Kiyomizu, Higashiyama, Kyotoザ・ホテル青龍 京都清水
The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu
The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu is a 48-room hotel made from the 1933 building of the former Kiyomizu Elementary School, with arched windows and its old staircases and beams kept, set back from Kiyomizu-zaka on a site of about 7,000 sq m a few minutes' walk below Kiyomizu-dera and the Yasaka Pagoda. Rooms average about 50 sq m, some with classic interiors in the old school, others contemporary; a guest lounge and a rooftop bar look out over the pagoda and the city, and there is no hot spring or spa.
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About the property
- Rooms
- 48
- Dinner
- In the restaurant
- MICHELIN Keys
- 1
- Recognition
- Member of The Leading Hotels of the World (announced December 2023); Japan Space Design Award 2020, Gold in the Service & Hospitality Space category
- Owned by
- NTT Urban Development commissioned the conversion; the hotel is run by Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide
Rooms and suites
Deluxe King
42–45 sq m · Classic style, in the old school building, on the second to fourth floors · king bed. The former Superior King, Standard Corner King and Standard King rooms.
Deluxe Twin
47 sq m · Modern style on the first floor, floor-to-ceiling windows · two double beds. The former Superior Twin Pagoda View rooms.
Premium King
47 sq m · First or third floor, with a large bathroom · king bed, and an extra bed can be added. The former Superior King Pagoda View rooms.
Premium Twin
51–56 sq m · One per floor (first to third), classic or modern, with a large bathtub and two basins · two double beds. The former Deluxe Twin, Deluxe Twin Pagoda View and Deluxe Twin DEN rooms.
Executive Twin
60–70 sq m · Modern design with Japanese detail, on the first to third floors · two double beds. The former Junior Suites, Premium Twin Pagoda View and Premium Corner Twin.
Executive King
66 sq m · the inner courtyard view · A former classroom, classic style, on the second or third floor · king bed.
Panoramic Terrace Twin
55–60 sq m · Yasaka Pagoda and the city, from a terrace of over 10 sq m view · Modern corner rooms on the second floor with windows on two sides · two double beds. The former Terrace Twin and Terrace Twin Pagoda View rooms.
Suites
Panoramic Suite
137 sq m · Yasaka Pagoda, the city and the hills view · The only suite, on the third floor, with a separate living room and bedroom · up to four adults and one child.
Dining and wellness
Temari sushi at SUSHI-BAR @library
Salmon rolls at SUSHI-BAR @library
restaurant library, in the former school auditorium
The Kyoto Japanese breakfast
- restaurant library the hotel seiryu
- breakfast restaurant · former school auditorium · breakfast
- SUSHI-BAR @library
- sushi bar · former school auditorium · 6pm–10pm
- Benoit Kyoto
- French bistro · old school building
- K36 The Bar & Rooftop
- bar and rooftop terrace · old school building · 3pm–midnight
- Wellness
- A 24-hour gym on the first floor (16 and over) and three private bathrooms for hire; no spa, pool or hot spring.
Where it is
- Gion-Shijo station
- 7 min by bus
- Kyoto station
- 15 min by taxi
- Kyoto station
- 16 min by bus
- Itami Airport
- 55 min by taxi
- Kansai Airport
- 1 h 33 by train
- Kansai Airport
- 1 h 35 by taxi
2-204-2 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama, Kyoto
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Osaka Itami, about 55 minutes by taxi; Kansai International, about 95 minutes by taxi, or the Haruka express to Kyoto (about 78 minutes) and 15 minutes by taxi.
