The Gate Hotel Kyoto Takasegawa by Hulic

Excellent location!! Front of hotel near Takase River. Walking distance to Pontocho Alley, Higashiyama, Geisha district, great shopping malls, Samurai museum, Nishiki markets and more!! Lovely quiet lounge area on Lv 3 where free daily refreshments can be enjoyed after 2pm. Evenings has an exterior fire pit, weather permitting. Staff are Wonderful throughout the hotel. Foyer area , level 1 you will find Blue bottle Cafe which makes great coffee (oat milk available) Masters Bar/restaurant with great food & prompt service. A few other shops too ( dessert, Incense sticks)

Overall, the hotel is good enough, as a perfect location, not so expensive price, and even better if you are a fan of Cardcaptor Sakura. Personally, the most important reason for me to choose this hotel this time is that it is modified from an elementary school, even though if you walk in the hotel now, you even cannot imagine except the outside look of the hotel. You can feel it used to be a school. More importantly, this elementary school is the model for Tomoe school. The location of the hotel is great, kawaramachi is a great location not only it is close to gion, but also you can feel the quiet atmosphere in the morning but enjoying late night life at night at the same time. However, kawaramachi station is kind of hard for traveller with large suitcase as it is very hard to find an lift or escalator in the subway. You might need to consider how to move your suitcase up and down. The room is large with very interesting room planning, which is kind of hard to see in other hotels. However, at least the room I stayed in did not provide a suitcase stand so I had to put my suitcase on the ground, which was annoying.

Great location and the staff were really friendly.

Beautiful room designed perfectly for all the little details to be exactly right. Huge shower room with a wonderful rain overhead shower with high pressure as well as a handheld if that's your preference, plus a huge tub. Great Japanese toilet that flushes itself but not obnoxiously or before you get off it. Comfortable bed, and a nice small couch and table to sit at and work or eat. Tea kettle in the room, as well as wonderful amenities - including Epsom salts and tiny, wonderful hand lotion! I'm super sensitive and generally don't use any products other than my own, but used the shower products here all four days of my stay and had no issues. Staff is incredibly friendly and helpful at both the front desk and reception. There is functioning heat AND A/C in the room, controlled individually, even in winter, so if you want it cool while sleeping in the winter and the heat in most places is too hot, this is a good place for you. I was sorry to leave and would absolutely love to stay in this super comfortable, high value hotel again.

Very good central location. Huge bar and restaurant on top floor overlooking the city. Separate lounge for guests with drinks and snacks. Standard of restaurant very good. Excellent Japanese and Western breakfast. We ate dinner once, good quality but portions on the small side. Clean comfortable beds. Modern, well equipped room, kettle and fridge. Coffee, tea and water were topped up every day.