Nissho Besso

We wanted to stay in a traditional ryokan, and this was perfect, the building was beautiful, our room was amazing (we had the spa and garden!) and the staff were so helpful and attentive! I couldn’t recommend this place more for a traditional Japanese experience! The breakfast was different, but it was great to try something new! A++ :D

We visited our daughter who, being a student in Tokyo, suggested us to take a trip to Kyoto and combine that with a stay in an old-fashioned ryokan. We spend 2 nights in Nissu Besso and had a marvelous experience in this, what we could understand, very traditional ryokan. The 3 of us shared a large room with straw mats on the floors and a look over the fine Japanese garden. We had a private Japanese WC and a bathroom with shower and bathtub. We did not use the latter as the ryokan included a traditional onsen which gave us a wonderful relaxing bath twice a day. The evening of our arrival we had dinner, a traditional Japanese supper, served in our room, including so many different and sometimes exotic small plates. After dinner, the small dining table was laid aside and 3 futons were bedded - we slept heavenly through the night! We had breakfast twice - one would have been enough because we found this large traditional Japanese meal quite challenging for us having the habit of tea and toast in the morning. We would however not have been without this experience! All other guests were Japanese, who, probably were there to have an old-fashioned Japanese upper class-weekend experience, and we can only recommend tourists in Japan to try the same.

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