Travelers who want a large Kyoto hotel on the river, with Gion and Kawaramachi on foot and a suite inventory that faces water and hills. Best for: Rooms sit on the Kamogawa at Nijo-Ohashi, facing the Higashiyama mountains, with a preserved Meiji house and courtyard folded into a full-service river hotel. Travelers who want a large Kyoto hotel on the river, with Gion and Kawaramachi on foot and a suite inventory that faces water and hills. Rooms sit on the Kamogawa at Nijo-Ohashi, facing the Higashiyama mountains, with a preserved Meiji house and courtyard folded into a full-service river hotel.
01 · Kyoto, Japan · Hotel
Rooms sit on the Kamogawa at Nijo-Ohashi, facing the Higashiyama mountains, with a preserved Meiji house and courtyard folded into a full-service river hotel.
The short answer
Travelers who want a large Kyoto hotel on the river, with Gion and Kawaramachi on foot and a suite inventory that faces water and hills.
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Best for
Rooms sit on the Kamogawa at Nijo-Ohashi, facing the Higashiyama mountains, with a preserved Meiji house and courtyard folded into a full-service river hotel. Travelers who want a large Kyoto hotel on the river, with Gion and Kawaramachi on foot and a suite inventory that faces water and hills.
Avoid if
Guests who want a ten-room ryokan, a boat-only Arashiyama landing, or a Ninenzaka lane hotel.
Kyoto, Japan
Reviewed 31 August 2026 from Ritz Carlton Kyoto's published location, stay format, and press photography. No rate or availability claim is made here.
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Guide updated August 31, 2026.
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