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2.5 out of 5
CHIKUYOAN
1-23-2 Choshi, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto

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9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 41 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 45 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

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10/10 Excellent

Darcy, West Hollywood

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a cozy place to stay on our trip to Kyoto, the beds were comfortable and the staff (Sonoe and Hiro) were so kind. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a place to stay in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tetsuo

Travelled with family
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A bit outside of Kyoto but very worth the slight extra work to get here. It is only a 20 minute train ride to Kyoto Station. We have relatives in Kyoto and have stayed here on three trips over the last 7 years. The rooms with multiple beds and futon are spacious and bright, with lots of storage, electrical/charging outlets, fun tatami sitting/work area, kitchenette, dual bathroom sinks, and roomy shower. Great for family groups staying together. The self-serve laundry is a bonus for light travelers. The Japanese style furo (bath) onsite is fun and relaxing (small extra charge). We have had the privilege of being hosted by the founders who are fluent in English and understand the finer points of the hospitality industry. Unparalleled attention to detail and service! Nagaokakyo itself has some nice sites, activities and events. The inn is close to convenience stores and local restaurants, as well. We are a well traveled family all over the world---one of the best experiences by far for lodging!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Sonoe & Hiro on 2 Oct 2023
Thank you so much for staying with us. We are very happy to see you all & Oba-chan after Corona attack!We truly look forward to seeing you again in not too distant future.

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Business traveller
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Extremely accommodating and friendly.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Sonoe&Hiro on 2 Oct 2023
Thank you for staying with us.We look forward to seeing you again !!!

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

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Dont write reviews often but this was a great stay. Owners are so personable and very detailed oriented. This level of hospitality was refreshing and enjoyed 2 peaceful nights. Highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Sonoe&Hiro on 17 Apr 2023
Hi Chris san,Thank you for your review and we are glad your stay with us was enjoyable.Wish you all the best and look forward to hosting you in due course.With best regards,Sonoe and HiroKyoto Guest Inn Nagaokakyo

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's beyond words for telling our satisfaction of the Kyoto Guest Inn Nagaokakyo. Perhaps this is the best Inn we ever visited during our numerous tours around the world. Hiro and Sonoe are such a pair of wonderful hosts who look after at every details of our visit, from picking us up at the train station and dropping us off every time we went out. The place is super clean and well organized. All the little decors are carefully chosen and give us a sense of refreshing. Sonde's direction for our day trips are so accurate and precise that we never get lost in such a big city. I have to emphasis that their breakfast are extraordinary, no matter if it's continental or Japanese. Everybody should try this when staying there. Although the house is over 100 years old, but it has been carefully redesigned and renovated to meet the highest quality as a 5 stars hotel. Hiro and Sonoe speak very good English, so there's no communication problem like other places in Japan. Our stay was just too short, so we already made plans to return to this gem in Nagaokokyo and stay longer this time to enjoy this quint little town.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Chek Ming

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The host couple can speak fluent English, and they are sincere and very caring to the guests to every details. The guest inn is modern and in very good condition. A lift is even installed to be convenient for guests with heavy luggages.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Sonoe on 3 Apr 2019
Thank you for staying with us. Please come back again in not too distant future. We look forward to seeing you atanin in Nagaokakyo!

10/10 Excellent

Joanna, QLD, Australia

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Super comfortable and great quiet location. The hosts were very accommodating and friendly and had great English so there were no problems with communication. Would stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Sonoe on 3 Apr 2018
Thank you for staying with us. Please come back again to Nagaokayo! Look forward to seeing you again!

10/10 Excellent

MASAHIRO

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A hotel I would NOT like to recommend others.
I found a wonderful petit hotel, which has only 4 guest rooms and is hosted by Owner, his wife and son. Their hospitality is the best I has stayed in a while. You can have an experience with Japanese Tea Ceremony on request. When the ceremony room is not occupied, you can lie down on clean Tatami mats and read your favorite books or nap for a while. Personally, the hotel location is very convenient for business. There are several manufacturing company HQs nearby. And you can access Suntory Beer Plant via walk and Yamazaki Wisky Distillery by taxi.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

megan, sydney

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Excellent guesthouse outside of Kyoto
The hosts are so lovely and generous. They picked me up at the station and gave me a map and helped me plan my routes for the 2 days I was there. You can walk to the private rail station and it takes about half an hour into central kyoto then there are buses and trains to the shrines and temples. The guesthouse is very traditional and beautiful. There is a lovely japanese bath you can book for 45 mins in the evening. The Japanese breakfast is delicious and very inexpensive. I wish I could have stayed here longer. There is a convenience store and a restaurant near and you can book dinner at the guesthouse if you tell them a day in advance. I highly rrcommend this place and will stay here again if I return.

