stovetop. Nice touches to enhance your stay include a rainfall showerhead and free toiletries, while premium bedding and a down duvet invite a good night's rest. A safe, a hairdryer and an iron/ironing board are also available. Housekeeping is not available. .This holiday home has a garden and tour/ticket assistance. There's also the convenience of self parking. .Within a 20-minute walk of this 4-property class Shimogyo Ward holiday home, attractions include Kyoto Tower and Nishiki Market.
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What's nearby

  • Higashi Honganji Temple - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Kawaramachi Street - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Shijo Street - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Kyoto Tower - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Kyoto Station Building - 15 min walk - 1.3 km

Getting around

  • Gojo Station - 3 min walk
  • Shijo Station - 11 min walk
  • Osaka (ITM-Itami) - 56 min drive

Restaurants

  • โ€ชMcDonald's - โ€ฌ4 min walk
  • โ€ชใ‚นใƒšใ‚คใƒณใƒใƒซ Santres - โ€ฌ3 min walk
  • โ€ชCoCoๅฃฑ็•ชๅฑ‹ ็ƒไธธไบ”ๆกๅบ— - โ€ฌ4 min walk
  • โ€ช่•Ž้บฆใฎๅฎŸใ‚ˆใ—ใ‚€ใ‚‰ (Sobanomi Yoshimura) - โ€ฌ4 min walk
  • โ€ชๅคงๅฎ - โ€ฌ4 min walk

About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Gagakuan

Gagakuan offers its guests tour/ticket assistance and a garden. The front desk is open around the clock. For a fee, parking is available.
  • 1 building
  • 3 guestrooms or units
  • 2 levels
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Garden
This holiday home offers 3 air-conditioned accommodations with espresso makers and a safe. Beds feature down duvets and premium bedding. Kitchens offer full-sized fridge/freezers, stovetops, kitchenware and utensils and coffee/tea makers.

Bathrooms include a separate bath and shower with a rainfall showerhead, complimentary toiletries, hairdryers and toothbrushes and toothpaste. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the house: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site (surcharge)
  • Limited on-site self parking

Family friendly

  • Children's dinnerware
  • Highchair

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Espresso maker
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Hob
  • Oven
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • Down comforter
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • 1 private bathroom
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Separate bathtub and shower
  • Shampoo
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table

Outdoor areas

  • Garden
  • Yard

Climate control

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board
  • No housekeeping service
  • Safe
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Location highlights

  • Near a metro station
  • Near a train station

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector not reported (host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector)
  • Smoke detector not reported (host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property)

General

  • 1 building
  • 2 floors
  • 3 units
  • Garden

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

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 100-10,000 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
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve high chair
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
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 has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children. If you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room. Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve high chair.

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.

Property is also known as

Gagakuan
Gagakuan House
Gagakuan House Kyoto
Gagakuan Kyoto
Gagakuan Kyoto
Gagakuan Private vacation home
Gagakuan Private vacation home Kyoto

Frequently asked questions

Is parking available at Gagakuan?

Yep, Gagakuan has a self car park, for a fee. A self car park is also available, for a fee.

Does Gagakuan have a pool?

No, this holiday home doesn't have a pool.

Is Gagakuan family-friendly?

You bet! With amenities such as highchairs and children's dinnerware, it's no surprise that Gagakuan is a winner with our family travellers.

Is there a free airport shuttle available at Gagakuan?

No, Gagakuan does not offer an airport shuttle service.

What time are check-in & check-out at Gagakuan?

Check-in begins at 3 PM. Check-out time is 10 AM.

Are pets allowed at Gagakuan?

No, pets are not allowed.

Gagakuan Reviews

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 28 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 28 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tony, Kuching, Sarawak

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Location of hotel in city of historical sites.

Spent four days at Gagakuan, satisfied, although unexpected cold weather even in spring. Late sakura blooming, still managed to view some. Did not follow tour, rather venture on our own. Visited places of interest but unable to cover all due to insufficient time, maybe next time would to come again.

