{
 "name": "Saved Spaces",
 "tagline": "Ranked hotels in eight cities. None pays to appear.",
 "url": "https://savedspaces.com/",
 "updated": "2026-10-05",
 "feed_version": 1,
 "notes": "Read-only. Ranks are within an edition (1 is first). nightly is a typical published rate in local currency, not a quote. Rooms and rates come from published sources: confirm them with the hotel. A stay field appears only when a stay is published, with basis paid or hosted. nightly_from is the lower end of nightly, as a number, for filtering.",
 "disclosure": "Every hotel is chosen from the published record: MICHELIN Guide Keys and listings, the World's 50 Best Hotels, guidebooks, travel and design press, and the hotel's own information. Each hotel page lists its sources. A stay is paid at the public rate unless it is labelled as hosted. Every hosted night is labelled on the hotel's page, with the dates. A hosted night never buys a place. Offers with conditions are declined. No hotel can buy a place on a list, and none sees a review before it runs. We carry no hotel advertising. Every booking link goes to the hotel's own website, and we take no commission on it.",
 "booking_links": "booking_url is the hotel's own website. The guide takes no commission on it.",
 "policy_url": "https://savedspaces.com/how-we-choose/",
 "mcp_url": "https://savedspaces.com/api/mcp",
 "city": "Kyoto",
 "name_ja": "京都",
 "slug": "kyoto",
 "country": "Japan",
 "city_line": "Kyoto has a ryokan open since about 1704 and a hotel built around a 1926 telephone exchange.",
 "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/kyoto/",
 "api_url": "https://savedspaces.com/api/kyoto.json",
 "editions": [
  {
   "key": "luxury",
   "name": "Luxury Edition",
   "subtitle": "No ceiling on price",
   "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/kyoto/luxury/",
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    {
     "id": "kyoto-aman-kyoto",
     "rank": 1,
     "name": "Aman Kyoto",
     "name_ja": "アマン京都",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "Twenty-six rooms in low pavilions at the foot of Mount Takagamine",
     "blurb": "Kerry Hill's pavilions sit in a long-established forest garden on the city's northern edge, with a hot-spring bath.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN 2 Keys (2026)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.aman.com/resorts/aman-kyoto",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-aman-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Takagamine, Kita-ku",
     "rooms": "26",
     "nightly": "¥250,000-450,000+",
     "nightly_from": 250000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2019",
     "booking_url": "https://www.aman.com/resorts/aman-kyoto",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-hotel-the-mitsui-kyoto",
     "rank": 2,
     "name": "HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "The Mitsui family's 1703 gate, opposite Nijo Castle",
     "blurb": "André Fu did the interiors of this Japanese-owned hotel on the former Mitsui estate. It has a courtyard garden and a natural hot spring.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN 3 Keys (2026)",
      "World's 50 Best Hotels No.46 (2025)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.hotelthemitsui.com/kyoto/",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-hotel-the-mitsui-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Nijo-jo",
     "rooms": "161",
     "nightly": "¥150,000-300,000",
     "nightly_from": 150000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2020",
     "booking_url": "https://www.hotelthemitsui.com/kyoto/",
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    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-the-shinmonzen",
     "rank": 3,
     "name": "The Shinmonzen",
     "name_ja": "ザ・シンモンゼン",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "Nine Tadao Ando suites on Shinmonzen-dori, beside the Shirakawa canal",
     "blurb": "Stephanie Goto designed its six-seat bar.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN 2 Keys (2026)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://theshinmonzen.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-the-shinmonzen/",
     "neighbourhood": "Gion, Shinmonzen-dori",
     "rooms": "9 suites",
     "nightly": "¥250,000-400,000+",
     "nightly_from": 250000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2023",
     "booking_url": "https://theshinmonzen.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-tawaraya",
     "rank": 4,
     "name": "Tawaraya",
     "name_ja": "俵屋旅館",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "One family for three centuries, and a first website in 2026",
     "blurb": "Kyoto's oldest surviving ryokan, open for about 320 years. Its 1965 wing is attributed to Junzo Yoshimura.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Guidebook icon"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://the-tawaraya.jp",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-tawaraya/",
     "neighbourhood": "Fuyacho-Aneyakoji, Nakagyo",
     "rooms": "about 18",
     "nightly": "¥120,000-300,000",
     "nightly_from": 120000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "c.1704",
     "booking_url": "https://the-tawaraya.jp",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-hiiragiya",
     "rank": 5,
     "name": "Hiiragiya",
     "name_ja": "柊家",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "Six generations since 1818, and Kawabata wrote here",
     "blurb": "About 28 rooms in sukiya architecture, on Fuyacho-Anekoji in Nakagyo.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN 1 Key (2026)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.hiiragiya.co.jp",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-hiiragiya/",
