Small World Guesthouse in Kyoto Reviews

This hostel is quite far from the station and away from touristy attractions. It's quite hard to find and I had to use my iphone. It has a traditional feel of what most homes in Japan are like if this is what you want to experience. I live in Japan and am used to cold rooms, but foreigners might say it's a bit cold. I had a bicycle so I could get around, and you can rent bikes here which makes it easier to travel around Kyoto.

It´s a nice little guesthouse, but difficult to find from the station. We had to call them and were told to ask the restaurant at the busstop. A nice young man showed us the guesthouse, but a better discription would be helpfull.

This place was very down to earth. If you want a to live like a local, here's your chance, but if your used to a more pristine ryokan stay, this could be roughing it. Easy to get to from Kyoto station, just ride (I can't remember which bus) straight north for 25-30minutes. It was nice to get out of the cluster of the city and experience a small, cute neighborhood.

If you are searching for a peaceful and Japanese-style place to be in kyoto, this is the right choice. Both dormitory and simple rooms are comfortable and nice. There's a small garden inside and a terrace.The owner is extremely descreet, kind and helpful. There's a bus a few steps far, or, even better, you can rent a bike. You can walk to the well known Funaoka onsen. Highly raccomanded for those who wants to enjoy Kyoto standing apart from the crowd of tourists. Lovely traditional furniture!

In little cute house but a little bit far from downtown

This hostel is really hard to find - a sign in English would have been useful. It was a bit cold at night going out to the toilet/shower/sink and the bed was a little on the hard side (both characteristics of a traditional Japanese place though) but the room was ok and it was great to have a big shelf, bed light and electric socket each.

Really nice and cozy place! In a quite neigjborhood. With good atmosphere!

The toilet and bathroom are outside the room, so it's cold in the winter. It will be better to stay here in summer. But overall, it's fine.

Really sweet little place, a little hard to find and not so close to the town centre - if you are going to stay here you probably want to buy the 500 yen bus pass each day to get to and from the hostel. Staff was really nice and the rooms were really good quality. The hostel seemed quite old and basic in some ways - but I think that this added to the experience.

Very cold place...

very nice old japanese homestay