utsuwa Designed Hostel

Travelers find a peaceful haven in the heart of Kyoto, just steps from Kiyomizu Temple and the traditional performances at Gion Corner

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March 2026

April 2026

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Utsuwa Designed Hostel in central Kyoto offers a quiet escape near famous landmarks. Guests enjoy freshly prepared breakfast before exploring attractions. After sightseeing, relax in the garden or socialize at the bar with WiFi. The staff is praised for their attentive service.

Exceptional

Popular amenities

Free WiFi
Restaurant
Air conditioning
Breakfast available
Bar
Housekeeping

Room options

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Tonight

Mar 15 - Mar 16

Tomorrow

Mar 16 - Mar 17

Premium bedding, in-room safe, blackout drapes, free WiFi

Standard Single Room, Mixed Dorm, Non Smoking

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

Standard Single Room, Mixed Dorm, Non Smoking

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

[Mixed/Non Smoking] A Japanese Double Room, Free Amenities, Wi-Fi

Sleeps 1
1 Large Twin Bed

Standard Single Room, Mixed Dorm, Non Smoking

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

Standard Single Room, Mixed Dorm, Non Smoking

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

Standard Single Room, Mixed Dorm, Non Smoking

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

Standard Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Non Smoking

Sleeps 2
1 Twin Bunk Bed

About the neighborhood

Located in Higashiyama Ward, a neighborhood in Kyoto, utsuwa Designed Hostel is near a train station. Notable landmarks in the area include Fushimi Inari Shrine and Heian Shrine, and travelers wishing to experience a bit of culture can try Gion Corner. Sanjusangen-do Temple and Kiyomizu Temple are two other places to visit that come recommended. Visit our Kyoto travel guide

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8-86, Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 605-0981

What's nearby

Sanjusangen-do Temple
1 min walk - 0.1 miles
Kyoto National Museum
4 min walk - 0.3 miles
Kawaramachi Street
7 min walk - 0.4 miles
Kiyomizu Temple
20 min walk - 1.1 miles
Chishaku-in Temple
7 min walk - 0.4 miles

Getting around

Shichijo Station
5 min walk
Tofukuji Station
9 min walk
Kansai Intl. Airport (KIX)
100 min drive

Restaurants

マクドナルド
5 min walk
Touzan バー
7 min walk
Cafe 33
7 min walk
CoCo壱番屋京阪七条店
5 min walk
ラーメンの坊歩
5 min walk

About this property

utsuwa Designed Hostel

Hostel near Sanjusangen-do Temple

Located close to Kiyomizu Temple and Gion Corner, utsuwa Designed Hostel provides a terrace, a coffee shop/cafe, and a garden. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as a bar and a restaurant.

You'll also enjoy perks such as:

Cooked-to-order breakfast (surcharge), express check-out, and express check-in
Luggage storage, a water dispenser, and a front-desk safe
Coffee/tea in the lobby

Room features

All guestrooms at utsuwa Designed Hostel have comforts such as premium bedding and air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi and safes.

More amenities include:

Heating and fans
4 bathrooms with deep soaking tubs and toilets with electronic bidets
Private yards, refrigerators, and microwaves

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Property amenities

Internet

Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

No onsite parking available

Food and drink

Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: JPY 600 per person
A bar/lounge
A coffee shop/cafe
A restaurant
Coffee and tea in common areas
Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

Luggage storage
Safe at front desk
Shared microwave
Shared refrigerator
Water dispenser

Guest services

Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

Garden
Terrace

Spa

Shared men and women areas

Accessibility

No elevator

1 building
1 floor
Smoking not allowed
Traditional architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

Blackout drapes
Premium bedding

Bathroom

4 shared bathrooms
Deep soaking bathtub
Free toiletries
Hair dryer
Separate bathtub and shower
Slippers
Toilet with electronic bidet
Towels provided

Food and drink

Microwave
Refrigerator

Air conditioning
Fan
Heating
Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM

Express check-in available

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Contactless check-out available

Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property

Guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance

For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Private entrance

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)

Children and extra beds

Children 17 and younger are not allowed at this property; All guests older than 17 are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

A city tax may be collected at the property. The city tax ranges from JPY 100–10,000 per person, per night based on the nightly room rate. Please note that further exemptions may apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately JPY 600 per person
Housekeeping is available for an additional fee and varies based on length of stay

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

This property accepts credit cards and cash

Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a security system

This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

Guests traveling with a service animal must contact the property prior to arrival.

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Children 17 years old and younger are not permitted at this property

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ); additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file

Property is also known as

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utsuwa Designed Kyoto

utsuwa Designed

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utsuwa Designed Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

utsuwa Designed Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Kyoto

Frequently asked questions

Is utsuwa Designed Hostel pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking?

