After staying in a hotel in Tokyo for 3 nights, my sister decided that we must experience sleeping in a tatami mat.  Since she was in charge of our itinerary, I went along with her choice at Kyoto Hana Hostel.

Location

Kyoto Hana Hostel is located at 229 Azeku-dori St., Kogawa-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto.  A quick 10 minutes walk from the JR Kyoto train station.  Once you exit the train station on the Kyoto Tower side, head towards the street (Karasuma-dori) on the right of the Kyoto Tower hotel.  Head straight till you reach the first major intersection (Shichijo-dori) with a Lawson supermarket in the corner.  Turn right on Shichijo-dori and walk straight till you reach the first alley with an “AU” mobile phone store in the corner.  Turn left at the “AU” corner and you’ll see the Kyoto Hana Hostel sign.

In the vicinity, Isetan and Porta at the train station, Starbucks & McDonalds at Kyoto Tower, Higashi Hoganji Temple, Lawson Convenience store and several vending machines.

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