Very nice building in a quiet area with helpful and friendly staff at the front desk. Good sized room and very clean. Washing machine in the room was convenient too. Pretty view of Toji Temple from our floor too. Especially when it was lit up at night.

It’s a bit far from most tourist spots & JR Station. Buses in Kyōto are usually the worst way to travel within the city because they’re overcrowded and get stuck in traffic & then make stops. They will waste your precious time so pairing short taxi rides (to stations) with subway or train rides will be better. The hotel should get LUUP bike or KOTO bikes to put some of their bicycles in front of their building. There is space for bicycle parking so renting bikes is a good idea. You can see a lot of Kyōto by bike.

Nice and confortable room with all you need even for a longer stay. Also the baggage transfer was a good thing.

Due to non-smoking policy you can't use your balcony, even if you don't smoke.

In a quiet area and neighborhood. Loved that a kitchenette was available and a washer! Everyone was friendly and nice. There is a communication barrier, but they were still kind and helpful. Overall a nice stay and would recommend. It is quite far from the main attractions but it’s right next to the bus line and 10 mins walk or so to the nearest subway. Nearby stores and restaurants. There doesn’t seem to be an easy card to get all transportation included. There is a day pass on the bus but it’s only worth it if you plan on using 4 or more rides (230¥ per ride 1100¥ for the day pass). It’s supposed to include the subway but only specific lines I think. It didn’t work for the one I needed. Cash is highly recommended especially for transportation. Bring a coin bag.

There is another service center about 15mins walk from the hotel. I didn’t use it but wonder if I would have been able to ask more questions and not have as much of a communication barrier if it was at the same location. Didn’t like that I had to rebook on booking to extend my stay despite 10% off signs in the hotel if extended. I ended up paying more regardless so not sure why they preferred me to do it online. My guess is the convenience and less verbal interaction. Also no shower curtain in the bathroom.

kitchen facilities and bathroom were good with washing machine also. Liked my floor with only 2 rooms on it. close to Toji temple which is amazing and a bus ride away into Kyoto town. the bus was easy to take 207. Staff were very helpful. Thank you! They came to the room door to help explain and help with luggage. One ordered me a taxi which was so helpful to leave Kyoto. Nice tea/. coffee machine in reception which is welcoming when returning back to the place. Staff level of English was excellent and very polite. Always cheerful. Would stay again!

Liked it all, but would suggest a reading lamp by the table for a little bit of work and bedside lamps added for convenience, when going to bed and wakening up. All USB extra ports were great.

Room was the biggest one that we stayed in throughout our whole trip to Japan. As an American, I'm probably spoiled by large rooms and abundant space. So I did appreciate these rooms at Sakura. There is a sink with dish soap, which makes washing cups easy. A kettle is available if you'd like to enjoy some hot tea. The sink can be converted into a table. The bathtub can be converted into an onsen. It was great to relax in. The only downside is that the tub can be kind of tiny (I am 5'11), so I found myself hugging my legs to fit lol... It would probably work better for shorter people. Best Part: The washing machine in the room! Washed all the dirty clothing I've been carrying around. Note that the machine only washes the clothes. It does not dry like the other Japanese machines (or maybe Apple translate didn't work very well and I didn't pick the right modes. They were all in Japanese). Don't fret if your clothes are all wet. The bathroom also blows heat, which can be used to dry clothing. There were hangers all around.

The only downside was that there was no shower curtain or sliding glass door around the bathtub. There is a shower head available so water flies everywhere during a shower. I guess it isn't too bad because water dries pretty easily with the heating settings.

I stayed at the Stay Hotel for 4 nights and I have to say that the hotel surprised me in a positive way. Of course the location is not ideal. It is not exactly the city center with large shopping centers nearby. It takes about 30 minutes to walk to the train station and thus to the center. The hotel itself is on a side street, so it is very quiet. The room was really big, enough space for 2 people. Unfortunately I don't know how many guests stayed in the hotel but it was very quiet. Just the way I like it. There is a Lawson nearby, about 5 minutes away, where you can find something to eat. There is a microwave and a refrigerator in the room. AC works well, there is a small desk. The internet was stable and fast. I liked the washing machine in the room the best. That way I could do all my laundry. Perfect. If you don't mind staying a bit out of the way for a few days, I can only recommend the hotel.

We have stayed in Sakura Stay before but in a different branch and this time in Tsubaki we are happy with our stay. They maintained their standards. Staff were nice and are responsive to our messages. We’ve sent our luggage to the hotel directly but we didn’t know it should be sent to the service center address. However they were very kind and accommodating to receive it when we told them the expected date and time of arrival. Free tea and coffee in the lobby, they also had umbrellas for guests to use on a rainy day which was a nice touch. The room has a kitchenette, the room was also spacious, bath and toilette are separated and heating functions are more elaborate compared to other hotels. Washing machine is in the toilet room which was nice. The room was clean, beds were big and comfortable, with very good blankets and pillows. The lights are adjustable, very good curtains to black out the light from outside. The hotel is quite far from the station about 15-18 minutes walk on a flat ground. Otherwise there are bus stations nearby and is easy access. Overall it was an excellent stay.

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We loved the space in the room. Having come from Tokyo it was lovely to have a room where you could put your case on the floor and not have to climb over it. This hotel had the best bathroom set up of our entire trip. The shower/bath/drying room was amazing with grwat toilteries. The coffee service at reception was great too. The location is near the Toji temple with its old 5 storey pagoda. It's 25 min walk with cases from the station in a quiet area. Lots of little stores and restaurants in the neighbourhood.

There were two things that let it down (marginally,). There was a balcony which we were unable to use because of the locked sliding door and the adjoining room also had access (or not). The bed were extremely firm. I like a firm mattress but this was painfully hard.

A wonderful hotel! A huge room, with everything you might need. A huge bathroom with a washing mashine. A fridge and a kichenette in the room, if you feel like cooking. Nice tea and coffee in the lobby. The location is great: even though it might be far from some of the temples one might want to visit, but there's a magnificent Toji Temple nearby (5 minutes' walk), and several buses that will take you to any other part of Kyoto you want to visit, and to the train station. The staff is very nice, too, especially the young lady who checked us in.

Everything was great.

Small kitchen with everything you might need for longer stays. You can purchase some ingredients for a small meal, breakfast or lunch. There are also convinient stores (Konbinis) nearby in case you missed something in your visit at the grosery store. Laundry inside the romm with refill of detergent in every cleanning room. For people wondering about the internet connection. I was able to run multiple zoom meetings with camera on without issues.

You can sometimes ear behind other wall rooms. Kinda far from the center of the city but no big deal since there was various bus stops nearby to the City Center. There wasn't enough space in the room for doing some home office. You would need to make some space in the table's room in order to install a Laptop and work. Not big deal IMO if you used to work in small spaces.