10/10 Excellent

Silvano

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Stayed there for six nights, and found it very comfortable with all the facilities provided for a relaxing stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Summer in Kyoto

Our family of four (two kids aged 11 and 15) enjoyed a fantastic week at Gagakuan. Our host Saki was very responsive from the initial reservation until we departed. She even dropped off a delicious birthday cake for my daughter who celebrated her birthday the day before we arrived. This is not a traditional hotel room but a traditional Japanese house in a very nice neighbourhood. The house itself is very well equipped and a fantastic way to experience living in a traditional family home. Although more than 100 years old and very traditional, it has been equipped with a number of modern touches that enhance the stay. Our two kids were absolutely fascinated with the house and the entire environment. For our purposes, it was ideally situated between Kyoto station and central Kyoto. The Gojo subway stop and the bus stop are both less than a five minute walk from the house. This allows you to easily access the public transportation system to all of the wonderful temples. We also took side trips to Osaka, Nara and a day trip to Hiroshima using our Japan rail passes. Except for a few hot days (typical for Kyoto in the summer), we had a perfect time in Kyoto thanks to our great stay at Gagakaun and the kind generosity of Saki. We hope we get another chance to return to Kyoto and see the things we missed this visit and stay here again.

10/10 Excellent

May Gee, Singapore

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Great stay.

Great stay. The lady in charge was very nice. The place is not easy to find for first-timer but she kindly picked us up at the train exit. Also gave many advices on traveling. Place is clean and well-equipped.

10/10 Excellent

arthur, hong kong

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Experience Kyoto City

It was a fantastic experience staying in Gagakuan. We were welcomed by Ms Mako and she has given very valuable travel advice according weather and transportation. The house has a very relaxing environment, no TV, but provided with relaxing music CD. I had a very relaxing night like spending time in a cafe. The house also provided one bicycle, it is great way to experience the city as well.

10/10 Excellent

sherri r, New York city

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heaven in Kyoto

Makko has created the most perfect blend of home, luxury, comfort and style. We want to live there. Every day. Conveniently located with the most serenely tranquil aura. Aftrt a day trekking there is no better space to come home to. We were so gratedul for a cold bottle in the fridge and lovely veggies and cheese and a rainy evening while we were snuggled dreamily.

10/10 Excellent

Robyn, Singapore

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Perfect for a family holiday!

We stayed at Gagakuan during Kyoto's cherry blossom season, which was brilliant and recommended for all travellers to Japan! Gagakuan is a renovated period style Japanese townhouse, very centrally located to trains (Gojo station), cool areas of Kyoto (Nishiki Market, Gion, Teramachi, supermarket, local restaurants), and very safe. Mako san, the owner, helped make our stay a fabulous one - from before we arrived (maps in Japanese, giving taxi driver directions in Japanese), to making us comfortable in the house, guiding us to local sights and activities, with great communication during our stay. The house has everything you need and so much better than a hotel. We loved the separate living spaces, very comfortable beds, cooking facilities and the deep bath! Taxis to most of the major sights was ridiculously cheap as Gagakuan was in close proximity to everything, and you can flag them down in the street one block away from the house. We had a fantastic time and would definitely stay here again, as well as recommend this place to others.

10/10 Excellent

Mike, Hawaii

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A small touch of old Japan

Gagakuan is not a hotel, it's the equivalent of a US townhouse, built about 100 years ago. It's a 2 story unit with a full kitchen downstairs and beds upstairs. It was very clean and easy to walk to Nijo Castle and other. Kyoto sights. We really enjoyed it because it was so different from the hotels we stay in when we travel. If you must have a TV and maid service look elsewhere (there is free wifi and a laptop in the home), but this is the perfect place to stay when visiting a city like Kyoto.

