GUESTHOUSE

疎影舎帯座

SOE-SYA OBIZA

SOE-SYA OBIZA（疏影舍带座）, which opened in 2022, is a guesthouse located near Daitokuji temple in the North District of Kyoto. The guesthouse offers matcha, Chinese tea, and Taiwanese tea to its guests.

The original owner of this house used to run a kimono shop in this location before immigrating to the United States over ten years ago. She was fond of this area of Kyoto where SOE-SYA OBIZA is now situated. After inheriting this traditional folk house from the original owner of the kimono shop, I began living in the house since the summer of 2021. Initially, I never thought about opening a guesthouse here.

However, after living for a while, not surprisingly, I felt that this house was too big… Many people had lived in this house after the kimono shop owner moved to the United States. A former resident seemed to have run a B & B here, and our SOE-SYA OBIZA inherited the previous appearance and overlapped with the shadow of the kimono shop, creating an incredible and wonderful space. If so, I became interested in offering the empty rooms as a guesthouse and began negotiating with the municipal government and submitting various application materials.

A very friendly young man who worked at the municipal government once joked with me, ‘In this day and age (due to COVID-19), many people have given up on running a B&B, and it’s so rare to see someone applying for it now…’ We all laughed at his comment. Looking back, it’s now a cherished memory of mine to have started this guesthouse here.

SOE-SYA OBIZA is not a renovated instagrammable townhouse B & B with modern decoration and various high-end furniture and appliances.It has essentially remained unchanged since its inheritance. However, SOE-SYA OBIZA is ultimately a space that allows people to revisit the Showa era of Japan. At the same time, it’s an old townhouse that enables visitors to truly experience the original meaning of the four seasons in Kyoto. It’s cool in the summer and quite cold in the winter. We invite you to come to this traditional folk house and experience its century-old history and the changing of the seasons!

SOE-SYA OBIZA is not a vacation rental house, nor is it a hotel that provides meticulous hospitality. It’s also not a Japanese inn with considerate service. SOE-SYA OBIZA is a type of homeowner-residence guesthouse that operates in accordance with Item 1 of Article 3 of the Japanese new Private Lodging Business Law. Therefore, even though we live here day and night, we can still provide you with two rooms that overlook the Japanese-style inner courtyard. I usually work at home. However, if I have time, I would like to have tea with you in the shared coffee space.

This is SOE-SYA OBIZA. Please keep in touch!

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ACCESS

ADRESS　　〒603-8204　京都市北区紫竹高縄町5

　　　　　　5,Takanawa-cho,sichiku,kitaku,Kyoto city,Kyoto  #603-8204

PHONE 　　０７５－４０６－７４６９

ACCESS　 　

subway： Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line Kitao-ji station ,11 minutes’ walk from Exit 1

bus：Take bus No.9 at the bus terminal B1 of Kyoto Station of Kyoto City Bus to Higashitakanawa-cho, get off at Higashitakanawa-cho and walk for 3 minutes.

taxi：Please tell the driver “猪熊通（inokuma-tori）・今宫南西入（imamiya-minaminisi-iri）”

Self driving: we have a parking lot.(height of less than 170cm ,need reservation required)

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ABOUT ROOMS

Batch number of Japanese new Private Lodgings Business Law      #M260030527

Number of rooms available　　　　2 rooms , each room can accommodate 2-3 people The accommodation plan is limited to one group per day.　

PlanA(with bathroom) 　　　　　　1 night, 1 room, 1 person, 9600 yen　　　　　 　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1 night, 1 room, 2 persons, 15600 yen (7800 yen per person)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1 night, 1 room, 3 persons 21600 yen (7200 yen per person)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　★Plus accommodation tax in Kyoto, one person for one night, 200 yen

　PlanB(no bathroom)　　　　I hope you can also enjoy the SENTO (public bath)culture in Kyoto!　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1 night, 1 room, 1 person,9000 yen

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1 night, 1 room, 2 persons, 15000yen (7500 yen per person)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1 night, 1 room, 3 persons, 21000yen (7000 yen per person)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　★Plus accommodation tax in Kyoto, one person for one night, 200 yen　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　I hope you will add the SENTO culture of Kyoto to your memory.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　SENTO fee:450 yen for adults (above middle school students)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　150 yen for pupils.

If there are more than 4 persons , please contact us first. Two rooms are needed to cope.

Check in　　　１３:００～２０:００
Check ou　　　　　　 　～１０:００

※It would be a great help for us, if you could tell me the check-in and check-out time in advance.

Equipment, sanitary supplies, toilet, kitchen, bathroom share with owners.

Tea space can be shared.

The washstand is dedicated.

Try some rare tea! (charge for Chinese tea etc.).

If you are free, I can taste tea with you.

The owner is an expert in Chinese tea and Japanese Matcha. There is a parking lot ( 1 car , 170cm high, need to make an appointment).　

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PAYMENT METHODS

①PAYPAL（Details will be notified by Email after appointment）

②PAYPAY　　

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BOOKING

※The displayed price at the time of the following booking includes 200 yen / person accommodation tax.
※If there are more than 4 persons, please contact with us first.　　　　　
※After the appointment is completed, we will reply to you . The appointment hasn’t been confirmed before then. Please wait patiently for our reply。

　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　

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