About

We are located in central Kyoto, only nine minutes’ walk from JR Kyoto Station. Our aim is to provide a clean, cozy and friendly inexpensive stay in Kyoto for all you global travellers.

We’ll do our best to make your stay in Kyoto as comfortable and memorable as possible. We wish to offer travellers an opportunity to meet other travellers in a cosy environment, allowing them to exchange cultural experiences and make new friends.

We offer a variety of rooms for an affordable price and comfortable stay in Kyoto. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning. All of our twin rooms have bunk beds.

*From October 1st 2018, Kyoto city will begin to impose TAX of 200JPY/person/night.
This TAX will be added to the price of your room charge upon arrival.

Our individual shower rooms are available 24hrs a day.

We have a spacious communal tatami lounge with free Wi-Fi; there’s also a fully equipped guest kitchen , a terrace with picnic facilities and a rooftop terrace with great views over Kyoto.

Facilities includes, a tourism information board, free coffee and tea, bicycle rental (1000yen/day) and laundry facilities (500yen/wash and dry).

Guests can also borrow the iron, ironing board, foreign adaptors, guide books, padlocks!

Our friendly English speaking staff will be keen to help you with any tourist information you need.

Our hostel is located near Kyoto station and within reach of the Higashiyama area (Kiyomizu-temple, Gion district, etc) and downtown. Within walking distance of here you'll find restaurants, convenience stores and ATMs.

K's House hostel chain was voted the Best Large Hostel Chain Worldwide in 2011 by Hostelworld.com customers! And K’s House Kyoto was voted the best in Japan and Asia at the 2012 Hostelworld.com Hostel Awards!

Check out our sister hostels across Japan, also listed here on Hostelworld: our brand-new K’s House Takayama,K’s House Takayama Oasis K's House Ito Onsen, K's House Tokyo Oasis, K's House Hakuba alps, K's House Mt.Fuji ,K’s House Hakone, and K's House Hiroshima.

Please note that children aged six and under are not permitted to stay in the dorms.

House Rules

Check In

15:00 - 21:00

Check Out

until 11:00

  • Taxes Not Included
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Facilities

  • Free City Maps
  • Free WiFi
  • Adaptors
  • Luggage Storage
  • Fax Service
  • Reception (limited hours)
  • Washing Machine
  • Hot Showers
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Reviews

9.3Superb(11385)
  • Value for Money
    9.1
  • Security
    9.7
  • Atmosphere
    8.6
  • Cleanliness
    9.3
  • Staff
    9.8
  • Location
    9.5
  • Facilities
    9.1
Stayed in Jun 2025
10
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Victoria
Female, 25-30, Netherlands
I stayed for 5 nights and I had an amazing time. It’s a very social hostel, the common area is amazing and the kitchen very nice. It’s a large common area but set up in a way that it’s easy to meet people. Everything is always very clean and the bed was comfy, just a shame that there are no curtains on the 6 bed dorm beds (8 bed dorm has them). The staff is very friendly and welcoming, it really felt like home. I will definitely be back.
Stayed in Jun 2025
10
A
Anthony
Male, 25-30, USA
Wonderful staff and great stay
Stayed in Jun 2025
9.7
H
Holly
Couple, 25-30, England
The hostel is fab. The dorms are spacious and there is bag storage under the beds. Each room is key card locked. The location is great, 10 mins to Kyoto station and about 2 mins to 7/11 and metro. The staff are so kind and friendly, they work hard to make it an enjoyable stay. The place is so clean and tidy and they are very welcoming. Lots of travellers staying when we were there which was so nice but the communal space gets busy. Kitchen is great! Curtains on beds would be the only suggestion
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Location

418 Nayachou, Shichijo-agaru, Dotemachi-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
2.5km from city centre
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Hostelworld says

Backpackers Hostel K's House Kyoto is located less than 10 minutes' walk from JR Kyoto station and is about 20 minutes' walk to the Gion District. Hostelworld guests frequently praise this clean and modern hostel's "friendly and cosy" atmosphere and the "incredibly helpful, knowledgeable and friendly" staff who "are willing to take the time out to help you get to wherever you want to be and will even Google Map and help book places." We like their rooftop terrace with a view over the city. It's no wonder this was rated the best large hostel chain at the 2011 Hoscars!