Imakumano Terrace - Dohachi An 道八庵

We stayed for a week and explored Kyoto by foot from here. Rachel has done a great job renovating this machiya and inside it is very comfortable and roomy. The small courtyard garden at the back provides a wonderful ambience to the living areas and is a nice place to sit in the evening and have a glass of wine. We couldn’t fault our accommodation or our host who was always available to answer questions and provide information. We self catered and the cooking facilities are very good with basic cooking ingredients such as salt, soy, oil etc. When we arrived the fridge was stocked with a range of drinks and some snacks were also provided. The wooden soaking bath is brilliant and highly recommended. A great range of soaps, lotions etc were also provided.

Everything was great, Rachel had done a great job anticipating our needs.

The house was perfect. Felt traditional, but with all modern conveniences. Very peaceful, but only a short walk to buses and restaurants. Rachel and Ryoko were great hosts, suggesting vegan restaurants and places to visit. Very highly recommended.

We liked that it was in a quiet part of Kyoto and had what felt like a modern Japanese home with amazing laundry/drying facilities, kitchen and ofuro (zen bathtub). It came with breakfast foods, basic ingredients and a great selection of beauty hygiene products.

We were shown how to use the facilities which was great and helpful but felt it would be handy to have a booklet with the information so we can refer to it when we were confused.

ホテルでは味わえない、お家感。

場所が少し分かりずらかったのと、、道中の道幅が少し狭かった。