Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Ekimae is a business hotel about 3 minutes on foot from Kyoto Station’s Central Exit. It is very conveniently situated for local shops and restaurants, and nearby attractions include Kyoto Tower, Higashi Honganji Temple and the Shosei-en garden. The hotel’s strongest feature is its top-floor natural hot spring public bath, which makes it a more comfortable choice than many standard business hotels near the station.
Dormy Inn Premium
Kyoto Ekimae
This hotel opened in 2010 and is a practical choice for either business travelers or tourists who want a short walk from Kyoto Station, compact but well-equipped rooms, breakfast on site, laundry facilities and a proper public bath.
The Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Ekimae is within shouting distance of Kyoto Tower
Guest Rooms
The official room lineup is single, double, queen and twin, with 200 rooms in total: 6 single rooms, 96 doubles, 84 twins and 14 queen rooms. Rooms are compact, with singles at 14.3 sq m, doubles at 14.1 to 15.0 sq m, queen rooms at 16.0 to 16.3 sq m, and twins at 20.2 to 21.7 sq m. They are best suited to short stays, solo travelers, couples, and travelers who value the station location more than extra floor space.
Guest room amenities listed by the hotel include free internet, TV, video-on-demand, shower booth, hair dryer, heated-washlet toilet, towels, nightwear, shampoo, conditioner, body soap, slippers, tea, hairbrush, toothbrush, razor and cotton swabs.
Guest Room at Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Station
The Restaurant
Breakfast is served at 1F CAFÉ&LOUNGE OASIS Kyoto Ekimae from 6:30 to 9:30, with final entry at 9:00. The listed price is 2,500 yen for adults, 1,200 yen for children from age 3 through elementary school, and free for children age 2 and under. The buffet includes Dormy Inn’s standard Japanese and Western breakfast items, small dishes and made-to-order egg dishes, plus Kyoto-specific items such as warm sweet-savory nishin cha soba, handmade Kyoto tofu and a seafood bowl.
Dormy Inn’s free Yonaki Soba service is offered daily from 21:30 to 23:00 in the 1F restaurant. Despite the name, this is a light soy-sauce ramen, so travelers with allergies should check the hotel’s allergy notes.
Buffet breakfast at Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Ekimae
The Spa & Sauna
What gives Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Ekimae an edge over other similar business hotels in the area is its 9F natural hot spring public bath, Hana Hotaru no Yu. The gender-separated bath area has an indoor natural hot spring bath using water brought from Kyoto Joyo Onsen, an open-air bath, a pot bath, a water bath and a high-temperature sauna with TV.
The bath is open from 15:00 to 10:00 the following morning, with the sauna unavailable from 1:00 to 5:00. The hotel also notes that guests with tattoos are refused entry to the bath, so check the official bath rules before booking if this affects you. There is also a massage and treatment room on the 9th floor, open from 17:00 to 25:00, with final reception at 24:30.
This rest and recreation area has complimentary drinks available for hotel guests
Other Facilities
You can find a laundry corner on the 9th floor, with washing machines and detergent available free of charge and dryers costing 100 yen for 20 minutes. The hotel lists three washing machines and dryers each for men and women. A paid cleaning service is also available, and trouser presses can be borrowed. Vending machines are on the 2nd, 5th and 9th floors.
The hotel has 26 parking spaces, offered on a first-come-first-served basis. Parking is listed at 2,000 yen per day from 15:00 to 11:00, with vehicle limits of 5.30 m length, 2.00 m height, 1.95 m width and 2.3 tons weight. If the hotel car park is full, guests are directed to nearby parking at their own cost.
The entrance to the Dormy Inn
Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved. Last updated 26-Jun-2026.
