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The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu
Kyoto, Japan · Independent · Core Luxury
The 1933 Kyoto Municipal Kiyomizu Elementary School, a reinforced-concrete building on the walk up to Kiyomizu-dera, reopened in March 2020 as a 48-room hotel that kept the arched windows, Spanish-tile roof, and classroom corridors. The old auditorium is now the restaurant, the schoolyard a courtyard, and the rooftop bar looks toward Yasaka Pagoda. MICHELIN awarded One Key, Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star, and Leading Hotels of the World added it in 2023.
- 48 rooms
- Opened 2020
- Neighborhood: Higashiyama Ward
About The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu
- The school on this site traces to 1869 as the 27th Shimogyo Elementary, one of Kyoto's community bangumi schools; the present concrete building dates to 1933.
- Classrooms became guest rooms; the auditorium became the restaurant; the schoolyard is now a courtyard.
- NTT Urban Development owns the hotel; UD Hospitality Management operates it.
- Forty-eight rooms in Higashiyama, a short walk from Sannenzaka and Kiyomizu-dera.
The setting
The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu puts guests toward the east of Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. Kiyomizu-dera is essentially at the door. Lanterns and temple hours. Gion is the evening street; the eastern hills are the morning. 4-minute walk to Hōkan-ji.
Amenities
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Rooftop bar
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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