Central Kyoto: Nijo & Kamogawa

The grid of the old capital, between Nijo Castle and the Kamogawa river – home to three of the ten hotels.

Morning over Central Kyoto: Nijo & Kamogawa

Luxury hotels in Central Kyoto: Nijo & Kamogawa

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HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO

Five-star · Central Kyoto: Nijo & Kamogawa

A house built around the Mitsui family's 300-year-old Kajiimiya gate, opposite Nijo Castle, with a hot-spring spa.

From $900 per night

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The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto

Five-star · Central Kyoto: Nijo & Kamogawa

A low-rise house on the bank of the Kamogawa at Nijo-ohashi, built around a Meiji-era garden and its waterfall.

From $1,200 per night

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Dusit Thani Kyoto

Four-star · Central Kyoto: Nijo & Kamogawa

A Dusit Thani house of 2023 beside Nishi Honganji temple, a short walk north of Kyoto Station.

From $300 per night

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Other neighborhoods in Kyoto

Higashiyama & Gion

The temples of the eastern slopes and the lanes of Gion below them – home to five of the ten hotels. Here are Kiyomizu-dera and the stone streets of Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka, the Yasaka Pagoda and Kodaiji, Yasaka Shrine and Maruyama Park. In Gion, the teahouses line Hanamikoji and the Shirakawa canal.

Arashiyama & northern Kyoto

Kyoto's west and north, from the bamboo of Arashiyama to the Takagamine hills – home to two of the ten hotels. At Arashiyama lie the bamboo grove and the Togetsukyo bridge over the Hozu river, Tenryu-ji and the Sagano temples. To the north, the Takagamine hills rise above Kinkaku-ji and Daitoku-ji.

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