Rakumankan

This was one of our best experience in Japan . The house is in a quiet suburb of Kyoto far from the touristy places . Lot of nice cafes , local bars around mostly visited by locals . The house and the host ! Just wonderful . House is a passion project of the owner who is a music director . Lots of vintage stuff in the house carefully curated . For Audiophiles this is heaven . CD Playes , Vinyl Player , a Music room with custom modified audio equipment ect. House is 3 floors with all artifacts handpicked and a collection of coffee equipment . The owner has got a 100 year old traditional Japanese house inside the same property. He invites us for a cofffe there on our last day of stay and that was some experience . A very gentle soul full of passion. Glad we picked this place.

If u are travelling with elderly folks this is avoidable . All Rooms ar eon the first floor and toilets are ont he ground floow and the staircase is very steep . Its part of the experience of staying there but can be difficult for some people.

地理位置方便，设施齐全，日式庭院和家里面的摆设布置都非常有艺术气息。

The house was very clean with really comfortable beds. The instructions were excellent and the facilities great. The house was typically Japanese and furnished with carefully chosen pieces of antique furniture. One of the rooms was tatami for the full experience. It was definitely quirky and interesting. It was very close to the city bus network - frequent and about half an hour to Kyoto station for 230¥ (other bus routes were also available) or a bus and metro ride from Kitaoji - a bit more of a journey, but more connected. Various mapping programs are available to help either routes. We only really ate breakfast there. There was a range of coffee machines with some pods provided - thank you. There was a washer/dryer with washing pods - really helpful as we were in Japan for six weeks. Great bath and a Japanese style shower. Aircon throughout which I’m guessing would be really important at certain times of year. We didn’t meet the owner, but communication was great.

Nothing really. We were an extended family of 5. The grandparents found the stairs more challenging, our 8 year old grandson and his parents less so! This didn’t affect our stay, but might be a factor for some.

Området var inte centralt ur ett traditionellt turistperpektiv, men helt underbart om man är intresserad av lugn men spännande stadsdel full av fina kaféer, tempel, sobanudelrestauranger, små butiker och trevliga butiker.

Inga invändningar, men hade kanske varit fint med ett badrum till på övervåningen.