How to Send Luggage from Kyoto Station to Higurashi-Sou Guest House (Hands-Free Kyoto Sightseeing)
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Want to walk around Kyoto from the moment you arrive, without a heavy suitcase? KOMATSU delivers and stores luggage inside Kyoto City. This guide shows how to send your luggage from Kyoto Station to Guesthouse Kyoto Higurashi-Sou, a machiya guest house in Kamigyo Ward. KOMATSU has delivered to Higurashi-Sou many times.
1. Where the guest house is and how to get there
What the guest house's own website says:
Name: Guesthouse Kyoto Higurashi-Sou (京都 町家ゲストハウス 日暮荘)
Address: 1211 Shuzei-cho, Nishihigurashi-dori Marutamachi-sagaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8155
Nearest bus stop: Marutamachi Chiekoin, a 2-minute walk
About 20 minutes from Kyoto Station by train or bus. About a 10-minute walk to Nijo Castle
Check-in and check-out times and how luggage is received: not stated on the website. Please ask the guest house before you go (phone 10:00 to 21:00)
What the guest house offers
A guest house in a machiya townhouse about 90 years old
Five types of private rooms: Sumire, Matsuri, Suzu, Yamabuki and Suisen
A carefully furnished shared living room and a courtyard garden full of plants
Bicycle rental at the front desk (limited number)
One bus ride to Kinkaku-ji, Arashiyama, Kiyomizu-dera and Gion. The neighborhood is the historic site of Jurakudai
KOMATSU's view of this guest house
About 18 minutes by car, 4.8 km, from Kyoto Station (Google Maps, approximate). You reach it by bus, which is hard work with a suitcase. Send your bags ahead and travel light from the day you arrive.
2. Getting there from Kyoto Station and other areas
Bus: get off at Marutamachi Chiekoin, then walk 2 minutes (guest house's own information). About 20 minutes from Kyoto Station by train or bus
Car: about 18 minutes, 4.8 km, from Kyoto Station (Google Maps, approximate)
About a 10-minute walk from Nijo Castle
For getting around the city, there is a Kyoto City subway and bus one-day pass. Check the latest official information for prices and where to buy it.
3. How to send your luggage with KOMATSU
KOMATSU is a luggage delivery and storage service inside Kyoto City. Requests are accepted from 6:00 to 23:00, seven days a week.
Send a request through the booking form or LINE. The booking form lets you pick a time between 7:00 and 18:00, every 15 minutes.
Our staff reply to confirm. Your booking is confirmed only at this point. Sending the form alone does not confirm it.
Hand over your luggage at Kyoto Station. If you arrive by train (Haruka, JR or Shinkansen), meet in front of Kyoto Theatre at the Central Exit on the north side. Do not use the Hachijo Exit on the south side. If you arrive by airport limousine bus, meet in front of Hoshino Coffee. Before you arrive, send us your train time, your estimated arrival time and a photo of your luggage.
By the time you reach the hotel, your luggage is there.
Rates: same-day delivery is 900 yen per bag (the 5th bag is free, from the 9th bag it is 700 yen per bag, and the 10th bag is free). Next-day delivery is 1,200 yen per bag and delivery two days later is 1,500 yen per bag (one bag free for every five). No advance payment is required. Payments made online cannot be refunded. You can choose a delivery time up to 18:00 on the same day.
When we deliver to your accommodation, you send a screenshot of your booking confirmation (guest name and booking number) later.
Higurashi-Sou is inside our delivery area in Kyoto City. Please ask the guest house beforehand whether someone can receive your luggage at the delivery time.
Booking page: https://www.kyotoluggage.com/booking
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4. Things to do near the guest house
Nijo Castle: about a 10-minute walk (guest house's own information)
Kinkaku-ji, Arashiyama, Kiyomizu-dera and Gion: one bus ride from near the guest house (guest house's own information)
Check the latest official information for opening hours and visiting conditions.
5. Arrival-day plan: luggage with KOMATSU, teamLab in the morning
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No trip to the hotel just to drop your bags. You get your whole arrival day for sightseeing.
Arrive at Kyoto Station in the morning. Hand your luggage to KOMATSU in front of Kyoto Theatre at the Central Exit (north side).
Walk to teamLab Biovortex Kyoto without your bags. It is about 12 minutes on foot from Kyoto Theatre (Google Maps, approximate).
Enter with a timed ticket. teamLab says the average visit is more than 2 hours 30 minutes.
Spend the afternoon sightseeing. We deliver your luggage to the hotel. The delivery time is arranged when we confirm your booking.
In the evening, take the bus to the guest house. You can enter your room according to the guest house's own guidance.
teamLab's official guide says luggage 50 cm or longer cannot be taken inside. A large suitcase can be left with KOMATSU first. Opening hours are 9:00 to 21:00 (last entry 19:30; these can change). The official site says tickets cannot be canceled after purchase. Please check teamLab's latest information on umbrellas, luggage storage and closing days.
The linked page may open in Japanese. Please check the ticket terms on Klook and in teamLab's latest information. If you would hand over your luggage late morning or in the afternoon, message us on LINE before you book.
Mobile data (SIM/eSIM) and transport tips are collected on our arrival-day page (https://www.kyotoluggage.com/concierge ). Check each provider's latest information for prices and terms.
6. Booking your stay
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The guest house's own website also has booking information. Check each booking site for current rates and conditions.
7. Please note
KOMATSU's pickup, storage and delivery have no compensation or insurance.
Do not put these in your luggage: valuables, cash (other than the delivery fee), ID such as your passport, smartphones, chargers, power banks, medicine, and anything worth more than 50,000 yen. Carry them yourself.
Items we cannot handle: sharp items without a protective case, dangerous liquids or substances, animals and plants.
How the hotel receives or holds luggage follows the hotel's own rules. They are separate from KOMATSU's conditions.
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