Discount Hotel Econo-Inn

Peter Enzerink — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:42:23 +0000

You pay for your room in advance and have a choice of double or triple room with self contained shower and toilet. The rooms are only serviced once a week and there is a communal fridge in the lounge area downstairs. Free wireless internet access is supposedly available in the rooms but I couldn’t get a signal on the 6th floor. We also identified some setup issues with the internet connectivity that meant only wired access worked reliably however there were a few ports available so that wasn’t really a problem.

It is fairly well located without being particularly close to any rail transport. This was fine when the weather was good but meant 5-10 minutes walk in the rain to the closest subway. There are two grocery shops across the busy road.

Two hundred metres back towards Kyoto station is Shousei-En garden.

67 Hirai-cho, Kawaramachi-Gojo Sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
TEL: +81-(0)75-343-6660
FAX: +81-(0)75-343-6667

Kyoto Traveler’s Inn

Peter Enzerink — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:25:21 +0000

The hotel is a mix of western style rooms and Japanese Ryokan/Minshuku. The rooms have a very compact shower and toilet but I much preferred the large public baths segregated by sex. There is a basic restaurant but we always ate out so I can’t comment on the food.

It is well located in the North East part of Kyoto and very accessible by Subway and Bus. It is very close to Heian Shrine (the large red object up and left of the hotel in the map below.

91 Enshojicho, Okazaki, Sakyoku, Kyotoshi, Kyoto 606-8344
Telephone (075)771-0225
Facsimile (075)771-0226

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Discount Hotel Econo-Inn

Kyoto Traveler’s Inn