     "neighbourhood": "Fuyacho-Anekoji, Nakagyo",
     "rooms": "about 28",
     "nightly": "¥120,000-300,000",
     "nightly_from": 120000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "1818",
     "booking_url": "https://www.hiiragiya.co.jp",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-hoshinoya-kyoto",
     "rank": 6,
     "name": "Hoshinoya Kyoto",
     "name_ja": "星のや京都",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "A riverside ryokan in the Arashiyama gorge, reached by boat",
     "blurb": "Hoshino Resorts runs it as a modern ryokan, with gardens by Hiroki Hasegawa. The hotel's own boat brings guests from Togetsu-kyo.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Design press"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://hoshinoya.com/kyoto/",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-hoshinoya-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Arashiyama, upstream on the Oi River",
     "rooms": "25",
     "nightly": "¥150,000-300,000",
     "nightly_from": 150000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2009",
     "booking_url": "https://hoshinoya.com/kyoto/",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-park-hyatt-kyoto",
     "rank": 7,
     "name": "Park Hyatt Kyoto",
     "name_ja": "パーク ハイアット 京都",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "A hillside hotel built with a 140-year-old ryotei on Ninenzaka",
     "blurb": "Tony Chi designed the interiors of the low-rise buildings, which share the site with Sanso Kyoyamato and look towards the Yasaka pagoda.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "World's 50 Best Hotels (2025 list)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.hyatt.com/park-hyatt/itmph-park-hyatt-kyoto",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-park-hyatt-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Higashiyama, beside Kyoyamato on Ninenzaka",
     "rooms": "70",
     "nightly": "¥180,000-350,000",
     "nightly_from": 180000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2019",
     "booking_url": "https://www.hyatt.com/park-hyatt/itmph-park-hyatt-kyoto",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-capella-kyoto",
     "rank": 8,
     "name": "Capella Kyoto",
     "name_ja": "カペラ京都",
     "edition": "Luxury Edition",
     "edition_key": "luxury",
     "hook": "Capella's first Japan hotel, in the Miyagawa-cho geisha quarter",
     "blurb": "Kengo Kuma & Associates designed the building and Brewin Design Office the interiors. It opened in 2025.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN 2 Keys (2026, new)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://capellahotels.com/en/capella-kyoto",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-capella-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Miyagawa-cho, south Gion",
     "rooms": "89",
     "nightly": "¥200,000-400,000",
     "nightly_from": 200000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2025",
     "booking_url": "https://capellahotels.com/en/capella-kyoto",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "key": "boutique",
   "name": "Boutique Edition",
   "subtitle": "Smaller hotels",
   "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/kyoto/boutique/",
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    {
     "id": "kyoto-sowaka",
     "rank": 1,
     "name": "Sowaka",
     "name_ja": "そわか",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "A hundred-year-old sukiya house and a new annex near Yasaka Shrine",
     "blurb": "Eleven rooms fill the restored former restaurant and twelve the annex. The restaurant is La Bombance.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN Guide listed",
      "Design press (Wallpaper*)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://sowaka.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-sowaka/",
     "neighbourhood": "Shimogawara, south of Yasaka Shrine",
     "rooms": "23",
     "nightly": "¥70,000-140,000",
     "nightly_from": 70000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2019",
     "booking_url": "https://sowaka.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-kanamean-nishitomiya",
     "rank": 2,
     "name": "Kanamean Nishitomiya",
     "name_ja": "要庵 西富家",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "Seven suites and a kaiseki counter on Tominokoji",
     "blurb": "The kaiseki restaurant at this small central-Kyoto ryokan held a Michelin star.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN 2 Keys (2026, to confirm)",
      "Relais & Châteaux"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.kanamean.co.jp",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-kanamean-nishitomiya/",
     "neighbourhood": "Tominokoji-Rokkaku, Nakagyo",
     "rooms": "7-8 suites",
     "nightly": "¥130,000-250,000",
     "nightly_from": 130000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": null,
     "booking_url": "https://www.kanamean.co.jp",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-muni-kyoto",
     "rank": 3,
     "name": "MUNI Kyoto",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "Twenty-one rooms facing the Togetsu-kyo bridge in Arashiyama",
     "blurb": "Ducasse Paris cooks dinner at this owner-led, art-focused independent, which has a riverside garden.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Design press (Monocle)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://muni-kyoto.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-muni-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Arashiyama, facing the Togetsu-kyo bridge",
     "rooms": "21",
     "nightly": "¥120,000-220,000",
     "nightly_from": 120000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2020",
