Guesthouse Kyoto Yamashina

Yamashina is a quiet residential area, so I found myself heading into Kyoto for meals and things to do. That was easy, either by JR Line to Kyoto Station or the Tozai Line Subway, which gets you very close to Gion. I spent a week there with a friend in mid March 2025, and the house was fantastic: comfortable, with good-sized rooms and everything we wanted, including a kitchenette, wet room, and two full-size bedrooms. The hosts had made it welcoming, too. There’s manga, though it’s in Japanese, a mini Famicom to play, and a kotatsu that was one of my highlights. The only thing I’d suggest clarifying is the Wifi policy. We got an email asking us not to stream Youtube or Netflix, and followed that, but the TV had a Youtube App installed and seemed signed into a Guest house account, so we wondered if Youtube on the TV was okay. It wasn’t quite clear what Wifi use was allowed. This was a minor gripe, mostly relevant in the evenings when we might have wanted to watch something in English. I highly recommend the Guest House Yamashina.