This hostel doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at utsuwa Designed Hostel?

Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM.

What time is check-out at utsuwa Designed Hostel?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Where is utsuwa Designed Hostel located?

Located in Higashiyama Ward, this hostel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Sanjusangen-do Temple, Kiyomizu Temple, and Gion Corner. Fushimi Inari Shrine and To-ji Temple are also within 2 mi (3 km). Tofukuji Station is 9 minutes by foot and Kujo Station is 20 minutes.

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utsuwa Designed Hostel Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

9.4

Cleanliness

8.8

Location

9.4

Staff & service

9.4

Property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Dec 2, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

おしゃれで清潔。スタッフさんの対応もとても親切でした。

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Jul 15, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

京都のゲストハウスなら器！

おしゃれな空間で京都の滞在はいつもこちらを利用しています。シャワールームも綺麗で、トイレもたくさんあるので安心です。

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Dec 29, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

very nice

quiet and clean, very nice

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hsin Yi

Dec 16, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Truly unique and nice

Clean, quiet, well-equipped and most important, very beautiful and artistic! One of my favorite place to stay in Kyoto, will definitely come back again. The staff are very gracious, nice and friendly too. Yet there is no elevator, but only one floor of stairs to carry.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Dec 16, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

スタッフの方々がとても優しく対応してくださり、心地よく過ごすことができました！

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Dec 1, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Designer Hostel

Nice Hostel in quiet area of Kyoto. Great showers and nice vibe.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Bruno

Nov 13, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Visite de Kyoto et Osaka.

Bien dans l'ensemble a 15 minutes a pied de la gare.

Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Oct 24, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

This hostel was very clean. The shared bathroom is fairly spacious. The showers and toilet rooms are larger than most Japanese hotels. The sleeping pods get a little by hot at night, but nothing out of the ordinary. The staff was super friendly and accommodating. The curry breakfast is amazing and is super reasonable at 600¥ and includes a beverage and yogurt. The whole vibe of this place was very soothing and relaxing. I will definitely stay here next time when I get the chance!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Oct 18, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The staff were friendly and accommodating for an early check in. The place was spotless and comfortable. Great common living/eating area. Great showers. Great location (10-15min walk to Kyoto station).

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Oct 9, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Really great hostel. Super friendly staff. Not a long walk from the station. Only downside is that the rooms don’t really get dark at night due to the windows that open to the floor below, which always has its lights on.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

sylvain

Oct 3, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Sweet home

Great welcome and advices, facility and arrangement to stay one day more. Good atmosphere!

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cheng Fang

Sep 18, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

去日本15天住了4家青年旅館最愛這家

超溫暖的地方睡起來也很舒適下次去京都一定會再訂這家！！！

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Abigail

Jul 21, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Highly recommended

This is hands down the best hostel I’ve ever stayed in. The building is so beautiful and smells like sandalwood. The staff are friendly, everything is super clean, there is a beautiful outdoor area and a nice dining area. The beds are comfortable and the room is air conditioned. Do try the breakfast and coffee, they are delicious and vegetarian (very difficult to find in Japan!). I can’t recommend enough.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

大作戦難民

Jul 7, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

とても良かった。また泊まろうと思った。

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Yolk

Jun 28, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A hostel which especially fits people who are planning to come to Kyoto alone. The staff are all very nice and there are even lockers within your assigned bed.

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Margaud

Jun 7, 2019

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Satisfaisant

Personnel très sympathique et accueillant. Mais ça reste une auberge de jeunesse très basique même quand on prend la chambre japonaise. La propreté laissait parfois à désirer dans les sanitaires et il n’y avait pas de savon pour se laver les mains. Il n’y a pas d’endroits où stocker les valises la journée. Satisfaisant et bien situé pour un court séjour

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Frenky

May 21, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A nice and clean hostel, with friendly service in English. A bit of a walk from Kyoto Station, but they provide a walkthrough (in English) on how to get there with a lot of photos. So, the walk is long, but one does not feel lost, and on the way to the hostel, you can check out where you might want to drink your beer for the night :-)

Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

May 9, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

新しいホステルでとてもきれいでおしゃれです。ファサードの雰囲気も素敵です。七条駅からすぐで、少し歩くといい感じのビールのお店やパン屋さんもありました。木でできているので音が響くかなと心配してましたが、意外と静かでぐっすり眠れました。ただ、予約時に「ご到着日の３日前にチェックイン案内情報をメールにて、お送りいたしますので、ご確認をお願い致します」と自動案内メールが届いたきり、当日まで何度も問い合わせましたがチェックイン案内メールが届かなかったのがずっと気がかりでモヤモヤしていました。施設面はばっちりなのでソフト面も期待しています。

Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

May 5, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

El lugar es limpio y muy cerca de la estación de Kioto. Seguro y cómodo.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Dayoung

Apr 29, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

깔끔하고 젊은 감각의 숙소예요.

