Name: Guesthouse Taikoya – Hostel
Address: 105-1 Nishirokkaku-cho, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, 604-8217, Japan
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

Garden

No elevators

General

Luggage storage

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Coffee/tea for guests

Common kitchen

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hostel

Karasuma Oike

Shijō

Nijōjō-mae

Nakagyo Ward

Kyoto International Manga Museum

Nijo Castle

Nishihonganji Temple

Kenninji Temple

Kyoto Imperial Palace

Higashi Honganji Temple

Shoseien Garden

Yasaka Shrine

Kyoto Tower

Maruyama Park

Kyoto Aquarium

Kodaiji Temple

Umekoji Park

Sanjusangendo Temple

Chion-in Temple

Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art

Kyoto National Museum

Kyoto Municipal Zoo

Kiyomizu Temple

Toji Temple

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Itami Airport

Osaka Museum of Housing and Living

Kids Plaza Osaka

Kema Sakuranomiya Park

Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Arcade

Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris Wheel

Osaka Castle

Nakanoshima Park

Osaka Museum of History

Osaka National Museum of Art

Osaka Science Museum

Utsubo Park

Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade

Kuromon Ichiba

Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping Street

Shitennoji Temple

Tsutenkaku Tower

Tennoji Zoo

Abeno Harukas

Universal Studios Japan

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

Guesthouse Taikoya – Hostel

Kyoto

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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4-beds

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8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Taiko-ya is a small Hostel with only 3 rooms(two japanese Style, one with a normal bed) and an only-women-dormotory. There is a little garden where you can smoke. Everything is quite small. All guests share one bathroom. If you don't sleep in the dorm, you can take a hot bath in a nice wooden bathtub. They have closing hours from 12 to 4 in the afternoon, but it's no problem to come back late at night, because you get a key.There is also a livingroom, where you can sit together with other guests.
It's easy to find (Rokkaku-dori !!!) and about 8 min from the Subway Station "Karasuma-Oike" and there is a pharmacy and convenient stores nearby.I highly recommend this Hostel!

Beautifull, small and authentic

Stayed in the female dorm for 7 nights. The dorm was not very spacious and a bit dark but the hostel was of a traditional Japanese house. Great atmosphere, easy to talk to other people and the hostel owner was friendly and welcoming.

Unique experience 

Went to this guest house at the end of 2013 with my girlfriend and i have to say...one of the best guest houses i've been in! Relatively clean, a lot of facilities to use, and Yu-san (the 'inn-keeper') was great help and lots of fun.

The place is basically a very traditional, old-style Japanese house. You have the wooden beamed roof and sliding doors equipped with a high tech pad-lock and key. A kitchen that you are very welcome to use. There are toilets and a shower. Even the possibility of taking a bath in a quaint Japanese pressed Cyprus wood bath tub looking out onto a small sectioned of stone garden. They also have free Wi-fi. If you go in winter, fear not! They have a Kotatsu in the living room, as well as a heater that they turn on if it gets cold.

In my mind, there were only a few things that i thought were a little dis-likable, and only one of those that might actually be irksome to people.
Firstly, Due to taiko-ya being kept very traditional (and also because it was renovated) the rooms are separated by a thin wall that has a gap when it comes to the roof. As such, there's not much privacy when it comes to noise and oppositely, it may get a bit loud at night if there are a lot of people.
Secondly, THE STAIRS, for those of you who have been in a japanese house before you might know of these, for others, imagine a steep attic staircase. EXCEPT, it leads to the second floor. I didn't mind it too much but it makes for a few slips and falls.
LASTLY, The toilets are in the main walk-way with only one in a futher off corner. Personally, just my own problem with going to the toilet when you know others might hear you doing your business. MY solution was to just go to the further off one! (It was the nicer toilet anyway)

Overall! An amazing little jewel very fitting of Kyoto. In a good location, in the midst of a lot of alleyway snacks and shops, whilst also close (5-8min walk) to many forms of public transport. Yu-san is very helpful and happy to answer any questions and also speaks english. Definitely give this place a go and you won't regret it!

PS. IF YOUR ARRIVING IN THE AFTERNOON GO AFTER....4 (i think)! They close for cleaning in the late afternoon and no one is in until then so you can't check-in. Afterwards, you get a door combination to get in.

Very amazing atmosphere and people!

First, the good: this guesthouse is historic and has been beautifully maintained.  Tatami mats are throughout, there are both traditional and Western-style rooms, and the character of the house has been maintained. It is on the edge of the more tourist-friendly part of town. It is affordable, and is managed by an affable young man.
I think our experience was complicated by a number of unfortunate events. First, you can't drop your bags off between 11:00 AM and check in time, and our train came in just after 11, so we were stuck toting bags around all day.  Second, our reservation was lost. The host was still able to accommodate us, and we stayed in one room the first night and one room the second, but it wasn't, unfortunately, what we had planned for.  The guesthouse is perfectly nice, but is definitely more hostel than guesthouse, which is fine, just not something that we were clear on.  That said, our room the second night, a traditional room on the ground floor across from the courtyard, was wonderful.

Quaint but Complicated

The staff was extremely rude! When I arrived at 8 am and dropped my bag, the guy gave me the key and showed me around and also told me that I can't use the room until 4 pm which is the check in time. I understood that part, then i asked politely if i can use the washroom to get change and freshen up before i head out. He then completely over-reacted and said,"what don't you understand about what I just told you, I just told you the check-in time is 4 pm! You can't use the washroom now! This is NOT your country, and in Japan you have rules to follow!" He had a go at me and was telling me off repeatedly about how and why I don't follow the rules. I thought this was completely unnecessary and he was being very RUDE! He made it clear I cant use the bedroom until after check in which is fair, but he didnt say anything about the washroom, and I politely asked him if I can, and this was the reaction I got! The plus sides is that the female staff on the other hand was nice and friendly. The location is great, it is within walking distance from the main shopping street. Lots of small shops and places to eat around it.

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