I booked a single room in a 6 bed female dormitory. Upon check in, the staff was very welcoming. I got a great surprise when I came to the room. All the beds had space besides then including hangers and a little table. Furthermore, privacy was ensured with a curtain. Defiantly a place I would recommend for other single travelers. Location is just perfect, 5 minutes walk from the station. One of my days in Kyoto I rented a bike from the hostel for only 500yen. Half the price of the remaining city.

This hostel is lovely. We had a private room which was great, although a little cramped with all our bags...but everything is quite small in Japan! Always clean and everyone is very respectful of travellers there. Only a 5 minute walk from the main train station, navigating around here is very easy. The staff were very friendly and offered help when asked. Kyoto is an amazing place, would definately reccommend staying here.

I had stayed at Hana Hostel in Hiroshima 2 years ago so decided to book the sister hostel in Kyoto this return journey. I booked online for 4 of us, five nights...one twin room and one double room both with ensuite. The rooms were both of a good size, airconditioned and serviced daily. We used the kitchen once for cooking but the two other times we purchased food and sat in the kitchen to eat. We met with some nice guests from other countries as well as Japanese guests and relaxed in the common area with the tv, magazines and free computers. The location is extremely good as it is a short walk from Kyoto railway station, the Cube, Porta, Yodobashi, Lawsons and restaurants. We purchased food from the Basement of Cube and had a feast back at the hostel.There was a fridge in the kitchen for your food but also one on the 3rd floor outside our room that we could use as well. The only negative was carrying our luggage upstairs to our rooms as there is no lift. We left Kyoto Hana Hostel for Hiroshima and stayed at Hana hostel there. One noticable difference was the extensive variety of free condiments in the kitchen in Hiroshima compared to Kyoto (we had to purchase some ingredients for our cooking in Kyoto, where Hiroshima had the same condiments readily available) Even so we would definitely return to Kyoto Hana Hostel to stay again as the location is the best and the staff were all really friendly and ready to greet us on our return at the end of each day. I hope they liked the chocolates I left them!!