No. 01: Aman Kyoto アマン京都
Twenty-six rooms in low pavilions at the foot of Mount Takagamine
Kerry Hill's pavilions sit in a long-established forest garden on the city's northern edge, with a hot-spring bath.
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No. 02: HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO
The Mitsui family's 1703 gate, opposite Nijo Castle
André Fu did the interiors of this Japanese-owned hotel on the former Mitsui estate. It has a courtyard garden and a natural hot spring.
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No. 03: The Shinmonzen ザ・シンモンゼン
Nine Tadao Ando suites on Shinmonzen-dori, beside the Shirakawa canal
Stephanie Goto designed its six-seat bar.
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No. 04: Tawaraya 俵屋旅館
One family for three centuries, and a first website in 2026
Kyoto's oldest surviving ryokan, open for about 320 years. Its 1965 wing is attributed to Junzo Yoshimura.
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No. 05: Hiiragiya 柊家
Six generations since 1818, and Kawabata wrote here
About 28 rooms in sukiya architecture, on Fuyacho-Anekoji in Nakagyo.
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No. 06: Hoshinoya Kyoto 星のや京都
A riverside ryokan in the Arashiyama gorge, reached by boat
Hoshino Resorts runs it as a modern ryokan, with gardens by Hiroki Hasegawa. The hotel's own boat brings guests from Togetsu-kyo.
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No. 07: Park Hyatt Kyoto パーク ハイアット 京都
A hillside hotel built with a 140-year-old ryotei on Ninenzaka
Tony Chi designed the interiors of the low-rise buildings, which share the site with Sanso Kyoyamato and look towards the Yasaka pagoda.
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No. 08: Capella Kyoto カペラ京都
Capella's first Japan hotel, in the Miyagawa-cho geisha quarter
Kengo Kuma & Associates designed the building and Brewin Design Office the interiors. It opened in 2025.
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