숙소는 깔끔하고 편안하고 수건이랑 칫솔, 수면안대, 귀마개 등이 지원되고 키친도 분위기 너무 좋고 깔끔하고 좋았는데 화장실이 오픈되어있는데다 남여공용인데다 방음이 안되는 이 부분이 불편했어요. 근처는 다 주택가이고 편의점이 걸어서 5분 정도 거리에 훼미리마트만 있어서 아쉬웠고 교토역에선 도보로 15분? 정도 걸렸어요.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Sean

Apr 23, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

This location is closed to 七条 station and I always walk to Kyoto station or other famous points like 清水寺 or 祇園 in Sakura season. The main problem of this living place is the sleeping time, every one would wake up or sleep in different time because of the different life style, so it would have a little annoying when someone making noise anytime.

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Apr 13, 2019

Disliked: Cleanliness

Property looks nice, but staff or owner seems extremely inexperienced. Had a very bad experience, first the ran out of towels one night, staff was no where to be found to ask for more towels. Then the next day, when new towels were out, I opened it up and there were hair stuck in it, quite a few strands. It was extremely discomforting.. not sure how it happened.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

PL

Apr 10, 2019

For this cheap price not have much expective, location is okay for me to go another thing.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Feb 28, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

素晴らしいスタッフ、環境、美味しい朝ご飯は京都を滞在する素晴らしい思い出の1ページになると思います。

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Feb 26, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

완전 추천!

정말 좋은 숙소였어요! 우선 스탭 세 분 봤는데 모두 친절하셨고, 그 중 여자 스탭 분은 저보다 더 가녀리신것 같던디 캐리어도 들어주시고 ㅜㅜ.. 교통 편 물어봤는데 다 검색해서 요금이랑 버스 노선도 다 알려주셨어요. 덕분에 고생을 줄일 수 있었습니다. 1층에 샤워시설 네개, 화장실 너댓개, 그냥 세면대도 다섯갠가 있고 각 세면대 밑에 드라이기가 구비되어있고 거울도 여러개 있어서 굉장히 편했어요. 수건 및 일회용품을 하나씩 쓸 수 있다는 것도 참 좋았습니다. 화장실 세면대 샤워시설 모두 깔끔했고, 온수도 아주 잘 나왔어요. 2층엔 방 두개가 있습니다. 각각 방이 도미토리인 것 같았어요. 제가 묵은 방은 A방이었는데, 운이 좋게도 배려넘치는 투숙객들 만나서 너무 조용하고 불편함 없이 지냈습니다. 캐리어 보관할때 쓰라고 자물쇠랑 와이어 하나씩 빌려주는 것도 정말 센스 넘쳤어요 ㅎㅎ 복도가 약간 좁아서 혼자 캐리어 펼칠 땐 괜찮아도, 바로 옆 사람이랑 같이 캐리어 정리하기는 약간 어려워요. 그치만 방 안 쪽에 넓은 공간이 있으니 그쪽에서 해도 됩니다. 침대 폭신하고 침구 바스락거리는 하얀 침구에요! 머리맡에 콘센트 두갠가 있었고, 전등도 있어서 밤에도 편했습니다. 저는 2월 말에 묵어서 추울까봐 걱정했는데 난방 정말 빵빵했고, 호스텔 자체의 분위기도 아주 좋았습니다. 1층 오른쪽은 리빙룸으로, 알바? 주인? 분과 함께 얘기할 수도 있고, 혼자 일정 정리하기도 좋아요. 잔잔한 재즈 음악 틀어주셔서 혼자 맥주랑 간식 먹으면서 제 할일하기 너무 좋더라고요 ㅎㅎ 바에서 얘기 나누는 분들도 계셨고, 혼자 노트북을 하거나 글을 쓰는 사람들도 있었어요. 교통이 딱 하나 아쉬운 점인데요, 교토 역에서 도보로 15-20분 정도 걸리는 것 같았어요. 저는 걸어다녔지만 여행의 피로가 많이 쌓이셨거나 걷는 것을 싫어하시는 분들은 좀 힘들 수 있을 것 같아요 :) 시치조(?) 지하철 역이나 버스 정류장이 가장 가까운데, 걸어서 5분 정도면 호스텔 도착합니다. 어느 관광지와도 걸어서다닐만큼 가깝지는 않아요. 후기가 없다시피해서 약간 망설였는데, 저한테는 최고의 숙소였습니다!

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

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10/10 Excellent

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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

京都のゲストハウスなら器！

Verified traveler

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

very nice

Verified traveler

10/10 Excellent