Hotel Ninja Black

This is a well designed hotel in a quiet local neighbourhood. The room was clean and comfortable with thoughtful decor, and the building felt modern and new. Phone charge slots near the beds were handy. Excellent bikes available for hire for 1100 yen/day. We took the regular bikes and they were in excellent condition and very comfortable to ride. Kyoto is a great cycling city so the bikes were great. The hotel feels a world away from the busy tourist areas but close enough to the subway to get around easily, and it’s just a 1000 yen taxi ride home from the Gion district after dinner 🍣

This hotel is awesome. The hotel is located in a residential area, and we used taxi's and busses to get around. (Fun fact: None of our taxi drivers knew about this hotel and were a bit skeptical about bringing us there, but were pleasantly surprised to see the hotel!) Hotel is quiet, clean, and the rooms are good size and decorated in keeping with the ninja theme. Staff, that we saw, were helpful, professional and friendly. If we ever have the chance to visit Kyoto again, this would be our go to hotel.

Very large room especially by Japanese standards, a pleasant surprise. Comfortable bed, nicely designed room. Clean bathroom with all you need. The name initially worried us as we thought it might be a gimmicky hotel with poor standards however aside from a few shuriken stars on the darkly painted walls there wasn't too much of a theme going on and it was actually just a very nice hotel that probably would have done just as well with a different name. The staff are very hands off and you mostly won't see them apart from at check in as they hide behind a door rather than sit at the front desk but appear quickly when you arrive. Very reasonably priced and provides a lot better room than more expensive places. Definitely would recommend this stay.

Vey nice and characteristic hotel in "ninja style", all black, with staff related to ninja culture, and a beautiful internal garden! I appreciated the use of the common area for drinking a tea or a coffee. The hotel is well-placed 10 min walking distance from the imperial palace, and equidistant to 2 metro stations (15 min walking distance each).

I recently stayed at this hotel during my business trip, and it was amazing! The service was exceptional, and the staff went above and beyond to make my stay enjoyable. The rooms were clean and tidy, and the staff members were friendly and patient. They even provided free luggage storage, which was a great convenience. I'll definitely choose this hotel again when I return to Kyoto. Highly recommended!