Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion, Kyoto
About the Hotel
Rooms
Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion provides double, triple, and twin rooms. Each room includes air conditioning, a wardrobe, a private bathroom with a bath and shower, a flat-screen TV, a safe deposit box, and an electric kettle. Some rooms have a sofa. The junior suite, "Celestine Higashiyama," features a separate living room and bedroom.
Dining Options
The hotel features the Japanese restaurant "Yasaka Endo," where guests enjoy tempura and kaiseki cuisine. The Celestine Endo's original menus combine with tempura from the original Endo restaurant and favorites from the Beverly Hills branch. Endo's original dashi-shabu menu features seasonal seafood and Kyoto vegetables. Lean Kyoto beef is known for its rich flavor in warishita-style dashi broth. The menu includes appetizers and a choice of nyuumen noodle broth or zosui rice soup. Guests can enjoy shrimp tempura rice balls, yuba tofu, and dashi rolled egg omelet for breakfast. The restaurant has 38 tables with a view of the shoin-zukuri inspired stage and performances by maiko.
Leisure & Relaxation
Guests can use the Large Public Bath from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. The bath has communal shower areas and segregated hot bathing pools for men and women, open until 2:00 a.m. Guests have access to the gallery-like guest lounge from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with coffee, tea, juice, and snacks. Guests can take time to gaze at Kenninji's dry landscape garden.
Location and Proximity
Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion is 2 km from Karasuma and 50 km from Itami. It is just beyond Kennin-ji, one of Japan's oldest Zen temples. Nearby landmarks include Yasaka Shrine (1 km), Kyoto National Museum (1 km), Nishiki Market Shopping District (1.5 km), Shoren-in (1.5 km), Chion-in (1.5 km), Nishi-Hongan-ji (2 km), Nijo Castle (3 km) and Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine (3.5 km). The hotel is steps from a peaceful park with the Kenninji buddhist temple. Guests emerge from the hotel into a warren of atmospheric streets.
Hotel Services
Staff welcome guests with seated check-in with tea and advice about the area, including restaurants. Orders received by 10:00 a.m. will be delivered after 5:00 p.m. the same day. Heating and air conditioning are available. Free toiletries are provided.
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Facilities
General
- Non-smoking rooms
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
- Safe deposit box
- 24-hour reception
- VIP check-in/ -out
- No pets allowed
- Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
- Security
- Luggage storage
- Lift
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Key card access
Guest Parking
- Electric kettle
Services
- Free shuttle service
- Room service
- Housekeeping
- Tours/Ticket assistance
Dining
- Restaurant
Business
- Fax/Photocopying
Room features
- Wi-Fi in rooms
- Air conditioning
- Heating
- Trouser press
Bathroom
- Free toiletries
Self-catering
- Electric kettle
Media
- Flat-screen TV
- AM/FM alarm clock
