Wonderful central location, authentic experience, beautifully designed and decorated with taste and style, very clean. Hiro-san was very helpful with recommendations and familiarizing us with the city, went out of his way to see we were comfortable and enjoyed our stay. Will definitely book again when we are next in Kyoto. Next time a larger house for a larger group!

This was the second house I rented in October from Machiya Residence Inn, and it was beautiful and ideally located, as was the first (Koyuan). A few feet from the Pontocho Canal (no view), it has a perfect little kitchen, a washer-dryer, soaking tub, and two single beds, and two chairs, upstairs in a generously-sized bedroom. The house is immaculately kept, in perfect condition, and the agency that rents it is extremely helpful with everything: travel arrangements, advice about local sights, shipping of luggage, everything. I could not have been happier with the house, the location, or Hiro, the manager with whom I dealt. I can't wait to stay with them again.

- excellent alternative accommodation to a hotel, a traditional environment with all the mod cons situated minutes from useful transportation, amenities and of course walking distance to most sights/ areas of interest that are in the east of Kyoto.
- great place to relax after sightseeing and located near a large number of excellent restaurants
- so glad we stayed here and not another hotel, 5 nights after touring other parts of Japan.
- very helpful staff
- people with mobility problems would have difficulty reaching the 1st floor bedroom area as very steep stairs
- very good bathroom
- loved sitting by the garden area

We loved the location - right in the middle of town walking distance to the great night time eat streets, and train stations, and a stones throw from the canals & river. The accommodation is traditional in style but new and up to date with a great bathroom, air-conditioning (very necessary in summer!)

We were early for our checkin but were able to leave our luggage in the foyer whilst getting started exploring the city. Similarly on our check out day we left our luggage til 2. It was very easy to find, our cabbie rang Hiro to clarify the directions from the station and all went swimmingly.
Not having a key but a pin code to get in was awesome as the three of us weren't always returning at the same time. And we weren't expecting a cleaning service whilst we were there so that was a lovely surprise!
Highly recommended!

I travelled to Kyoto with my parents. The three of us stayed in Shikokuan Machiya Residence Inn for three nights. It is a beautiful Machiya, with a great ambience. The location is fantastic - close to everything you need to see and do in beautiful Kyoto. Very comfortable and highly recommended!

The machiya was everything we expected it to be and surprisingly affordable way to accommodate four people in a beautiful setting.