     "booking_url": "https://muni-kyoto.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-genji-kyoto",
     "rank": 4,
     "name": "Genji Kyoto",
     "name_ja": "源氏 京都",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "Nineteen rooms on the Kamo River, themed on the Tale of Genji",
     "blurb": "A restored 1891 machiya serves as the annex. Art and poetry from the eleventh-century novel shape the hotel's programme.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Design press"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://genjikyoto.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-genji-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Gojo-Kawaramachi, on the Kamo River",
     "rooms": "19 plus a machiya annex",
     "nightly": "¥50,000-90,000",
     "nightly_from": 50000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2022",
     "booking_url": "https://genjikyoto.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-hotel-mume",
     "rank": 5,
     "name": "Hotel Mume",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "Seven rooms on Gion's antiques street, run by the owner",
     "blurb": "Furnished with East Asian and European antiques, it has a long reputation among returning guests.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Guidebook staple (Condé Nast Traveller readers)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.hotelmume.jp",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-hotel-mume/",
     "neighbourhood": "Shinmonzen-dori, Gion",
     "rooms": "7",
     "nightly": "¥40,000-80,000",
     "nightly_from": 40000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2010",
     "booking_url": "https://www.hotelmume.jp",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-shiraume",
     "rank": 6,
     "name": "Shiraume",
     "name_ja": "白梅",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "A former Gion teahouse on the Shirakawa, reached by its own footbridge",
     "blurb": "The okami runs five or six rooms, with kaiseki dinners and a stone bath.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Guidebook and press staple"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.shiraume-kyoto.jp",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-shiraume/",
     "neighbourhood": "Gion Shirakawa",
     "rooms": "5-6",
     "nightly": "¥100,000-200,000",
     "nightly_from": 100000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": null,
     "booking_url": "https://www.shiraume-kyoto.jp",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-yoshida-sanso",
     "rank": 7,
     "name": "Yoshida-sanso",
     "name_ja": "吉田山荘",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "Built in 1932 for an imperial-family branch, now five rooms",
     "blurb": "The house mixes shoin style with stained glass and has a hillside garden. Its former study is now a café.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Heritage villa"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.yoshidasanso.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-yoshida-sanso/",
     "neighbourhood": "Yoshida-yama, Sakyo",
     "rooms": "5",
     "nightly": "¥100,000-200,000",
     "nightly_from": 100000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "1948",
     "booking_url": "https://www.yoshidasanso.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-kinmata",
     "rank": 8,
     "name": "Kinmata",
     "name_ja": "近又",
     "edition": "Boutique Edition",
     "edition_key": "boutique",
     "hook": "An 1801 inn on Gokomachi-Shijo, by Nishiki Market",
     "blurb": "Seven rooms sit behind a kaiseki restaurant at the front.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Registered Tangible Cultural Property"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.kinmata.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-kinmata/",
     "neighbourhood": "Gokomachi-Shijo, by Nishiki Market",
     "rooms": "7",
     "nightly": "¥90,000-180,000",
     "nightly_from": 90000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "1801",
     "booking_url": "https://www.kinmata.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "key": "value",
   "name": "Value Edition",
   "subtitle": "Under ¥60,000 a night",
   "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/kyoto/value/",
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    {
     "id": "kyoto-ace-hotel-kyoto",
     "rank": 1,
     "name": "Ace Hotel Kyoto",
     "name_ja": "エースホテル京都",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "Kengo Kuma's building around the 1926 Kyoto Central Telephone Office",
     "blurb": "Commune Design handled the interiors of the 213 rooms. The hotel runs a large programme of local art and music.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Design press (Wallpaper*, Dezeen)",
      "MICHELIN Guide listed"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://acehotel.com/kyoto/",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-ace-hotel-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Karasuma-Oike, Shin-Puh-Kan",
     "rooms": "213",
     "nightly": "¥40,000-90,000",
     "nightly_from": 40000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2020",
     "booking_url": "https://acehotel.com/kyoto/",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-hotel-kanra-kyoto",
     "rank": 2,
     "name": "Hotel Kanra Kyoto",
     "name_ja": "ホテル カンラ 京都",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "An early Kyoto design hotel, with machiya-inspired rooms and hinoki baths",
