Hotel Ninja Black

Clean rooms and friendly staff!

Travelling from Canada, this was a wonderful hotel! Was able to check in early and rent the bikes to get around. Very close to the bus stop as well!

The room was nice and if you like very quiet it's great. However, it does not offer breakfast which after staying at several other hotels which have amazing breakfast buffet it's a disappointment. It's also a kind of dark 10 min walk to the bus and then a 10-15 bus to the more vibrant parts of town. If you don't mind not having breakfast and like to be in a residential area (they do have restaurants in the area) at a small place without hordes of tourists this might be a good choice for you. Uber is very quik and easy in Kyoto so thats a great option if you hate to walk to the bus.

This room was good in terms of what we paid for it but was quite small. We had three single beds in our room but were unable to open our luggage unless they were on our beds, which I know isn’t unusual for Japan. I think we were spoilt with our other apartments in other locations around Japan that were quite spacious. I didn’t like that the toilet was in the bathroom, purely from a smells point of view. And if someone woke up early to shower, it sounded like they were showering with the door open as it was super loud. Would be great if the door was solid or had some soundproofing done. It was a bit of a hike to the nearest station but we knew this when we booked. We didn’t want to be in the heart of Kyoto as we felt it was be too noisy and busy so this location was good in terms of being a really quiet area.

Room was spacious and at a great price. Negative came on our last night when we found a roach on the comforter and discovered how filthy under the bed was. Thank goodness it was the last night. Otherwise great room.