10/10 Excellent

Len C, Canada

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Best way to enjoy Kyoto

Our family of 4 completely enjoyed 2 wonderful nights at this cute little Japanese home. The service was excellent and started even before we arrived, with Saki reaching out to us by email to make sure we knew how to find the place and to keep tabs on our arrival. When we arrived Saki explained the use of various features on the home and left us to our privacy. But that didnt stop there as she kept checking in on us by email to make sure we were doing ok. And we did far more than just "OK". Kyoto is a beautiful place to visit and Gagakuan certainly adds to the enjoyment of this fine city. So much so that our kids actually called it "home", albeit temporarily. We would definitely love to go there again.

10/10 Excellent

Will Chen, Hong Kong

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Great place in Kyoto

Only one subway stop away from Kyoto station. Classic Loft. Well equiped. Warm and personal service. Superb experience.

10/10 Excellent

soccer mom, Chapel Hill NC

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Authentic Japanese style house on quaint alley

Off the beaten path, this house is great for a family of four. It is in a great location for food, access to subway yet quiet. It is an eco-house, with many impressive energy saving details. As well, we arrived late and the the fridge was stocked with food, so we didn't have to go out late at night. It was a truly local experience. We loved it.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Cute, independent living but with support nearby

LOCATION HINTS: Ask the taxi to drop you at Shimogyo Junior High School and find Cafe World a little corner cafe just across the street from the school. From the cafe, you can see a vending machine on the street corner. From the cafe, walk towards the vending machine and turn right at the vending machine, then left down the path at the second powerpole. This path leads to gagakuan. see Google maps streetview.SIGHTSEEING:Walking distance to the temples and cute traditional shops. GAGAKUAN: Saki was wonderful, you feel like you have an invisible concierge if you need any help. The place is lovely, just keep the noise down so as to not disturb the neighbours as the walls are thin.

10/10 Excellent

Carol, San Francisco/bay area

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Wonderful!

We (husband, mother-in-law and myself) loved our stay at Gagakuan!The proprietor met us as we exited from our cab and extend an extraordinary quality of hospitality during our stay. This accommodation was perfect for several people - one downstairs room, Japanese style with tatami mats/futon and attached toilet. The property has the charm of an old Japanese style townhouse with the sensibility and style, in the kitchen, of a modern/Italian influenced larder -there was olive oil to cook with and very stylish plates/cups and flatware/utensils. We highly enjoyed shopping for food at the Nishiki market and eating "in" for breakfast and dinner, with the mid-day meal out at a local restaurant. We had a quiet, peaceful and entirely delightful stay at this townhouse. I/we highly recommend this accommodation!

10/10 Excellent

A traveler, Chicago

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Great experience

The hotels in Kyoto generally don't match up to those in Tokyo. Gagakuan is a wonderful alternative: essentially a converted town home with modern amenities. It was an extremely comfortable stay! The service and help provided by the staff was excellent and extremely friendly.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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This is not a hotel, but a great single-unit townhouse in a central area of Kyoto. We had a fantastic time there and would recommend to anyone who's looking for an unusual place to stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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nice

this is one of my best exp ever in japan. Thanks for mako

10/10 Excellent

Peng-Ying, TW

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What a wonderful place!

This stay experience is way beyond our expectation. The house is full of surprise the moment we stepped into it: cozy and comfy, wonderful space, beautifully designed, friendly-arranged in every details. The house owner is very nice and provided information needed before we arrived and during our stay. My family and I just love of all this house and the comfortable and warm aura it offered. Moreover, nice spot, traffic is convenient, quiet and wonderful temperature while sleeping at night. EXCELLENT!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Nice little home in Kyoto

Very warm welcome and good service. The little house is very convenient. The location is quiet.

10/10 Excellent

Karena, Taiwan

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10/10 Excellent

Christian, Sverige

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Hรคrligt traditionellt radhus, fantastisk service

Jรคttebra boende som rekommenderas varmt!

10/10 Excellent

Y Nam, ํ•œ๊ตญ

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fantastic place

It was really nice more than I expected. I have a feeling to live my home. If I have a chance to come Kyoto, I would like to visit here again.

