Tominokoji-Rokkaku, Nakagyo, Kyoto要庵西富家
Kanamean Nishitomiya
An eight-room ryokan on Tominokoji-dori, south of Rokkaku, in the old fan-makers' quarter of central Kyoto, run by the same house since 1873. A long, narrow two-storey sukiya building of tatami rooms, small gardens and cypress baths, with a kaiseki kitchen that has held a MICHELIN Star since 2010.
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About the property
- Rooms
- 8
- Bath in the room
- Every room
- Dinner
- Private dining room
- MICHELIN Keys
- 2
- Recognition
- One MICHELIN Star for the kaiseki every year since 2010 (listed for 2025 by Relais & Châteaux); Relais & Châteaux member since 18 June 2015, the first in Kyoto
Rooms and suites
Hatsune (Superior)
42 sq m; main room 8 tatami, sitting room 4.5 tatami · Courtyard garden from the cypress bath view · Ground floor · Karacho karakami paper on the sliding doors · a 4.5-tatami sitting room added · sleeps 3.
Matsukaze (Superior)
42 sq m; main room 8 tatami, sitting room 3 tatami · Ikebana and bamboo view · First floor · Le Corbusier furniture · sleeps 3.
Kagaribi (Deluxe)
42 sq m; main room 8 tatami, study 2 tatami · Garden and a maple from above view · First floor · underfloor heating in the study and main room · sleeps 3.
Yokobue (Deluxe)
40 sq m; main room 8 tatami, earth-floored doma 4 tatami · Garden view · Ground floor · for two only.
Umegae (Deluxe)
50 sq m; main room 9 tatami, anteroom 5 tatami · Plum, maple and oak in the garden below; the plum flowers mid-February to early March view · First floor · the bath looks down on the garden · sleeps 3.
Suites
Kashiwagi (New Suite)
Main room 8 tatami, library 6 tatami, study 2 tatami · Garden through a wide window view · First floor · sleeps 3.
Aoi (Suite)
55 sq m; main room 8 tatami, anteroom 4 tatami, doma 3 tatami · Garden across the full width of the room view · Ground floor · sleeps 4.
Wakana (Executive Suite)
70 sq m; main room 8 tatami, front room 10 tatami, doma 4.5 tatami · Two gardens: a tsuboniwa from the bath and an inner garden view · Ground floor · Cassina and Korean Joseon furniture · sleeps 4.
Dining and wellness
The Japanese breakfast, on old blue-and-white dishes
- Kanamean Nishitomiya kaiseki
- seasonal kaiseki · private rooms
- Kaname
- teppan and charcoal counter · dinner · 5.30pm–8pm last order; closed Mon
- Wellness
- No spa or onsen; each room has its own cypress bath.
Where it is
- Shijo station
- 10 min on foot
- Kawaramachi station
- 10 min on foot
- Kyoto station
- 12 min by taxi
- Kansai Airport
- 1 h 27 by train
- Itami Airport
- 1 h 02 by bus
Tominokoji-dori south of Rokkaku-dori, Nakagyo, Kyoto
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Kansai International: 1 hour 15 minutes on the Haruka express to Kyoto station, then about 12 minutes by taxi; Itami: about 50 minutes by limousine bus to Kyoto station.