     "blurb": "UDS runs it near Higashi Hongan-ji, with a kitchen-restaurant and a shop stocking Kyoto makers.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Design press"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.uds-hotels.com/kanra/kyoto/",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-hotel-kanra-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Karasuma-Rokujo, near Higashi Hongan-ji",
     "rooms": "39-69",
     "nightly": "¥30,000-70,000",
     "nightly_from": 30000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2010 (renewed 2016)",
     "booking_url": "https://www.uds-hotels.com/kanra/kyoto/",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-bna-alter-museum",
     "rank": 3,
     "name": "BnA Alter Museum",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "Thirty-one rooms, each by a different artist, on the Kamo River",
     "blurb": "A gallery runs up the ten-floor stairwell, and there is a bar by the river.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Art press",
      "MICHELIN Guide listed"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://bnaaltermuseum.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-bna-alter-museum/",
     "neighbourhood": "Kawaramachi, on the Kamo River",
     "rooms": "31",
     "nightly": "¥25,000-50,000",
     "nightly_from": 25000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2019",
     "booking_url": "https://bnaaltermuseum.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-noku-kyoto",
     "rank": 4,
     "name": "NOKU Kyoto",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "Eighty-one rooms directly above Marutamachi Station",
     "blurb": "A design hotel next to the Kyoto Gyoen, the gardens of the Imperial Palace.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "MICHELIN Guide listed",
      "Design press (Wallpaper*)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://www.nokuhotels.com/kyoto/",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-noku-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Marutamachi, beside the Imperial Palace gardens",
     "rooms": "81",
     "nightly": "¥25,000-55,000",
     "nightly_from": 25000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2015",
     "booking_url": "https://www.nokuhotels.com/kyoto/",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-good-nature-hotel-kyoto",
     "rank": 5,
     "name": "Good Nature Hotel Kyoto",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "A wellbeing hotel in Kyoto wood above a food hall",
     "blurb": "Part of GOOD NATURE STATION at Shijo-Kawaramachi, with shops below the 148 rooms. It is Japanese-operated.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "WELL certification (reported)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://goodnaturehotel.jp",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-good-nature-hotel-kyoto/",
     "neighbourhood": "Shijo-Kawaramachi",
     "rooms": "148",
     "nightly": "¥30,000-60,000",
     "nightly_from": 30000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2019",
     "booking_url": "https://goodnaturehotel.jp",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-enso-ango",
     "rank": 6,
     "name": "ENSO ANGO",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "Japan's first dispersed hotel, about 200 rooms in five buildings",
     "blurb": "Its tea room and gym are spread across the buildings, so guests walk the streets between them.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Design press"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://enso-ango.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-enso-ango/",
     "neighbourhood": "Central Kyoto, five buildings",
     "rooms": "about 200 across 5 buildings",
     "nightly": "¥20,000-50,000",
     "nightly_from": 20000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2018",
     "booking_url": "https://enso-ango.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-kyomachiya-ryokan-sakura",
     "rank": 7,
     "name": "Kyomachiya Ryokan Sakura",
     "name_ja": "京町家旅館 さくら",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "Machiya inns between the two Hongan-ji temples",
     "blurb": "A small local operator runs two inns, Honganji and Urushitei, with wooden baths and tatami rooms.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Guidebook and booking-site praise"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://kyomachiya-sakura.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-kyomachiya-ryokan-sakura/",
     "neighbourhood": "Shimogyo, between the two Hongan-ji temples",
     "rooms": null,
     "nightly": "¥20,000-45,000",
     "nightly_from": 20000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": null,
     "booking_url": "https://kyomachiya-sakura.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    },
    {
     "id": "kyoto-nichinichi-townhouse",
     "rank": 8,
     "name": "Nichinichi Townhouse",
     "name_ja": "日々 TOWNHOUSE",
     "edition": "Value Edition",
     "edition_key": "value",
     "hook": "A century-old house and clay-walled storehouse, let to two guests",
     "blurb": "CASE-REAL renovated it in 2015, beside the Nichinichi gallery of fine Japanese craft.",
     "on_the_record": [
      "Design press (CASE-REAL)"
     ],
     "sources": [
      "Saved Spaces research, October 2026: MICHELIN Guide listings, travel and design press, official hotel sites"
     ],
     "official_url": "https://nichinichi-townhouse.com",
     "page_url": "https://savedspaces.com/hotels/kyoto-nichinichi-townhouse/",
     "neighbourhood": "Central Kyoto, beside the Nichinichi gallery",
     "rooms": "1 house (for two)",
     "nightly": "¥40,000-60,000",
     "nightly_from": 40000,
     "currency": "JPY",
     "opened": "2015",
     "booking_url": "https://nichinichi-townhouse.com",
     "booking_link": "direct"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}