Kyoto accommodation tax: rates since 1 March 2026
Kyoto City raised its accommodation tax on 1 March 2026. Guests now pay ¥200 to ¥10,000 per person per night, depending on the room price, in every hotel, ryokan, guesthouse and private rental in the city. This is what most people mean by Kyoto’s tourist tax. Checked against Kyoto City on 21 October 2026.
Rates per person per night
| Room price per person per night | Until 28 February 2026 | From 1 March 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Under ¥6,000 | ¥200 | ¥200 |
| ¥6,000–19,999 | ¥200 | ¥400 |
| ¥20,000–49,999 | ¥500 | ¥1,000 |
| ¥50,000–99,999 | ¥1,000 | ¥4,000 |
| ¥100,000 or more | ¥1,000 | ¥10,000 |
Examples
| Room and guests | Price per person | Tax per night |
|---|---|---|
| A ¥5,500 bed in a hostel | ¥5,500 | ¥200 |
| A ¥20,000 twin room, two guests | ¥10,000 | ¥400 each, ¥800 for the room |
| The same room, one guest | ¥20,000 | ¥1,000 |
| A ¥60,000 ryokan room for two, room only | ¥30,000 | ¥1,000 each, ¥2,000 for the room |
| A ¥120,000 suite, one guest | ¥120,000 | ¥10,000 |
What counts as the price
The price is the room charge per person per night. It includes service charges and fees for cleaning, bedding, baths and nightwear, but not meals or consumption tax. If several guests share a room, the room price is divided by the number of guests.
A discount given by the hotel itself lowers the price the tax is based on. Points or discounts from a booking site or another company do not: the tax is worked out on the price before them.
Accommodation tax calculator
Hotels round percentage-based taxes in their own way, so treat this as an estimate.
Use the room-only price per person, before consumption tax and without meals. Rates checked on 22 October 2026.
Booking a hotel
Who pays
Every guest whose stay has a price, at any age. Kyoto has no exemption for children. The only exemption is for school trips: pupils and accompanying teachers from Japanese schools, from kindergarten to high school, with a certificate from the school.
The tax covers every kind of lodging in the city: hotels, ryokan, hostels, guesthouses and private rentals (minpaku).
Booked before 1 March 2026
The night you stay decides the rate, not the date you booked. If you paid the old amount in advance for a night from 1 March 2026, the property collects the difference.
The hotel collects the tax at check-in or check-out unless your booking site or travel agency has already included it, so check your booking before you pay twice.
What the money is for
Kyoto uses the tax for tourism and for the pressure tourism puts on the city: platform doors on the subway, measures against crowding and litter, and the protection of cultural properties and townscapes. After the rise it expects about ¥12.6 billion a year.
Separately, Kyoto City plans to raise the standard city bus fare from ¥230 to about ¥350–400 while residents pay ¥200, aiming for the fiscal year starting in April 2027. As of 21 October 2026 this still needs approval and is not in force.