Kyoto Granbell Hotel

Very modern hotel with great aesthetics. The onsen was amazing and the amenities were nice. Location was very near the main drag in Gion and across the river from Kawaramachi (though note that the only train station is a private line relatively disconnected from the rest of the city).

The room was incredibly small, and awkward as you have to climb over the bed to work the lights and window shades. All the electric in your room shuts off when you’re not in it (room key activated electric) so devices won’t charge, air conditioning shuts off, etc which makes for quite annoying at the best and downright uncomfortable other times returning to a hot and humid room. Also the internet didn’t work for about 4 days, and despite numerous complains most of the staff didn’t care and just shrugged saying it would work if I left and came back (even when it did work it was quite slow). Finally like others have said, the dryer in the laundry room is garbage...plan on 3 hours for a relatively dry load.