Hotel New Hankyu Kyoto

Hotel new Hankyu Kyoto is a long-established station-side hotel on the north side of Kyoto Station. First opened in July 1981, it is one of the better-known hotels around the station, with 325 guest rooms, several dining venues, and quick access to trains, buses, shops and restaurants.

Travelers should note that the hotel is scheduled to end operations after guest stays on 17-Jan-2027, because its fixed-term building lease is expiring. Until then, it remains an operating hotel, but anyone planning a stay close to that date should check availability carefully.

Hotel New Hankyu
at Kyoto Station

Hotel new Hankyu Kyoto is about 3 minutes on foot from JR Kyoto Station’s Karasuma Central Exit and about 2 minutes from Kyoto Station on the municipal subway. City bus stops are also nearby, so the hotel works best for travelers who want to stay close to the main station concourse and bus access on the north side of Kyoto Station. Entrances to the Porta underground shopping mall are directly outside the hotel, and Kyoto Yodobashi is directly behind it. Nearby sights include Kyoto Tower, which is just one block away, and Higashi Honganji Temple, which can be reached in about 10 minutes on foot.

Drivers should reserve ahead if they want to use the hotel basement car park. It has 25 spaces, requires advance reservation, and costs 1,600 yen per night for staying guests, covering use from 12:00 on the arrival date to 13:00 on the departure date.

Hotel New Hankyu Kyoto viewed from Kyoto Station’s Skyway Tunnel

The hotel entrance

Guest Rooms

The hotel has 325 guest rooms. The current room lineup is built around singles, twins, triples and connecting rooms, including moderate and superior twin and triple layouts, Japanesque twins, urban twins and compact studio twins. This makes the hotel a flexible choice for solo travelers, couples and small groups who want to stay beside Kyoto Station rather than spend extra time crossing town with luggage.

Twin Room at New Hankyu Kyoto

A Single Room at New Hankyu Kyoto

All rooms are non-smoking and include free Wi-Fi and an air purifier. Standard in-room equipment includes a refrigerator, warm-water bidet toilet, hair dryer, electric kettle, towels, nightwear, reusable slippers, mineral water, hand soap and bath amenities. Toothbrushes, hairbrushes, razors, tea and coffee are available from the front-lobby amenity area. Guests can also borrow items such as a humidifier, desk lamp, blanket, trouser press, iron and ironing board, mobile phone charger and LAN equipment, while rental PCs are charged separately.

Dining Facilities

Dining at Hotel new Hankyu Kyoto is useful, but some operating details are more changeable than they used to be. The current official roster includes Boulevard, Loin, Monselet, Bar Reed, Minokichi and the Lobby Lounge. Because some services are suspended, it is best to treat the hotel restaurants as convenient in-house options rather than assume every venue is operating on a full daily schedule.

The Lobby Lounge is a first-floor lounge for coffee, tea and cakes in a Kyoto-style interior. It is open from 10:00 to 19:00.

Boulevard is the hotel’s first-floor breakfast venue. Current hotel notices say breakfast is temporarily served as a Western set, and that lunch and dinner are suspended for the time being, so it should not be treated as a normal all-day buffet restaurant.

Loin specializes in teppanyaki, which is iron-plate cooking, serving beef steaks, seafood and local vegetables. It is open for lunch from 11:30 to 14:30, with course last orders at 14:00, and for dinner from 17:00 to 21:00, with last orders at 20:00.

Monselet is the hotel’s French restaurant, but the current restaurant list says service is suspended for the time being.

There are also dining options in the basement:

Minokichi is a tenant restaurant serving Kyoto’s traditional kaiseki cuisine, which consists of refined multi-course meals. It serves breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00, with last orders at 9:30, lunch from 11:30 to 15:00, with last orders at 14:30, and dinner from 17:00 to 21:30, with last orders at 20:30.

Bar Reed is the hotel’s basement bar, serving soft drinks and alcoholic beverages. It is open Monday to Saturday from 17:30 to 23:00, with last orders at 22:30, and on Sundays and holidays from 17:30 to 22:00, with last orders at 21:30.

Breakfast

Breakfast at Boulevard

Breakfast is offered at Boulevard and Minokichi from 7:00 to 10:00, with last orders at 9:30. Boulevard is the Western breakfast venue, although guests should check the current hotel notice for whether service is being offered as a buffet or a temporary set-menu breakfast. The listed Boulevard price at this update is 2,760 yen for adults and 1,380 yen for children from age 4 through elementary school. Minokichi offers a Japanese set breakfast in the basement.

Other Facilities and Services

Guests can store luggage free of charge before check-in and after check-out, which is useful if you are arriving early at Kyoto Station or leaving the city later in the day. The hotel also offers wake-up calls, dry cleaning, parcel delivery, photocopying, fax-sending, paid relaxation service and paid rental PCs. Borrowable items include a humidifier, desk lamp, blanket, trouser press, iron and ironing board, mobile phone charger and LAN equipment.

There are always plenty of staff at the reception desk who can help you with your enquiries

The reception desk is open 24 hours a day, and the information counter can help with general hotel enquiries.