Room 812 has seen better days. The hotplate is broken, and so there is an electric jug to boil the water for tea (green tea bags supplied), and the digital clock and radio between the two beds doesn't work, so there's an analogue alarm clock sitting on the bedside table. But those really are peripheral and relatively unimportant things. What's... More

We just finished our five-night stay at Court Hotel Shijo. What a relief! Our room was at the 10th floor and as we were leaving the room while the cleaning in progress, we saw that all other rooms in the same level are in similar condition. Our room is tiny, as in most Japanese hotels. We never enjoyed the bathroom... More

When booking this hotel on Internet it was not possible to specify that you wanted a non smoking room (apparently because they have so few). When we checked in we asked if they had any such rooms but they were all taken already. We were told that if we would have called them in advance they could have tried to... More

I booked this hotel through Japan Hotels Online after reading reviews on this site. We paid 4,700 Yen per person per night, except for Saturday night, which was 6,300. Taxes were extra. The location is good for walking to the eastern temple area and Gion. The Kamo River was about 20 minutes away via Shijo-dori. Much shopping on that street,... More