no Ondokoro Kamanza Nijo #2
Quiet, spare, arts-and-craft intimacy. The aesthetic is deliberate: warm wood, Japanese handcraft, design objects over luxury flash. It feels like a thoughtful friend's Kyoto apartment, not a hotel.
Check-in does NOT happen at the house. You must first go to the Kyo no Ondokoro front desk at The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Kyoto (Kyoto Station area) to collect your key and get a briefing. Miss this step and you cannot enter.
Why It Matters
Michelin Guide–selected. Part of Wacoal's Kyo no Ondokoro preservation project, which leases endangered machiya townhouses, renovates them into high-quality accommodation, then returns them to owners after a decade. This particular house is one of the most acclaimed in the seven-property collection, designed by one of Japan's most respected residential architects working alongside the celebrated fashion/textile brand mina perhonen. The ~200-book garden library was curated by book director Yoshitaka Haba of BACH.
A 150-year-old merchant townhouse turned private whole-house stay in central Kyoto, designed by architect Yoshifumi Nakamura and art-directed by Akira Minagawa of mina perhonen. The two-story, 82-sqm space sleeps up to four and is rented exclusively to one party at a time. Think: warm blonde wood, mina perhonen textiles on the walls and furniture, a winding staircase between floors, and an egg-shaped kōya maki soaking tub that makes the bathroom feel like a design object. No hotel services. No restaurant. No TV. Just a fully-equipped kitchen, a curated garden library, and a 100-year-old yew plum tree outside.
Where You'll Stay
1 room type available
Whole House — Kamanza Nijo #2
The entire two-story, 82-sqm merchant townhouse is rented to one party. Ground floor holds the kitchen and dining area, a garden-facing library, an egg-shaped kōya maki soaking tub bathroom, separate wash area and toilet, and a trunk room. Upstairs: a main bedroom with two Simmons single beds under exposed wooden beams, plus a tatami room that converts to a second bedroom with traditional futon sets. The spiral staircase connecting the floors is a Nakamura signature. Floors are heated. No TV anywhere in the house.
2 single beds (Simmons pillow-top mattresses, Nishikawa bedding) + 2 futon sets (available for 3–4 guests) · 82 sqmThe Property
Eat & Drink
1 venue on property
Restaurant
Spa & Wellness
Treatment Menu
On Property
How you'll actually spend your days.
A private satellite library of the Wacoal Studyhall, curated by book director Yoshitaka Haba of BACH. Approximately 200 books selected to deepen the Kyoto experience — art, design, architecture, local culture. The library room looks out on a 100-year-old Inumaki (yew plum) tree. Guests unlock it themselves with a key, which the architects designed intentionally for a sense of occasion.
The egg-shaped kōya maki wooden soaking tub is an architectural feature and a genuine highlight. Designed by Yoshifumi Nakamura — it's one of those details guests specifically mention. Not a spa treatment, just a very considered bath.
The house philosophy encourages guests to make their own matcha (without worrying about proper tea ceremony form) and brew slow coffee as a way to slow down. Supplies and equipment are available in the kitchen.
Full access to a compact but thoughtfully-equipped kitchen with Staub cookware, proper knives, curated tableware, and an oven-microwave. Markets and food shops are within easy walking distance. The official concept is to cook with Kyoto local ingredients and make meals part of the stay's memory.
Amenities & Practical Info
The details that matter for planning.
Towels, bath towels, pajamas, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face & hand soap, toothbrush set, cotton swabs, hair dryer, iron and ironing board.
Egg-shaped soaking tub made from kōya maki (Podocarpus macrophyllus) wood, designed by architect Yoshifumi Nakamura. Hinoki cypress used for bathroom fixtures and cabinetry.
Two Simmons single-bed mattresses in the upstairs bedroom. Nishikawa bedding including down duvet and proper futon underlay.
Bags can be stored at The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Kyoto front desk before and after the stay. Same-day delivery to the property is available for bags dropped off by 14:00 (advance reservation required by 12:00 the prior day, one bag per person).
TV is deliberately absent throughout the property. A Bluetooth speaker is provided instead. This is a design choice, not an oversight.
Washing machine with drying function. Laundry detergent provided.
Internal garden featuring a 100-year-old Inumaki (yew plum) tree, visible from both the dining area and the library.
Strictly no smoking anywhere in the building or on the grounds.
Refrigerator, oven-microwave, Cleansui water purifier, Staub pots, yukihira pan, frying pan, rice pot, full knife set (including petty knife), cutting board, colander, full tableware set including teapot and cups, glassware, chopsticks, and utensils.
No parking available at the property. Several paid car parks exist within a 5-minute walk.
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