Travelers who want a resort-scale Kyoto stay with onsen garden rooms and mountain backdrop, without sleeping in Higashiyama or Gion. Best for: An LXR hotel occupies the Shozan Resort grounds in northern Kyoto’s Takagamine foothills, along the Tenjin River and within a walk of Kinkaku-ji, on land that once held a Rinpa artisan colony. Travelers who want a resort-scale Kyoto stay with onsen garden rooms and mountain backdrop, without sleeping in Higashiyama or Gion. An LXR hotel occupies the Shozan Resort grounds in northern Kyoto’s Takagamine foothills, along the Tenjin River and within a walk of Kinkaku-ji, on land that once held a Rinpa artisan colony.
01 · Kyoto, Japan · Hotel
An LXR hotel occupies the Shozan Resort grounds in northern Kyoto’s Takagamine foothills, along the Tenjin River and within a walk of Kinkaku-ji, on land that once held a Rinpa artisan colony.
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Travelers who want a resort-scale Kyoto stay with onsen garden rooms and mountain backdrop, without sleeping in Higashiyama or Gion.
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Best for
An LXR hotel occupies the Shozan Resort grounds in northern Kyoto’s Takagamine foothills, along the Tenjin River and within a walk of Kinkaku-ji, on land that once held a Rinpa artisan colony. Travelers who want a resort-scale Kyoto stay with onsen garden rooms and mountain backdrop, without sleeping in Higashiyama or Gion.
Avoid if
Guests who need to walk to Pontocho at night, or who want a station hotel they can roll a suitcase into from the shinkansen.
Kyoto, Japan
Reviewed 31 August 2026 from Roku 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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