Kyoto hotels

Sitting zazen in the minimalist, windowless meditation room at the Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu. In an alcove at the front of the room sits a ceramic suikinkutsu with a rough surface

Review: the Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu in Kyoto

by Mark
February 17, 2024February 20, 2024
Accommodation, Reviews

While your Guide was staying in Osaka, I went up to Kyoto for a long-weekend of exploring the temples amongst the eastern hills of the city. The Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu was an ideal base for… Read More »Review: the Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu in Kyoto

The inner atrium of the Good Nature Hotel, Kyoto, one of the hotels you can get discounts on by booking with Agoda. The atrium has wood loungers around and sofas below open corridors covered with a curtains of green plants and then sunshine streaming down on them.

Hotel deals in Japan? There’s one site I’ve had better luck on…

by Mark
July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
Accommodation, Reviews

Japan is this Guide’s favorite country to travel around. There is so much to experience and eat and it’s so well connected. If you’re familiar with Japan, it can be very affordable, especially right now.… Read More »Hotel deals in Japan? There’s one site I’ve had better luck on…