10/10 Excellent

WST, singapore

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Amazing place to stay...very nice and helpful owner...giving us the guide of places to visit and how to get there. They offer us a lift to JR on our departure to Kyoto...very kind of him.
Arashiyama

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Nice cosy guest inn with lovely staffs
Lovely couple running the Guest Inn. Kind and friendly and they really make you feel like home. Everything was good. Location was in a quiet neighbourhood (which we like) but it's only a train ride away to the hustle and bustle.

8/10 Good

Johan Mikael

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Cozy and nice guesthouse
Great place to stay when visiting the Yamazaki Whisky Distillery and Suntory Beer Brewery.

10/10 Excellent

Tommy, Montreal

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Excellent hotel, 15-25 minutes from downtown
Hotel owners did everything possible to help us. Lift from and to closest JR train station, plan trips within kyoto, prepare continental breakfast, etc. They speak english very well. Hotel looks brand new and is beautful. The hotel location is its achille heel. The hotel is well deserved by train (5 minutes walk), but is 15-25 minutes from downtown. The location was not really a problem once our luggages were in the hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Tom , Uk

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Brand new hotel
Amazing service from the beginning onwards; we truly recommend this hotel to you

10/10 Excellent

ゆう

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女将さんの対応が素晴らしかったです！ また行かせていただきます！
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Sonoe on 22 May 2024
この度は、竹葉庵をご利用いただきありがとうございました。またのお越しを心よりお待ちしています。

6/10 Okay

キミユキ

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Siucheung

Travelled with partner
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Nice room with peaceful environment. They had gave us some useful information for our trip!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Sonoe on 26 Mar 2024
Thank you very much for staying with us. Please come again whenever you visit Japan. We look forward to seeing you again.

10/10 Excellent

NORIAKI

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Hiro & Sonoe on 27 Feb 2024
この度は、竹葉庵にご宿泊いただきありがとうございました。短い間でしたがお話をさせていただきとても楽しい時間を持たせて頂きました。ぜひまたお越しいただける日をお待ちしております。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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部屋は快適でとてもいい香りでゆっくり休めました。チェックイン時も遅い時間ながら非常に親切にしていただき感謝しています。
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Sonoe- Chikuyo-an on 19 Nov 2023
Thank you very much for staying with us.We hope to see you again soon ()

10/10 Excellent

NAOKO

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from 竹葉庵 on 23 Oct 2023
この度は、竹葉庵をご利用いただき誠にありがとうございました。ぜひまたお越しくださいね。心よりお待ちしております。

10/10 Excellent

トシユキ

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Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from 小泉 on 29 May 2023
この度は、ご宿泊いただきありがとうございました。ぜひまたお目にかかれる日を楽しみにしています。

10/10 Excellent

CHEN HUA

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Naoyuki

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Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

HAMA, 岡崎

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
部屋は清潔感があり、コンセントも多くて助かりました。予約制の家族風呂はちょうど良い広さで快適でした。朝のコーヒーとパンも美味しく満足しています。夕食は徒歩8分程度の居酒屋シャモチンさんの料理はとても美味しかったです。
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from 小泉 on 19 Aug 2019
この度は、ご宿泊いただきありがとうございました。 ぜひまた、お目にかかれる日を楽しみにしています。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
全てに置いて満足！！
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from 京都ゲストイン長岡京　小泉 on 21 Mar 2019
ご宿泊ありがとうございました。 今度は、ぜひバーへお越しくださいね！お待ちしています。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
四部屋の小さな施設で、身の丈にあったおもてなしを、と言われましたが、ゆっくりと過ごすことができました。 来年も長岡京を通るので、また泊まってみたいと思えるステキなお宿です。 朝食後のコーヒーも、香りが良くて、お代わりしてしまいました。
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from 小泉園栄 on 28 Feb 2019
ご滞在誠にありがとうございました。次回も、お会いできますことを楽しみにしています。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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ビジネスセミナーの滞在にて使用
ご主人も女将さんも気持ちよく対応していただきました。 チェックインの時やお風呂のときも若い従業員さんが丁寧に対応していただきました。
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

kazumi

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満足
アットホームで、とても良かったです
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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宿自体（部屋の清潔度、調度品、スタッフの対応）は大変満足でしたが、定員4人の部屋にしては空調が弱く、寒波が厳しい時期とも相まってなかなか部屋が暖まらなかったのが残念でした。
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018
Response from 小泉 on 5 Mar 2018
この度は、当館にご宿泊いただき、誠にありがとございました。空調の件、ご不便をおかけし申し訳ございません。今後の改善に努めたいと思います。ぜひまた、当館をご利用ください。お待ちしています。

