It is located in the very convenient part of Gion. Our first room assignment was in the basement. It smelled very moldy so we had to change to 2nd floor. During our stay, my wife's pretty dress was stolen during the cleaning. We reported this and the hotel didn't do anything. Their general professionalsim in Gion seemed to be pretty low. I felt I was discriminated as a foreigner in many places in Gion including this hotel. One example is all expensive restaurant requires booking through hotel. When I called three restaurants, they all asked me to ask the hotel front for the availability for the specific day. So I hung up and called my hotel front. 15 minutes later, my hotel front said it was full. What!?! Why didn't they even say it was full in the first place. The hotel front didn't give me any alternative dates so I had to make many calls again. I highly recommend avoiding this hotel based my experience.