Tsubame-ya - Hostel

1.0 star property
Hostel in Kyoto, near Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama

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Mixed Dormitory, Single Bunk bed for 1 person, Non Smoking | Blackout drapes, soundproofing, free WiFi
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Private Room (1~3 person, Japanese Futon), Non Smoking | Blackout drapes, soundproofing, free WiFi
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Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning

Room options

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Mixed Dormitory, Double Bunk bed for 1-2 person

Highlights

Soundproofed
Air conditioning
Heating
Blackout drapes/curtains
Hair dryer
Shared/communal kitchen
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bunk Bed

Private Room (1~3 person, Japanese Futon), Non Smoking

Highlights

Soundproofed
Air conditioning
Heating
Blackout drapes/curtains
Hair dryer
Shared/communal kitchen
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Futons

Mixed Dormitory, Single Bunk bed for 1 person, Non Smoking

Highlights

Soundproofed
Air conditioning
Heating
Blackout drapes/curtains
Hair dryer
Shared/communal kitchen
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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About the neighborhood

Map
2F, Saga Hirosawa 28-3, Minamino-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 616-8304

What's nearby

  • Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama - 2 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove - 4 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Kinkaku-ji Temple - 8 min drive - 6.1 km
  • Nijล Castle - 9 min drive - 6.3 km
  • Kyoto Imperial Palace - 10 min drive - 7.2 km

Getting around

  • Kurumazakijinja Station - 11 min walk
  • Uzumasa Station - 14 min walk
  • Itami Airport (ITM) - 65 min drive

Restaurants

  • โ€ชใŠใ„ใงๅฎถ - โ€ฌ9 min walk
  • โ€ช็Ÿณๅฑ‹ๅคช็งฆๅบ— - โ€ฌ10 min walk
  • โ€ชๆฅๆฅไบญๅคช็งฆๅบ— - โ€ฌ7 min walk
  • โ€ชๆกƒ่Šฑ - โ€ฌ8 min walk
  • โ€ชcafe&kitchen ใ„ใ„ใ‚ใ™ - โ€ฌ12 min walk

About this property

Tsubame-ya - Hostel

Hostel near Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama
Located close to Suzumushi-dera Temple and Kinkaku-ji Temple, Tsubame-ya - Hostel has plenty to offer. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
Other perks include:
  • Self parking (surcharge) and smoke-free premises
Room features
All guestrooms at Tsubame-ya - Hostel boast comforts such as air conditioning, as well as amenities like free WiFi and sound-insulated walls.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Shared bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • Communal kitchens, heating, and daily housekeeping

Languages

English, Japanese, Korean

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Offsite parking; reservations required
  • Self parking on site (JPY 1,200 per day)

Family friendly

  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Guidebooks
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Lockers
  • Shared refrigerator

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shared bathroom
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and an access code; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Access code, front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 6 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A city tax may be collected at the property. The city tax ranges from JPY 200-1,000 per person, per night based on the nightly room rate. Please note that further exemptions may apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: JPY 1200 per day
  • Towels available for a fee (or guests may bring their own)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash

We should mention

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ); additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file

Property is also known as

Tsubame-ya Hostel Kyoto
Tsubame-ya Hostel
Tsubame-ya Kyoto
Tsubame-ya
Tsubame-ya - Hostel Kyoto
Tsubame-ya - Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Tsubame-ya - Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Kyoto

Frequently asked questions

Is Tsubame-ya - Hostel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Tsubame-ya - Hostel?

Self parking is available for JPY 1200 per day.

What time is check-in at Tsubame-ya - Hostel?

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM.

What time is check-out at Tsubame-ya - Hostel?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Tsubame-ya - Hostel located?

Located in Arashiyama, this hostel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama, Suzumushi-dera Temple, and Kinkaku-ji Temple. Nijล Castle and Kyoto Imperial Palace are also within 6 mi (10 km). Uzumasa Station is 14 minutes by foot and Kurumazakijinja Station is 11 minutes.

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Tsubame-ya - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 19 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 19 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 19 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 19 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 19 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

toshihiro

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
ใƒ›ใƒ†ใƒซใซๅ…ฅใ‚‹็•ชๅทๅ…ฅๅŠ›ใซๆ‰‹้–“ๅ–ใฃใŸใ€‚
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ—ใŸ

