Oideyasu! Please take off your shoes.
I've gotten several requests recently for info on cheap places to stay in kyoto, so here are some no frills hostel-type places, known locally as gaijin houses; about ¥2,000 per night, or monthly ¥26,000 (dorm) - ¥45,000 (private room) :
Aoi-so Inn
I stayed here in northern kyoto when I was house hunting, it's the only one I've personally inspected, near subway kuramaguchi; tel 075-431-0788; here's their useless one-page web site. Hint: Praise the owner's dyed-pink poodle "Chibi-chan" to get favorable treatment.
Kyoto Green Peace
Kitayama (northern) area; tel 075-791-9890
ISE Dorm
Author Pico Iyer stayed here in eastern Kyoto when writing "Four Seasons in Kyoto". Ask for his room, see what happens; tel 075-771-0566
Yuraku-so
In the north near botanical gardens; tel 070-6688-6815; web site
Once again you beat me to the post. I found some great budget accommodations in Kyoto two weeks ago at the Kyoto University Dorm. It was the dirtiest place I have ever been, right down to the skeletal remains of a large beast in the back yard... but at least it was free (we camped in their yard).
(I tried using the trackback to a post on my site, but it doesn't seem to appear on your post, so I am adding this comment...)
Posted by: Kevin on May 15, 2003 10:01 PMSome of the scenery around Takashima and south looks familiar to me. I vividly remember those stepped rice paddies. Heading north from Tsuruga, the Echizen coast is glorious. Next time.
Posted by: nils on May 15, 2003 10:08 PMI stayed at Kyoto Green Peace many many years ago from my second to fourth week in Japan and it was fine-- clean, quiet, convenient enough. Bet it hasn't changed much since then.
Posted by: Pam on May 17, 2003 11:22 AMHi.
Here is a list of guest houses I have put together:
http://kyotoinfor.freeservers.com