10/10 Excellent

金子, 静岡県湖西市

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一押しのホテルです
結婚式のため夫婦で2泊しました。 とてもいいホテルでした。 晩秋の京都を満喫できました。 またお邪魔したいと思います。 ホテルの皆様ありがとうございます。
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Response from 京都ゲストイン長岡京 on 13 Dec 2017
この度は、当館にお泊りいただき、誠にありがとうございました。結婚式オンリーのご滞在でしたが、ぜひ今度はゆっくり観光にリラックスしにお越しください。また、お会いできるのを心より楽しみにお待ちしています。お部屋のロープ(笑）、ぜひまた会いに（？）来てください！

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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鄰近鉄路, 交通方便, 旅舍舒適清潔, 主人有禮好客
今次到京都選擇了這間日式旅舍實在極之滿意, 日本先生太太英語非常好, 溝通上無問題,經常給我們很好的交通意見, 還給我們地圖, 幫我們劃好路線, 非常親切, 如朋友一樣. 由西山天王山站到旅舍步行只需7分鐘, 到河原町都是20分鐘左右. 旅舍很新, 開了只有一年, 整體清潔整齊, 擺設很幽雅, 還有電梯可到達2樓, 携帶大行李也不怕, 日本先生還幫我們送行李上到房, 走時又駕車送我們到車站, 實在體貼. 床舖很舒服, 每天睡到不願起床. 附近是民居, 沒有太多商店, 只有一間便利店, 如要吃早餐, 可以通知旅舍為你預準日式或西式的. 下次再來京都我一定會再來入住, 感覺就像回家一樣.

10/10 Excellent

Ralf

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Familiäre Perle um Kyoto und Osaka zu erleben.
Ich und drei Freunde haben für unsere erste Reise nach Japan dieses Gasthaus gewählt. Da es sehr gut gelegen ist, konnten wir mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln die schönsten orte Kyotos und Osaka schnell erreichen. Mit unseren Gastgebern konnten wir uns sehr gut auf Englisch unterhalten. Das Frühstück war sehr gut und für Fragen und Tipps waren unsere Gastgeber immer offen. Keiner von aus hätte sich mehr Gastlichkeit wünschen können.
Response from General Manager on 4 Nov 2016
Thank you very much for staying with us! We re very happy that you enjoyed your stay here in Nagaokakyo! We truly look forward to seeing you again in not too distant future!

10/10 Excellent

TSUNG-HUA

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好客的旅館主人、CP值高的住宿
雖然不在鬧區但交通還算方便，以這種房價非常不錯。 老闆及老闆娘待人好客親切，亦會提供旅遊資訊。 房間環境很整潔舒適。

10/10 Excellent

Shih-Chun, 台灣

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超讚
老闆娘超級親切，四月才剛開，設施都很新價錢又便宜，下次還要住啦！

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Schönes stilvoll eingerichtetes Guesthouse
Sehr schönes stilvoll eingerichtetes Haus mit viel Liebe zum Detail. Gut Anbindung - man ist problemlos in 15 - 20 min Downtown. Sehr freundlicher und hilfsbereiter Service.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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とにかくきれいでオシャレ
女一人で利用させて頂きました。ゲストインとの名前から、予約したものの、不安もあったのですが、とてもきれいなお部屋と、お風呂、バーなど高級感たっぷりの設備に感動し、このお値段で本当に宿泊出来るのかと思ったくらいです。(一人にはもったいないくらいのゆったり使えるお部屋です)　　はじめての京都で土地勘もなかった為、到着の際、最寄り駅まで迎えに来てくださるサービスに、感激しました。食事のお店もオススメを丁寧に教えて下さり、帰ってからはバーで遅くまでお酒を楽しませて頂きました。バーの雰囲気も最高です。　　またオーナーさんご夫妻がとても魅力的な方々で、大人の宿という雰囲気でありながら、楽しくお話させていただきました。　こちらへ泊まりに、また京都へ行きたいです。