The hotel outlook, facilities, and the room are clean and well-maintained. The room has the amenities that we need as a family of 4. The room that we stayed in had 4 beds that were comfortable and spacious. The location of the hotel is pretty centralized, close to one of the Kyoto major subway stations (about 10 minutes walking distance, while the bus stops are about 5 minutes away). If you are hungry, fret not, there are eateries and 7-11 around the hotel vicinity. It has its own communal bath (onsen) that opens until 1 am, which is a nice treat for cold wintery weather. The only thing that I wish the hotel can do better is to adjust the temperature of the water in the communal bath as its current temperature is too hot for us. Other than that, we enjoyed our stay in Intergate Kyoto Shijo Shinmachi. :-)