Entrance hall, Yoshikawa Ryokan.
Garden View room, Yoshikawa Ryokan
Tempura Restaurant, Yoshikawa Ryokan.

Yoshikawa Ryokan

Yoshikawa Ryokan, Kyoto, Japan

The Yoshikawa Ryokan in Kyoto is one of a small group of much sought-after Japanese inns. The service is refined, with both breakfast and dinner served in your room by a kimono-clad maid. The rooms are well proportioned and furnished in traditional style with tatami mat floors and paper shoji doors, arranged around an exquisite garden with a pond filled with koi carp. You will be sleeping on a plump futon bed which is laid out and then removed in the morning by your maid with the utmost of discretion. The Yoshikawa Ryokan is well-renowned for its famous tempura restaurant, which is certainly worth trying.

Our rating: Deluxe

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Photos of Yoshikawa Ryokan

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    Yoshikawa Ryokan
  • First course, dinner at Yoshikawa
    First course, dinner at Yoshikawa
  • Yoshikawa Ryokan, Kyoto
    Yoshikawa Ryokan, Kyoto
  • Entrance hall, Yoshikawa Ryokan.
    Entrance hall, Yoshikawa Ryokan.
  • Yoshikawa Ryokan, Kyoto
    Yoshikawa Ryokan, Kyoto
  • Garden View room, Yoshikawa Ryokan
    Garden View room, Yoshikawa Ryokan
  • Tempura Restaurant, Yoshikawa Ryokan.
    Tempura Restaurant, Yoshikawa Ryokan.
  • Yoshikawa Ryokan
    Yoshikawa Ryokan

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