What is the average WiFi speed in Kyoto stays?

Median WiFi speed is 127.5 Mbps across the 68 Kyoto listings with a measured speed (mean 229 Mbps). 7% are under 25 Mbps, 57% are at least 100 Mbps. Verified from amenity listings (44%), guest reviews (40%), descriptions (15%).

How much do digital nomad apartments cost in Kyoto?

Across the 127 Kyoto listings we track, monthly rent ranges from $1,056 to $18,111, with a median of $4,577. 79% of the listings shown are hosted by top-rated hosts.

Are there stays with dedicated workspaces in Kyoto?

Yes, 6 of the 9 listings we examined show a real ergonomic office chair in their photos. We have not examined every listing yet.

How do you know all this about Kyoto?

We keep a curated set of 135 stays in Kyoto and re-check them over time, rather than repeating whatever a booking site happens to show today. Connection speeds are what each place and its guests report, 39 of the 68 independently measured, so read them as indicative rather than lab-tested. 67 of the 135 carry no reading at all, and unmeasured is not the same as slow. Prices are the advertised monthly rate, before any discount a host offers. Reviews are counted rather than summarised, and quotes appear word for word, attributed to a stay and a date rather than to a person. Every figure here was computed on 7 September 2026.

Stays in Kyoto, Japan

We track 135 listings in Kyoto. 68 have a measured Wi-Fi speed (median 127.5 Mbps; 39 of those are Airbnb's own speed test), and 6 of the 9 we ran through the chair detector show a real office chair.

Also in Japan: Osaka, Tokyo and Sapporo.

Rental unit in Ukyo Ward

🛜 93 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $1056/month

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Rental unit in Ukyo Ward

🛜 93 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $1056/month

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Condo in Minami Ward, Kyoto

🛜 65 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $1313/month

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Rental unit in Ukyo Ward

🛜 23 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $1388/month

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Real workspace

Rental unit in Kyoto

🛜 170 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 1 person 🏅Superhost 💰 $1668/month

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Rental unit in Minami Ward

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 1 person 💰 $1722/month

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Condo in Kyoto

🛜 300 Mbps (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 💰 $1801/month

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Rental unit in Yamashina-ku

🛜 525 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $1831/month

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Home in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 3 people 💰 $1898/month

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Rental unit in Shimogyō-ku, Kyōto-shi

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 3 people 💰 $1958/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $1995/month

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Real workspace

Condo in Nakagyo-ku

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2009/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 234 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 3 people 💰 $2095/month

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Rental unit in Kamigyo Ward

🛜 57 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2161/month

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Townhouse in Minami Ward

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2186/month

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Rental unit in Shimogyo-ku

🛜 40 Mbps (Mentioned in Review)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2304/month

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Home in Uji-shi

🛜 21 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2320/month

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Real workspace

Rental unit in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto

🛜 150 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 1 person 🏅Superhost 💰 $2355/month

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Home in Otsu

🛜 85 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2397/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 3 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2539/month

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Home in Ukyo Ward

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 3 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2586/month

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Hut in Yamashina-ku, Kyōto-shi

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2723/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 294 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2739/month

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Serviced apartment in Kyoto

🛜 67 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2745/month

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Hut in Kyoto

🛜 1000 Mbps (Declared by Host)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2835/month

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Serviced apartment in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2893/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $2914/month

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Home in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto

🛜 518 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 2 people 💰 $2933/month

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Aparthotel in Minami-ku, Kyoto

🛜 200 Mbps (Mentioned in Review)
👥 3 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $3029/month

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Serviced apartment in 京都

🛜 43 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 3 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $3461/month

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Rental unit in Minami-ku, Kyoto

🛜 500 Mbps (Mentioned in Review)
👥 3 people 💰 $3630/month

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Aparthotel in Minami-ku, Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $3723/month

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Home in Kamigyō-ku, Kyōto-shi

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $3820/month

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Rental unit in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $3828/month

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Home in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 5 people 💰 $3839/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 5 people 💰 $3899/month

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Home in Higashiyama-ku

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4052/month

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Home in Nakagyo-ku

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4073/month

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Real workspace

Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4208/month

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Serviced apartment in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto

🛜 455 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 3 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4225/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 145 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4346/month

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Home in Higashiyama-ku

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4507/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 81 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4513/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4577/month

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Home in Fushimi-ku

🛜 307 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 10 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4648/month

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Home in Nakagyo-ku

🛜 90 Mbps (Mentioned in Review)
👥 9 people 💰 $4689/month

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Home in Minami Ward

🛜 92 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $4703/month

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Home in Minami Ward

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 7 people 💰 $4991/month

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Aparthotel in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $5108/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 6 people 💰 $5253/month

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Home in Minami Ward

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $5396/month

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Serviced apartment in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto

🛜 482 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $5414/month

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Home in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $5501/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 258 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $5867/month

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Townhouse in Kyoto

🛜 190 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6118/month

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Townhouse in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6488/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 416 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6765/month

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Serviced apartment in 京都市

🛜 31 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6801/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 8 people 💰 $7269/month

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Townhouse in Kyoto

🛜 764 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $7366/month

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Townhouse in Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto-shi

🛜 189 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $7890/month

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Real workspace

Yusuke's Apartments 8mins kyoto station

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 3 people 💰 $NaN/month

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Townhouse in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $7680/month

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Naomiさんのアパートメント全部屋洗濯機完備, 京都駅徒歩10分

