Hotel Imagine Kyoto with Kids - Kyoto - Review

During our visit to Kyoto, we stayed at the cute Ryokan-style hotel inspired by the song "IMAGINE" by John Lennon called Hotel Imagine Kyoto. Thank you to The Tokyo Chapter for this recommendation.

This hotel is super family friendly, affordable and a convenient 5 minutes walk from Kyoto station, it has a great lobby area where everyone can mingle, relax and have take-away food or cook food or play games. Entrance is from the main street or a small back street.

Note: Photos and review from our visit in July 2023.

Hotel Imagine Kyoto with Kids - Kyoto - Review — Photo credit: Busy City Kids

We were greeted by friendly staff who checked us in and invited us to pick a Yukata pajama and pick any toiletries we needed. They also have two washing machine with optional dryer setting downstairs near the front desk that you can use during your stay, just make sure you have coins. They have washing powder but we used our own laundry washing sheets.

We had booked the last family room available in the hotel which was a Standard Twin Room with Sofa which comes with 2 single beds and 3 floor futons. Kids were so keen to set up their futons on the tatami mat that I couldn’t take a pic of the initial pretty setup. It was a good size room with a nice bathroom with seperate Japanese toilet and a couch with small chairs. The kids didn’t mind the floor futons, it was a fun experience and something different to experience to the usual Western type beds. The twin bed mattresses were comfortable however I personally didn’t like the pillow which felt like a little bean bag of sort, I have a neck injury and quite difficult with pillows so perhaps it’s just me as my husband the kids didn’t mind the pillows. The bathroom and the seperate Japanese toilet were contained in a little box of sort. The bathroom and shower pressure was lovely and the kids loved soaking in the bath after long walks around Kyoto.

Seperate Japanese Toilet in the room: Photo credit: Busy City Kids

They also have a cool small cinema/hang out area on the rooftop which guests can use at their leisure which can access using the lift.

Overall, we quite enjoyed our stay at the Hotel Imagine Kyoto and the proximity to the Kyoto station, shops, restaurants and convenient stores. The staff were very friendly and very responsive during our stay and we met the family owners who were also very lovely.

This visit was self funded. To book your stay, head to this link.

Our tips:

Hotel Imagine Kyoto is located at 19-1 Higashikujo Kitakarasumacho, Minami Ward, Kyoto, 601-8017, Japan.
We walked from the Kyoto station to the Hotel Imagine Kyoto, it took us a good 5 minutes but it wasn’t too hard with our suitcases.
Access the hotel from a small street or the main street.
Check-in in most hotels in Japan is not before 3pm. The staff at the hotel were happy to keep suitcases before/after check-in at reception.

For more Japan with Kids reviews, head here.

Note: This post contains an affiliate link. It costs you nothing extra, but we earn a small fee to support our website - thank you!

busycitykids29 December 2024Hotel Imagine Kyotojapan

Hotel Imagine Kyoto with Kids - Kyoto - Review

Home Blog what’s on melbourne what’s on sydney work with us contact us

© copyright busy city kids - website by claire designs - disclaimer privacy tcs&Cs