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Rakucho vs Hyatt Regency Kyoto

Rakucho and Hyatt Regency Kyoto are both recommended by travel writers. Overall, Hyatt Regency Kyoto is the choice of most reviewers compared to Rakucho. Hyatt Regency Kyoto comes in at 95 with approval from 12 sources like concierge.com, Travel + Leisure and Wallpaper.

Rakucho
Rakucho
7 / 10
455 Nishinotoin-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 600-8327 
From $24 /night
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Restaurant
  • Meeting Rooms
  • Air Conditioning
  • Baggage storage
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Frommer's Frommer's
"All but one of the spotless tatami rooms, decorated with such traditional touches as scrolls, have views of a small peaceful garden." Full review
Hyatt Regency Kyoto
Hyatt Regency Kyoto
9 / 10
644-2 Sanjusangendo-mawari, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 605-0941
From $195 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Concierge Concierge
"This March 2006 addition to Kyoto's hotel scene raised the bar (and a few eyebrows) with its stunning public spaces and guest rooms fashioned by the trendy Tokyo-based firm SuperPotato."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Super Potato is one of the designers behind the 189-room hotel with traditional flourishes—kimono fabric headboards; washi paper lampshades—in the Higashiyama Shichijo district. ." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
77.8
"Japan’s most historically and culturally significant city has never had the sort of upscale Western-style hotel it deserves." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Readers of Conde Nast Traveller voted the Hyatt Regency the best hotel in Kyoto (and Japan’s second best), and it’s very easy to see why: the gorgeous interior." Full review
Star Service Star Service
"This gem of a boutique-hotel offers respite as soon as guests enter the towering bamboo forest at its entrance and continues inside with a stunning interior created by Super Potato." Full review
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