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Stay in Kyoto.
Weeks, not nights.

87 rooms across five wards, from Imadegawa down to the station.

WeeklyMonthlyHandled in Japanese

Weekly and monthly rooms across Kyoto for solo foreigners. Browse public asking prices for free. When you are actually hunting, Pass writes to the operator in Japanese, in your name.

Browse rooms
Browse rooms

One email when we open. No newsletter.

Rooms near the stations
you will actually use.

Every room is pinned to its station and ward. Hover a card to see the street it opens onto.

Karasuma Oike
#1
Karasuma
Oike

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

Kyoto Station
#2
Kyoto
Station

Six rooms. Tōji and Kujō south of the tracks. Practical, and cheaper.

Kawaramachi
#3
Kawaramachi

Three rooms. Pontochō and the river terraces. Loud on Fridays, quiet by day.

All ten stations
All ten stations
Karasuma Oike Karasuma · Tōzai subway · Nakagyō
Gion-Shijō Keihan · Higashiyama
Kawaramachi Hankyu · Nakagyō
Sanjō Keihan · Tōzai subway · Higashiyama
Shijō Karasuma subway · Hankyu · Shimogyō
Imadegawa Karasuma subway · Kamigyō
Demachiyanagi Keihan · Eizan · Sakyō
Gojō Karasuma subway · Keihan · Shimogyō
Nijō JR Sagano · Tōzai subway · Nakagyō
Kyoto Station JR · Kintetsu · Karasuma subway · Shimogyō
Karasuma Oike Karasuma · Tōzai subway · Nakagyō
Gion-Shijō Keihan · Higashiyama
Kawaramachi Hankyu · Nakagyō
Sanjō Keihan · Tōzai subway · Higashiyama
Shijō Karasuma subway · Hankyu · Shimogyō
Imadegawa Karasuma subway · Kamigyō
Demachiyanagi Keihan · Eizan · Sakyō
Gojō Karasuma subway · Keihan · Shimogyō
Nijō JR Sagano · Tōzai subway · Nakagyō
Kyoto Station JR · Kintetsu · Karasuma subway · Shimogyō
Karasuma Oike Karasuma · Tōzai subway · Nakagyō
Gion-Shijō Keihan · Higashiyama
Kawaramachi Hankyu · Nakagyō
Sanjō Keihan · Tōzai subway · Higashiyama
Shijō Karasuma subway · Hankyu · Shimogyō
Imadegawa Karasuma subway · Kamigyō
Demachiyanagi Keihan · Eizan · Sakyō
Gojō Karasuma subway · Keihan · Shimogyō
Nijō JR Sagano · Tōzai subway · Nakagyō
Kyoto Station JR · Kintetsu · Karasuma subway · Shimogyō

The hard part of a Kyoto room hunt is not the search. It is the Japanese. Pass writes every letter in your name, and you read it first.

From the board to the key.

Three steps. You read everything before it is sent, and every reply lands in one thread.

1Pick a room from the board
Room near ImadegawaMonthly
Asking price, public¥85,000
Vacancy noted 3 days ago

Browse rooms and public asking prices for free. Every room keeps its vacancy note, source URL and operator contact.

2We write to the operator
Drafted in Japanese, in your name. You read it first.

Pass drafts the letter in Japanese, in your name. Nothing goes out until you have read it.

3Replies land in your thread
OpenRepliedViewingKey handover
Every reply, Japanese and English, from open to key handover.

A pipeline from open to key handover. Operators are paid by you, directly.

Pass handles

the first letter.
the vacancy check.
the viewing request.
the guarantor question.
the contract wording.
the move-in date.
the key handover.
the deposit refund.
the first letter.
the vacancy check.
the viewing request.
the guarantor question.
the contract wording.
the move-in date.
the key handover.
the deposit refund.

A free board. Pass for
the weeks you are hunting.

Midstay is in private testing. Join the waitlist and we will email you when it opens.

BoardFree
  • Browse rooms and public asking prices.
  • Vacancy notes, source URLs, operator contact.
  • Every station and ward on the grid.
Browse rooms
Browse rooms
PassAvailable at launch
€29a month, cancel anytime
  • We write to the operator in Japanese, in your name. You read it first.
  • Every reply in the hunt thread, Japanese and English.
  • A pipeline from open to key handover.
  • Operators are paid by you, directly.
Join the waitlist
Join the waitlist

Questions before you hunt

Rooms, Pass, and who Midstay is for.

Rooms

Weekly and monthly rooms. Not hotel nights, and not a year lease with a guarantor. Most rooms on the board are furnished and priced by the month.

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