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1 The listing swipe
Kowa S.R Marutamachi #301 Type 1

Kowa S.R Marutamachi #301 Type 1

Nakagyō · Marutamachi · 4 min

Tourist unknown

￥65,000 / mo · asking, not a quote

La Parfait de Preo 314 (AP1546)

La Parfait de Preo 314 (AP1546)

Minami · JR Nishi-Oji · 3 min

Tourist unknown

￥66,500 / mo · asking, not a quote

ジュネス寺島

ジュネス寺島

Nakagyō · Marutamachi · 4 min

Tourist unknown

￥69,000 / mo · asking, not a quote

Kowa S.R Marutamachi Type 10–13

Kowa S.R Marutamachi Type 10–13

Nakagyō · Marutamachi · 4 min

Tourist unknown

￥73,000 / mo · asking, not a quote

Fruits Keihan Ryukoku-daigaku-mae Fukakusa Station #203

Fruits Keihan Ryukoku-daigaku-mae Fukakusa Station #203

Fushimi · Inari · 3 min

Tourist unknown

￥74,100 / mo · asking, not a quote

BraTTo Kyoto Kitano

BraTTo Kyoto Kitano

Kamigyō NW · Kitano-Hakubaichō · 3 min

Tourist OK

￥75,000 / mo · asking, not a quote

2 Example letter approve

Tothe operator

Fromyou, via Midstay

SubjectMonthly room inquiry, ジュネス寺島

Hello,

I am looking for a room from early November for about three months. Your listing near Marutamachi looks right. Is it available for those dates, and what is the total for the first month including move-in costs?

Thank you.

ご担当者 御中

お世話になっております。Midstay経由でお問い合わせしております。11月上旬から3か月ほど、Marutamachi近くのお部屋を探しております。ご希望の期間に空きはございますでしょうか。初期費用を含めた初月の総額もご教示ください。

何卒よろしくお願いいたします。

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3 Example quote wait
御見積書Example estimate
見積

Waiting for the operatorThey fill this in. We don’t.

ジュネス寺島the operator · by mail · 7 Nov

Monthly家賃￥0
Move-in extras初期費用￥0
Holds until有効期限14 Nov
Verified by確認operator mail
First month合計￥0

Paid to the operator directly. Midstay takes nothing from it.

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Gion · photo Kanchi1979, CC BY-SA 4.0

87 rooms across Kyoto.

  • Shimogyō40
  • Nakagyō27
  • Higashiyama3
  • Kamigyō3
  • Sakyō3
  • Minami2
  • Shimogyō west2
  • Fushimi1
  • Higashiyama-ku1
  • Kamigyō NW1
  • Kamigyo-ku (Kitano)1
  • Kita / Kitayama1
  • Nakagyō west1
  • Nakagyo-ku (Mibu)1
  • Point at a station.
KamoImadegawaOikeShijōGojōKarasumaKawaramachiImadegawaDemachiyanagiNijōKarasuma OikeSanjōShijōKawaramachiGion-ShijōGojōKyoto Station
The grid as the board sees it. Point at a station.
A quiet residential lane in Nishijin lined with dark-timbered machiya townhouses and latticed windows on an overcast day.The city of Kyoto spread out below the wooded slopes of Mount Daimonji as a rain front moves across the far hills.An empty paved path lined with bamboo fences winds through the tall Sagano bamboo grove in Arashiyama.The covered Teramachi shopping arcade, with its arched glass roof, hanging banners and a wooden machiya storefront on the left.The stone Philosopher's Path runs beside a narrow canal beneath cherry trees in bloom.The covered Teramachi shopping arcade, with its arched glass roof, hanging banners and a wooden machiya storefront on the left.The Kamo River flows north between grassy banks and Pontocho's riverside terraces under an overcast sky, with mountains in the distance.A quiet Gion street at night, its wooden machiya townhouses lit by red paper lanterns and warm doorway lights.Yasaka-dori in the early morning, with tiled machiya rooftops and street lanterns leading toward the five-storey Yasaka pagoda.Kyoto Tower rises above office blocks in front of Kyoto Station under a dramatic overcast sky, with mountains on the horizon.
Karasuma OikeKarasuma · Tōzai subway

The centre of the grid. Two subway lines, most of the rooms.

10 rooms near Karasuma Oikephoto Celuici, CC BY-SA 3.0

From the first letter to the key.

An example booking in five stamps. Dates and amounts are illustrative.

    御朱印
  1. 1Addedfrom the board3 Nov3 Nov
    added
  2. 2Letter sentin Japanese, in your name3 Nov · 09:12Copy
    kept
  3. 3Quote in￥85,000 · holds to 14 Nov5 Nov見積
  4. 4Paidto the example operator directly8 Nov済
  5. 5Key confirmedhandover 1 Dec9 Nov

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Fushimi Inari · photo Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photography from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licences. Fushimi Inari Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arashiyama bamboo grove Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0 · Kamo River Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0 · Gion Kanchi1979, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Higashiyama Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philosopher's Path shankar s., CC BY 2.0 · Nishijin At by At, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Teramachi arcade Celuici, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kyoto Tower Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0 · Mount Daimonji Ita140188, CC BY-SA 4.0.