MIMARU KYOTO STATION

Front staff are very polite and helpful, and fluent in English. As I just know limited Nihongo, so the use of English can help foreign guests a lot to enjoy their stay at Mimaru. The Pokemon theme room is really attractive to me as a Pokemon fans, in which fully decorated with lovely Pokemon. I love the Pokemon souvenirs prepared for me so much, which is not for sale and well designed. All the utensils for living are quite enough and you do not need to worry about it if you stay for a long period of time or you can bring nothing to stay in the hotel in case you do not have many special requests.

We are a family with a 6yo, 4yo and a 4mo baby. The hotel provided a free crib, a real one not a camping crib we usually get at hotels. The small apartment/room was very comfortable for a family. I had a microwave that fits Avent bottle sterilizator, a fridge, a freezer, a fully stocked kitchen. While we chose not to cook and mostly brought in goods from the convini (Lawson is better than 7/11 in my opinion, both are bear by) or take aqay from the station's McDonalds, Avanti's food court (right across the street) or Coco Curry. A large dining table, a spacious shower and bath and a laundry room (operated by coins) made traveling with kids a pleasant experience. We chose Kyoto station branch as we used it as base for Osaka and Nagoya too, and it made traveling around easier. For us it was a perfect location. The hotel also has a game lending library and we enjoyed several evenings playing with our kids.

We really enjoyed the spaciousness of the room that we selected. It was the largest of the 3 hotels we stayed at. We also appreciated the exceptional and excellent support of the staff from Assistant Manager Ahn, to night clerk Zun. The location is right across from Kyoto station and there is a 7-Eleven just around the corner if one needed a midnight snack. The room also had a well equipped kitchenette though with soo many wonderful restaurants just across the street we didn’t need it. Also loved the large dining room.

Location of the hotel. It did have the kitchenette but we didn't really use it. Saving the environment which didn't provide of the normal stuff but they did have any problem in giving it to you. If you forgot any. I was aware of this before the trip as well .

A short walk from Kyoto station, I can remind this as a place to stay particularly for families who don't want to split across rooms as required in some other hotels. Not the largest room with 1 of our party needing to sleep on a lounge but comfortable bunks and beds for the remainder. Close to shopping, dining, transport and convenience stores there is nothing that I would complain about. Great staff, great restaurant recommendations and overall a superb spot to base yourself to venture around Kyoto and beyond!