With 986 rooms in two wings (the Main Building, and the newer South Wing) the hotel is Kyoto's largest hotel, and one of its most convenient and practical ones. The hotel's 3 restaurants, a café, lounge and bar, are complemented by a wide range of restaurants and a department store in the spectacular new Kyoto Station complex opposite.
Situated on the railway line of high-speed Shinkansen trains, Miyako Hotel Kyoto Hachijo is close to the temple and the temple Toji Shimogamo Jinja. Nearby there is also the temple Kifune, Gion, Kitano Tenmangu Temple, the temple Yuji Senn, Chion in the temple and the temple Kiyomizu Sanjusangendo.