Heritage trail · Kyoto
Kyoto: temples, kimono and the women of the old capital
Kyoto was Japan's capital for over a thousand years. Walk from the looms that weave kimono silk to the temple lanes and teahouses where women still keep the old arts alive.
Heritage stays
Sleep in a piece of history
Hotels in conserved buildings with a story to tell. Book directly on each hotel's own website.
Tawaraya Ryokan
$$$$Long-established Kyoto ryokan; press material places its start in the Hoei era (1704-1711), though the official page fetched gave no founding date.
Nakagyo-ku, Fuyacho-dori (central Kyoto) · Fuyacho Aneyakoji-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8094, Japan
Hiiragiya Ryokan
$$$$Ryokan operating for more than 200 years, with a main building in sukiya-zukuri tea-room style and designated a national registered tangible cultural property.
Nakagyo-ku, Fuyacho-dori · Nakahakusancho, Fuyacho Anekoji-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8094, Japan
Yoshida-sanso
$$$Building from 1932
Built in 1932 as a villa for the Higashifushimi-no-miya family (relatives of Emperor Showa) and turned into a Kyoto-cuisine ryokan after WWII, on Yoshida Hill.
Sakyo-ku, Yoshida Hill · 59-1 Yoshida Shimo-oji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8314, Japan
Details from each hotel's official website, checked 4 Nov 2026.