🛜 50 Mbps (Mentioned in Review)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $NaN/month

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Home in Minami Ward

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $7189/month

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Viale Jurakumawari 10min walk from Nijo Castle

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $NaN/month

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Townhouse in 京都市

🛜 108 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 8 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $3215/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 44 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6264/month

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Townhouse in Nakagyo-ku

🛜 123 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6473/month

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Home in Nakagyo-ku

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 7 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6578/month

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Townhouse in Shimogyo-ku

🛜 Fast Internet (Declared by Host)
👥 9 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6640/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 9 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $6855/month

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Townhouse in Nakagyo-ku

🛜 121 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $7407/month

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Home in 京都市

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 💰 $7553/month

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Home in Kyoto

🛜 78 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 7 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $7689/month

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Home in Sakyo-ku

🛜 85 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $7711/month

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Townhouse in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto

🛜 420 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $9204/month

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Home in 中京区壬生東淵田町

🛜 88 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 4 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $9507/month

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Home in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto

🛜 119 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $11043/month

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Home in Sakyō-ku, Kyōto-shi

🛜 87 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 5 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $11790/month

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Townhouse in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto

🛜 420 Mbps (Verified by Airbnb)
👥 6 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $13149/month

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Taiyoさんのアパートメント

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 2 people 💰 $NaN/month

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<ﾌｧﾐﾈｽ>京都駅徒歩3分, WiFi&キッチン完備, コンビニすぐ！

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 2 people 🏅Superhost 💰 $NaN/month

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Riraso

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 💰 $NaN/month

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Riraso

🛜 Fast Internet (Mentioned in Review)
👥 4 people 💰 $NaN/month

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— stays

Prices indicative · confirm on provider

Guest reviews

What 25,792 guests actually wrote

Every review on the 135 places we track. We read the 15,246 written in English, August 2014 to September 2026 (nothing newer).

The finding in the reviews

Guests in Kyoto keep raising the stairs and hills, and rarely to praise it

Guests describe stairs and hills throughout Kyoto with marked frustration; the detail compounds over a month of residential navigation.

644 of the 15,246 reviews we read mention the stairs and hills. Of the 342 that say which way, 331 are complaints and 11 are praise. It is not the same across the city: Nakagyo-ku at 17 of 198 reviews, Ukyō Ward at 1 of 128.

Where the sentences about the stairs and hills land

331 complaints

11 praise

342 sentences that say which way

What guests bring up

Walkable & central 3,02219.8%

Getting around 2,87218.8%

Noise & quiet 2,38515.6%

250 of the 1,363 readable mentions are complaints

Food & errands nearby 2,19414.4%

Weather indoors 7595.0%

108 of the 178 readable mentions are complaints

Settling in for a month 6614.3%

Stairs & hills 6444.2%

331 of the 342 readable mentions are complaints

Value for a month 6084.0%

32 of the 499 readable mentions are complaints

Safety walking around 5193.4%

20 of the 241 readable mentions are complaints

Wifi & video calls 3322.2%

40 of the 200 readable mentions are complaints

15,246 reviews read

Where the stairs and hills comes up

Nakagyo-ku 8.6%

Sakyō Ward 7.7%

Nakagyo Ward 6.0%

Fushimi Ward 5.6%

Higashiyama-ku 5.3%

Ukyō Ward 0.8%

Nakagyo-ku 17 of 198 · Sakyō Ward 13 of 168 · Nakagyo Ward 32 of 529 · Fushimi Ward 3 of 54 · Higashiyama-ku 9 of 169 · Ukyō Ward 1 of 128 · reviews from each area

What guests say about Kyoto

Reproduced word for word, and only where a guest was writing about the place rather than the flat.

What they like about Kyoto

Walkable

“The location is excellent, about a 10 minute walk, which made it easy to move around the city and access transportation.”

Stay in Shimogyo Ward April 2026

Nearby

“The location is pretty great—right between the busy restaurant area (across the bigger river) and the old parts of Kyoto.”

The listing March 2026

“It was nice to start the mornings and end the evenings after walking in Kyoto with a warm tub soak and enjoy the garden.”

The listing January 2026

What they warn about Kyoto

Getting around

“Find the location itself was too difficult and the distance from the local train station is minimum.”

Stay in Minami Ward January 2025

“the neighborhood is not the best if you're looking to walk for coffee and or restaurant.”

The listing February 2025

“The location isn't very convenient, it takes more than 30 minutes to reach central Kyoto.”

The listing May 2026

Guest reviews, never edited and never paraphrased. We hold no reviewer names, so a quote is attributed to a place and a date rather than to a person.

Stays in Kyoto, Japan

All stays

What 68 measured listings actually report

How likely you land on a bad connection

Against the 126 cities we track

Speed and rent by neighbourhood

Minami Ward against Nakagyo Ward

Minami Ward

Nakagyo Ward

Shimogyo Ward

Higashiyama Ward

What 25,792 guests actually wrote

Guests in Kyoto keep raising the stairs and hills, and rarely to praise it

What guests bring up

Where the stairs and hills comes up

What guests say about Kyoto

What a month here actually costs

Spread of monthly rates

98 of 135 hosts discount a monthly stay

We looked at the photos, on part of the city

If Kyoto is not it

In Japan

Osaka

Tokyo

Sapporo

Costs about the same

San Francisco

London

Glasgow

Reviews mentioning safety & security

Questions people actually ask