Check-in Kyoto is a Kyoto travel site built around accommodation. Hotels, ryokan, machiya stays, and the experiences that complement them. The luxury end of the market gets the most attention here because that is where the most money is wasted on bad advice.
Every recommendation comes from someone who has actually stayed somewhere or eaten somewhere or argued with the okami at 5am about the breakfast tray. Where I have not been, I say so. Where the tourist version differs from the local version, I name both.
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Some links on this site lead to booking platforms (Booking.com, Agoda, Klook). If you book through one of those links the platform pays us a small commission at no extra cost to you. It does not affect what gets recommended or in what order. Hotels we have written about negatively are still linked, because the point of the article is to help you decide.