10/10 Excellent

Yoo Choi, Seoul, Korea

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์ผ๋ณธ์˜ ์˜ค๋ž˜๋œ ์ฃผํƒ์„ ๊ฐœ์กฐํ•˜์—ฌ ๋งŒ๋“  ์ˆ™์†Œ์ธ๋ฐ ์ง‘์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ ํŽธํ•˜๊ฒŒ ์ง€๋‚ผ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์—ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ํ•„์š”ํ•œ๊ฒƒ์ด ๋‹ค ์ค€๋น„ ๋˜์–ด ์žˆ์–ด์š”. ์ฃผ์ธ์€ ์ปจ์‹œ์–ด์ง€ ์—ญํ• ๊นŒ์ง€ ๋‹ค ์ž˜ ํ•ด์ค๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๊ฐ€๊ณ  ์‹ถ์€๊ณณ์˜ ์ •๋ณด์™€ ์ ˆ์•ฝํ•ด์„œ ๊ด€๊ด‘ ํ•˜๋Š”๋ฒ• ํšจ์œจ์ ์ธ ๊ด€๊ด‘ ์ฝ”์Šค ๊ณ„ํš ์งœ๊ธฐ๋„ ์•Œ๋ ค์ฃผ๊ณ , ...ํ•„์š”ํ•œ๊ฒƒ์ด ์žˆ์œผ๋ฉด ๋ฐ”๋กœ ๋ฐ”๋กœ ์ „๋‹ฌํ•ด์ฃผ๋‹ˆ ๋“ ๋“ ํ•ด์š”.... ๋‹จ์ ์€ ํ˜ธํ…”์˜ ์œ„์น˜ ์ฐพ๊ธฐ์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ํƒ์‹œ ๊ธฐ์‚ฌ๋„ ์‰ฌ์ด ์ฐพ์ง€ ๋ชปํ•˜๋Š” ๊ณจ๋ชฉ๊ธธ์•ˆ์— ์œ„์น˜ํ•ด ์žˆ์œผ๋ฏ€๋กœ ์ฃผ๋ณ€ ์ •๋ณด๋ฅผ ์ž˜ ์•Œ์•„๋‘๊ณ  ์ฐพ์•„๊ฐ„๋‹ค๋ฉด ๋„์›€์ด ๋ ๊ฒƒ์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

10/10 Excellent

์žฅ์ฐฝ์›, ํ•œ๊ตญ

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์•„๋ฆ„๋‹ค์šด ๋‚ด๋ถ€๊ณต๊ฐ„๊ณผ ํŽธ๋ฆฌํ•œ ์œ„์น˜

ํ˜ธํ…”๋‚ด๋ถ€์˜ ์•„๋ฆ„๋‹ค์›€๊ณผ ํŽธ๋ฆฌํ•จ์ด ์ •๋ง ์ข‹์œผ๋ฉฐ ํ˜ธํ…”์˜ ์œ„์น˜๋Š” JR๊ตํ† ์™€ ํ•œํ์„ ์˜ ์ค‘๊ฐ„์— ์žˆ์–ด ์ฒ ๋„์ด์šฉ์— ๋งค์šฐ ํŽธ๋ฆฌํ•˜๋‹ค. ๋˜ํ•œ ํ˜ธํ…”์ฃผ๋ฉด์— ๋‹ˆ์‹œํ˜ผ๊ฐ„์ง€ ๋“ฑ ๋ฌธํ™”์œ ์ ๋„ ๋„๋ณด๋กœ 5๋ถ„์•ˆ์— ์œ„์น˜ํ•˜๊ณ  ์žˆ์–ด ๋งค์šฐ ์ข‹๋‹ค. ๊ฐ€์กฑ๊ณผ ์—ฌํ–‰์„ ํ•œ๋‹ค๋ฉด ์ •๋ง ๊ฐ•๋ ฅ์ด ์ถ”์ฒœํ•  ์ˆ™์†Œ์ด๋‹ค.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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