We had a beautiful one bedroom suite on the ground floor overlooking a courtyard (Room 101) , so much space, own laundry , separate bedroom, separate toilet, big lounge area for relaxing with a kitchenette. Enormous amount of space by Japanese standards.This is a modern and spotless boutique hotel nestled in the narrow back streets of Kyoto.The staff were all attentive, we interacted with them more than in a normal hotel as you have to hand over your room key when going out for the day.A nostalgic touch ! A beautifully curated tray was delivered into the room for breakfast every morning at the requested time. This was included in our room rate. Less than 10 minutes walk to 2 different stations, bus is a good option with some research and preplanning. Part of the adventure was dinner each night in one of the myriad of tiny restaurants hidden in this area (and the quirky bars).Sake bars, wine bars, beer only bars one full of vermouths from around the world, most places with only a few seats. I was captivated by how it all works as a business model as there was only one sitting in the restaurants and we never felt rushed.A few language barriers but every meal was wonderful ,and very reasonable prices by Aussie standards.Absolutely no tipping anywhere including bars.