ๅˆฐ็€ๆ™‚ใซ่ชฐใ‚‚ใŠใ‚‰ใšๅฎฟใซใฏๅ…ฅใ‚Œใชใ„ใ‚ขใ‚ฏใ‚ทใƒ‡ใƒณใƒˆใฏใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใŒใ€ใ‚นใ‚ฟใƒƒใƒ•ใ•ใ‚“ใ‚‚่ฆชๅˆ‡ใงใ“ใฎไพกๆ ผใชใฎใซใŠ้ขจๅ‘‚ใชใฉใฎๆฐดๅ›žใ‚Šใ‚‚็ถบ้บ—ใง่‰ฏใ‹ใฃใŸใงใ™ใ€‚ใพใŸๆฉŸไผšใŒใ‚ใ‚Œใฐๅˆฉ็”จใ•ใ›ใฆใ„ใŸใ ใใพใ™ใ€‚ ๆฐ—ใซใชใฃใŸ็‚นใฏใกใ‚‡ใฃใจใƒ™ใƒƒใƒ‰ใƒซใƒผใƒ ใŒ่ปŠใฎ่‡ญใ„ใฃใฝใ„ใซใŠใ„ใŒใ—ใฆๆฐ—ใซใชใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‚ใ‚“ใกใ‚ƒใ‚“ใŒใ‹ใ‚ใ„ใ„ใงใ™ใ€‚
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ๅตๅฑฑใธ่กŒใใ‚ขใ‚ฏใ‚ปใ‚น่‰ฏๅฅฝใ€‚ ่กŒใฃใŸๆ—ฅใซๅคšใใฎไบบใŒๅฎฟๆณŠใ—ใฆใŠใ‚Šใ€ 1ใคใฎใ‚ทใƒฃใƒฏใƒผใ‚’ๆตดใณใ‚‹ใฎใซ๏ผ‘.๏ผ•ใ€œ๏ผ’ๆ™‚้–“ใ‹ใ‹ใฃใŸใฎใŒๆฎ‹ๅฟตใงใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‚ทใƒฃใƒฏใƒผใŒใ‚ใ„ใŸใ‹ใฉใ†ใ‹ใ€ใ‚ใ–ใ‚ใ–่ฆ‹ใซ่กŒใ‹ใชใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใชใ‚‰ใชใใฆ้ขๅ€’ใงใ—ใŸใ€‚
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very helpful and polite. Had a very pleasant stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Phoebe

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness

ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด ์ž˜ํ•˜์‹œ๋Š” ์—ฌ์ž์‚ฌ์žฅ๋‹˜์ด ์šด์˜ํ•˜์‹œ๋Š” ์•„๋ผ์‹œ์•ผ๋งˆ์— ๊ฐˆ ๋•Œ ๊ฑธ์–ด๊ฐˆ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๋Š” ๊ฒŒ์ŠคํŠธํ•˜์šฐ์Šค

๋Œ€๊ธฐ ์งˆ์— ๋ฏผ๊ฐํ•œ ํŽธ์ด์–ด์„œ ์˜ค์‚ฌ์นด์—์„œ ์ถœ๋ฐœํ•˜์—ฌ ๊ตํ†  ์‹œ๋‚ด๋ณด๋‹ค ์•„๋ผ์‹œ์•ผ๋งˆ์—์„œ ์ž ์‹œ ์‰ฌ๊ณ ์ž ์ด ํ˜ธ์Šคํ…”์— ์˜ˆ์•ฝํ–ˆ๋Š”๋ฐ ๋Œ€๋กœ๋ณ€์— ์œ„์น˜ํ•˜์—ฌ ์ฐพ๊ธฐ ์‰ฌ์šธ ๋“ฏํ–ˆ์ง€๋งŒ, ๊ฐ„ํŒ์ด ์ˆจ์–ด์žˆ์–ด์„œ ๊ธธ๊ฐ€๋Š” ์—ฌํ•™์ƒ์—๊ฒŒ ๋„์›€๋ฐ›์•„ ๊ฒŒ์ŠคํŠธํ•˜์šฐ์Šค์— ๋„์ฐฉํ–ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์•„๋ผ์‹œ์•ผ๋งˆ๊นŒ์ง€ ๊ฑธ์–ด์„œ ๊ฐˆ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๊ณ  ์ž์ „๊ฑฐ๋„ ์˜จ์ข…์ผ 500์—”์— ๋นŒ๋ฆด ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๋‹ค๊ณ  ํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์ œ ๊ฒฝ์šฐ์—๋Š” ์นจ๋Œ€ ๋งคํŠธ๋ฆฌ์Šค ์ž์ฒด์— ๋ƒ„์ƒˆ๊ฐ€ ๋‚ฌ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. 2์ธต ์นจ๋Œ€ ์•„๋ž˜์ธต์— ๋ฐฐ์ •๋˜์—ˆ๋Š”๋ฐ ์ฐฝ์„ ๋ฐ”๋ผ๋ณผ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์–ด์„œ ์ข‹์•˜์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์‹œํŠธ๋ฅผ ๊ฐˆ๋ ค๋ฉด ์ถ”๊ฐ€๋น„์šฉ์„ ๋‚ด์•ผ ํ•˜๋Š” ๊ฒƒ ๊ฐ™์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๊ตํ† ์—์„œ๋Š” 2018.10.1์ผ๋ถ€๋กœ ์ˆ™๋ฐ•์‹œ์„ค์—์„œ ๋„์‹œ ์„ธ๋ฅผ ์ง•์ˆ˜ํ•œ๋‹ค๊ณ  ํ•˜์—ฌ ์ž…์‹ค ์ „์— 800์—”์„ ์ถ”๊ฐ€๋กœ ์ง€๊ธ‰ํ–ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์ƒค์›Œ์‹œ์„ค์ด ์ˆ˜์••๋„ ์ข‹๊ณ  ๊ณต๊ฐ„๋„ ๋„“์–ด ํŽธํ–ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๋ฐฉ์— ์—ด์‡  ์žˆ๋Š” ์บ๋น„๋‹›์ด ์žˆ์–ด ๋ถ„์‹ค์—ผ๋ ค ์žˆ๋Š” ๋ฌผ๊ฑด ๋ณด๊ด€ํ•˜๊ธฐ๊ฐ€ ์ข‹์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์—ฌ์ž ์‚ฌ์žฅ๋‹˜์ด ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด๋ฅผ ์ž˜ํ•˜์‹œ๊ณ  ์นœ์ ˆํ•˜๊ฒŒ ์•ˆ๋‚ด๋ฅผ ์ž˜ ํ•ด์ฃผ์‹ญ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

