Housed in a historic Japanese building more than 80 years old, Rakucho Ryokan is a 10-minute walk from Kitayama Subway Station, which is a 15-minute subway ride from JR Kyoto Station. Featuring a Japanese garden and antique furniture, it offers traditional Japanese lodging with free Wi-Fi in public areas.
Guest rooms feature a tatami (woven-straw) floor and traditional futon bedding. Air conditioning and heating facilities are fitted in all rooms, while an electric kettle and green tea bags are provided. Bathrooms and toilets are shared, and towels can be rented.
The Ryokan has a shared kitchen with a fridge and a microwave. Coin-operated laundry machines are available as well. Guests can use the internet terminal in the common area for free.
Ryokan Rakucho is a 20-minute bus ride from the Kiyomizu-dera Temple. Shimogamo Shrine is located 2 km away. Kamogawa River can be reached within a 7-minute walk, and Kyoto Botanical Garden is a 15-minute walk from the property.
Score from 160 reviews
Superb
9.0/10
Rooms: 8
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Address: Sakyo-ku Shimogamo Higashihangi-cho 67 , Kyoto 606-0824 
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What people say
The receptionist was extremely helpful and caring without being intrusive.
All that we thought we needed - it was right there for us. The bathrooms and toilets were really clean and they were always accessible despite being common to all guests.
The tatami room smelled wonderful and it was a pleasure sleeping on the hard floor although we are not used to it.
What a wonderful place to stay! If somebody wants to feel some Japanese
culture I do recommend this ryokan! I would definitely come back here
with a pleasure! The staff very helpful and nice. We had also lots of
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Nice room on a little garden courtyard, quiet traditional accommodations in a convenient but not noisy location. Helpful staff with good English language skills. Kitchen facilities, refrigerator and washer/dryer very useful. Nice guide book library.
Tatami and Yukata gave a flair of the japanese life style.
Staff was very friendly and helpful!.
I didn't find anything what I could complain about.
The shared bathroom setup is a little idiosyncratic, certainly clean, but oddly arranged, though one gets used to it.
Walls not completely sound proof.
