Bright Hotel Kiyomizu, Kyoto — Hotel in Kyoto

Simple room for rent, NOT a hotel.

Positives: This place is just an ordinary lodging facility in a good location (close to the bus station and Kiyomizu temple). The rooms are tiny yet satisfactory, and the amenities are in good condition. WIFI is strong, the water is hot, and the water pressure is good.

Nevertheless, before you book, you should know that this is not a hotel. There is no reception or human contact and no room cleaning (room cleaning is about 4000 yen per time!) And even if you want to change the towels, it costs money—also, no laundry machines except in certain rooms. You need to take out the garbage yourself. There is no coffee or tea provided, and there is a small kitchen but not even salt, sugar, cooking oil, kitchen towel, or a pan. It is like they didn't think it through.

In conclusion: it's a very basic place to stay for the night. It lacks human contact and service. It's nothing like a hotel, so don't be fooled...

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...

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...