PRICE:
Frommer's Recommended

With the Miyako name behind it (it's a sister hotel to the famous Westin Miyako in eastern Kyoto), this is a popular choice near Kyoto Station due in part to its convenient location near the terminus of both the Shinkansen and Kintetsu trains (the city bus terminus, however, is a 5-min. walk away on the other side of Kyoto Station). It has the dubious honor of being Kyoto's largest hotel. It has a utilitarian, almost spartan lobby and rooms that vary in price according to floor and size, though the view is nothing special (children may like rooms facing the front, where they can see the Shinkansen trains arrive). The cheapest twins are so small that couples may fight over who gets the lone luggage rack, while those in the pricier new wing seem like a different hotel altogether, with tall ceilings, mock balconies, and upbeat colors (some rooms face the hotel's courtyard glass-prism chapel, lit at night). I like the rooftop summer beer garden with its all-you-can-eat buffet.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Japan, 9th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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