Nakahakusancho, Nakagyo, Kyoto柊家
Hiiragiya
Hiiragiya is a 22-room ryokan on Fuyacho in central Kyoto, founded in 1818 and an inn since 1861, run by the seventh generation of the same family. The wooden main building in the sukiya tea-house style has rooms from the late Edo period to 1952; a three-storey new wing was added in 2006.
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About the property
- Rooms
- 22
- Bath in the room
- Every room
- MICHELIN Keys
- 1
- Recognition
- Relais & Châteaux member since July 2026
- Owned by
- Hiiragiya Co. (柊家株式会社), the Nishimura family
Rooms and suites
Main building, 7 to 9 mats (Rooms 16, 27, 32)
31 to 40 sq m · garden or walled courtyard view · Room 16 dates from the late Edo period, with a stained-glass Kinkakuji window by Sanchi Ogawa in its bathroom · 27 and 32 (1952) have limited luggage space.
Main building, 8 mats plus adjoining room (Rooms 24, 26, 28, 31, 34)
41 to 51 sq m · main or inner garden view · 24 and 34 are early Meiji rooms with polished Otsu earthen walls in the powder room · 28 and 31 (1952) have Ogawa stained glass in the bathroom.
Main building, 10 to 11 mats plus adjoining room (Rooms 14, 19, 21, 29)
50 to 70 sq m · garden view · 14, 19 and 21 date from the late Edo period · 14 and 19 are corner rooms · 14 has a Yakusugi cedar ceiling, 21 an Ogawa window of the Jidai Matsuri.
Main building, 12 mats plus adjoining room (Rooms 25, 33)
64 to 65 sq m · main garden view · Early Meiji · Edo-period painted fusuma (gold in Room 25) and an adjoining shoin study.
Main building, 15 mats plus adjoining room (Room 30)
15 + 14 mats, 97 sq m · main garden view · The largest room, for up to five · Ogawa stained glass of Arashiyama in the bathroom.
New wing, tatami rooms (Rooms 51, 52, 53, 61, 62, 63)
49 to 64 sq m · small courtyard gardens view · Built 2006 · Room 52's alcove floor is by Living National Treasure Kiyotsugu Nakagawa, Room 51 has a beetle-wing lacquer alcove and a large bath facing a private garden.
New wing, Room 54
50 sq m · courtyard garden view · Wooden floor and beds with futon mattresses.
Dining and wellness
Fish grilled on cedar over hot stones
A first course of the Kyo-kaiseki on black lacquer
Kyoto breakfast on a lacquer tray
- In-room kaiseki
- Kyo-kaiseki in the room · breakfast and dinner
- Wellness
- No spa or gym; umbrella-pine baths in every room and two reservable family baths.
Where it is
- Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae station
- 5 min on foot
- Karasuma-Oike station
- 7 min on foot
- Kyoto station
- 15 min by taxi
- Kansai Airport
- 1 h 30 by taxi
- Itami Airport
- 1 h 10 by taxi
Fuyacho Anekoji-agaru, Nakagyo, Kyoto
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Kansai International, about 90 minutes by taxi or 75 minutes on the Haruka train to Kyoto Station then 15 minutes by taxi; Osaka Itami about 70 minutes by taxi.
