Kyoto has no shortage of places worth photographing: temples and shrines, cherry blossom and autumn leaves, cafes and sweets.
Why not choose a hotel that is worth photographing too?
This article covers three stylish hotels in Kyoto.
They are not only well designed in the rooms and the furniture; they also hold art exhibitions or work with students from an art university.
Some let you spend time with the traditional culture of Kyoto or with work by well-known artists, so they suit anyone interested in photography, art or the culture of the city.
Kyoto Pleasant Hotel: Concept Rooms That Exist Nowhere Else
Kyoto Pleasant Hotel suits anyone who likes Japanese anime and manga.
The hotel reopened after a renovation, and the illustrations in the rooms are what set it apart.
The concept rooms are the ones to choose if you like Japanese culture or anime and manga.
The illustrations take up lanterns, hanafuda cards, carp, samurai and Japanese food. They are the work of young artists from the character design department of Kyoto University of the Arts.
Traditional and contemporary at once, the illustrations differ from room to room, so which one you get is part of the stay.
Sights nearby
| Kyoto Pleasant Hotel Address: 857 Kitafunabashi-cho, Horikawa-dori Imadegawa-agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto Tel：075-366-6711 Mail：info@kyoto-pleasanthotel.com HP：https://kyoto-pleasanthotel.com/ |
node hotel: A Quiet Space Built Around Art
node hotel is built around the idea of the home of an art collector.
The rooms are kept in quiet grey tones and display works collected at galleries and art fairs around the world.
Each piece is classical and at the same time modern and refined.
The public space on the ground floor holds events on art, design, fashion, music and food.
It can also be used for exhibitions, pop-up stores and parties. Bookings open a month ahead, which is worth knowing if you have work of your own to show.
It is a place to spend time inside contemporary art.
Sights nearby
| node hotel Address: 461 Tororozan-cho, Shijo Nishinotoin-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto Tel：075-221-8800 HP：https://nodehotel.com/ |
Hotel Anteroom Kyoto: Even the Television Is Part of the Design
Hotel Anteroom Kyoto was converted from a former student dormitory into a hotel and apartments.
It brings together art, culture and Japanese design to show what Kyoto is now.
Its concept rooms carry designs by well-known figures that exist nowhere else.
In the room by Mika Ninagawa, the photographer and film director, cherry blossom in full bloom covers the walls.
The blossom looks different by day and by night, and the room pairs it with the cherry trees in the hotel garden and the mirror television that reflects them.
The room designed by Kohei Nawa, the sculptor based in Kyoto, is built around the theme of gravity.
Direction, painted by pouring paint from above, and Moment, drawn by the swing of a pendulum, both show it. Here too the sculpture in the garden is reflected in the mirror television.
There are other concept rooms, which the hotel website covers.
Sights nearby
| Hotel Anteroom Kyoto Address: 7 Higashikujo Myoden-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto Tel：075-681-5656 Mail：info@hotel-anteroom.com HP：https://www.uds-hotels.com/anteroom/kyoto/ |
Summary
Kyoto has plenty of sights worth photographing, and many visitors want to take a lot of pictures.
The three hotels here will add to the folder.
Each works the traditional culture of Kyoto or contemporary art into the stay.
All three are easy to reach from the center of Kyoto and close to the sights, which suits anyone who would rather not spend the day travelling.
They are worth a look for anyone who likes traditional culture, anime and manga, or art.
