node hotel

Absolutely amazing place to stay! It’s a very minimalistic hotel that makes you feel more at home and grounded while on vacation. I was only here for a couple nights for the photography festival and I am already looking at flights back. This was an experience that has been and will not be unrivaled by all my other travels. Truly a must stay place and the location is perfect, easy walking to just about anywhere you want to go. I will recommend this place to all my friends to stay when visiting! Also, to add the food is great and the drinks are super well priced.

Such a wonderful stay at Node Hotel. The rooms are small and cute, but well decorated and thoughtful on layout. The staff was kind and the lobby bar was a good spot to get a cocktail after exploring all day in Kyoto

We stayed at Node Hotel in 2023 and returned for a second time in 2025! This is a truly fantastic hotel, very centrally located but still tucked away on a quiet street. The rooms are spacious and thoughtfully designed, and the service is impeccable. Make sure to book your room with breakfast, which is individually cooked for you with fresh ingredients daily. We will definitely return again on our next trip to Kyoto!

I like this hotel for its brutalist minimalist design and it’s definitely unlike your average hotel. The bedding was firm but comfortable and the pillows were Japanese type with the beans and for side sleeper, it was adequate. i stayed in the smallest (aka cheapest) room and find the space similar to many other Japanese business hotels’ single bed rooms. The bathroom was glass walled and makes it look spacious. Water pressure was very good and bathroom amenities are good quality (though take note there was no lotion/moisturizer - I was there in fall and the dry weather definitely made my skin crack, luckily I packed my own moisturizer). ||There was no TV in the room and because the building is concrete, you actually do not get good mobile connectivity inside the room as well (there even is a note on the desk telling you the in-room radio will not work as the concrete cannot get any radio signals so the speaker only works as a bluetooth speaker).||Also, because it was fall when I stayed, they already switched off the main AC and only had central heating on which I find it to be overly warm for the small room size as it wasn’t that cold yet, so I mostly turned off the AC and open the bathroom window for ventilation. ||Location wise, it is in between two subway stations, but the bus stop outside the hotel does bring you to everywhere easily - I’ve been to Kyoto four times in the past 12 months and stayed at different hotels and this is the one that I dislike the most for location but its comfort is good. Nonetheless, because I can navigate the city quite easily by bus, this hotel was ok for me. Also, the train (not JR) to Osaka and Nagoya is around 3 blocks, or 15min walk away.

I recommend staying here. I’ve spent extensive time in Japan. This is my favorite hotel and my favorite place to stay in Kyoto. They also have great food for lunch and dinner.

We absolutely loved our stay at node. The rooms are clean, have nice decorarion and amazing amenities. The bar and restaurant are both stunning as well.

Our stay at Node Hotel was exceptional, and I would gladly return. The hotel's aesthetic is both luxurious and modern, creating an inviting and comfortable atmosphere. One detail that stood out was the effort made to provide separate bathroom amenities for both male and female guests. Each day, we were given fresh toiletry kits including a female shaver for myself and a male shaver with shaving gel for my partner. Other items included body towels, a hairbrush, toothbrushes with mini toothpaste, and cotton buds, all replenished daily. The location is also highly convenient, with two supermarkets just down the road and a 7-Eleven directly across the street. Overall, it was a fantastic experience.

Amazing hotel! The service is excellent and we love love love the art in the room and it changed on our second day. Highly recommend and would defo come back on our next trip