uzi, Chiba

Liked: Staff & service
ๅคง้€šใ‚Šใซ้šฃๆŽฅใ—ใŸใ‚ฒใ‚นใƒˆใƒใ‚ฆใ‚นใง่ฒทใ„็‰ฉใ‚„้ฃŸไบ‹ใฏไธ่‡ช็”ฑใ—ใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚ๆœ€ๅฏ„ใ‚Š้ง…ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅคšๅฐ‘้›ขใ‚Œใฆใ„ใพใ™ใŒใ€ๅฎ‰ใ„ใฎใงๆฉŸไผšใŒใ‚ใ‚Œใฐๆฌกๅ›žใ‚‚ใพใŸๅˆฉ็”จใ—ใŸใ„ใงใ™ใ€‚
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

ใ‚ทใƒฃใƒฏใƒผๅฎคใŒๅบƒใ„ใ€‚

ๅฅณๆ€งๅฐ‚็”จใฎใŠ้ƒจๅฑ‹ใŒๅ‡บๆฅใ‚‹ใจไผบใฃใŸใฎใงๆœŸๅพ…ใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ninos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A must stay if in Arashiyama

The family that runs the hostel are the best. Kind and funny.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ๅ‘จ่พบๆ–ฝ่จญใฎ้“ๆกˆๅ†…ใ‚„ใŠใ™ใ™ใ‚ใฎใŠๅบ—ใ‚’ใจใฆใ‚‚่ฆชๅˆ‡ใซๆ•™ใˆใฆ้ ‚ใใ€ใจใฆใ‚‚ใ‚ˆใ„ๆ—…่กŒใซใชใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tung, Bremen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bestes Hostel auf dieser Welt

Alles was man brauch findet man dort. Ganz viele Mรคrkte sowie Bahnhรถfe. Das Team ist super liebenswรผrdig und behandelt einen wie Familie.
Stayed 14 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Alison, Nottingham England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A hidden treasure! Just like coming home ;)

I cannot say enough about Tsubame-ya, the guest house and staff were exceptional. I wouldn't hesitate to highly recommend. Personal, genuine welcome, with attentive staff, a real family feel. I felt like I'd been invited to stay in someone's home. We will definitely return to Tsubame-ya x
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

ไธๅฏงใชๅฏพๅฟœ

ๅ››ๆกใ‚„ไบฌ้ƒฝ้ง…ใชใฉไธญๅฟƒ้ƒจใ‹ใ‚‰ใฏ้›ขใ‚Œใพใ™ใŒใ€ๅตฏๅณจๅตๅฑฑๆ–น้ขใซใปใฉ่ฟ‘ใใ€ๅธ‚ๅ†…่ฅฟ้ƒจใ‚’ๅ›žใ‚‹ใซใฏ่‰ฏใ„ๅ ดๆ‰€ใงใ™ใ€‚ๅฅณๆ€งใ‚นใ‚ฟใƒƒใƒ•ใŒใจใฆใ‚‚่ฆชๅˆ‡ใงๆ„Ÿใ˜ใฎ่‰ฏใ„ๆ–นใงใ‚ˆใ‹ใฃใŸใงใ™ใ€‚