Arashiyama, KyotoMUNI KYOTO
Muni Kyoto
MUNI KYOTO is a 21-room hotel on the bank of the Katsura river at Arashiyama, in western Kyoto, looking at the Togetsukyo bridge and the wooded hills, a few minutes' walk from Tenryu-ji. The building by Yasuda Atelier, with black-and-white interiors by Uchida Design Institute, has rooms of 50 to 70 sq m and a French restaurant serving a kaiseki-form tasting menu.
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About the property
- Rooms
- 21
- Dinner
- In the restaurant
- Owned by
- AYG LLC (operating company)
From our stays
We stayed in November 2025
Rooms and suites
Water Garden Balcony, 2 Double Beds
50 to 60 sq m · The black water garden view · Ground floor, with a balcony built like a riverside kawayuka deck over the garden.
Arashiyama Balcony, 2 Double Beds
50 to 60 sq m · Arashiyama hills view · First floor up, ceilings up to 4.7 m and large windows.
Suites
2-Bedroom Maisonette, King and Twin Beds
70 sq m · Two floors, one king and two twin beds, for families or groups · no view.
Dining and wellness
An autumn course of MUNI French KAISEKI
The fish course at Restaurant MUNI
A starter and white wine on the table at Restaurant MUNI
- Restaurant MUNI
- French kaiseki restaurant · dinner · dinner from 6.30pm
- Riverside Café MUNI
- all-day casual French · breakfast, lunch and dinner · breakfast 7am–10.30am, lunch and café 11.30am–5pm, dinner 5pm–9pm
- Juice & Sweets
- juice bar
- Wellness
- A 24-hour fitness room equipped by Technogym, free for guests; no spa or hot spring.
Where it is
- Randen Arashiyama station
- 4 min on foot
- JR Saga-Arashiyama station
- 12 min on foot
- Kyoto station
- 30 min by taxi
Kyoto
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Tell us your dates and our team in Japan books it for you, at the hotel’s own rate. We ask for the room we would choose and look after everything else with the hotel on your behalf: your preferences and requests, any special arrangement, from a celebration to a car from the station, and whatever you need before and during your stay. The price and cancellation terms are confirmed with you first.
Kansai International or Osaka Itami, then to Kyoto station and about 30 minutes by taxi.
