Dispersed bases encourage guests to check into different buildings for different experiences, and explore Kyoto while en route.

If it?s difficult to pinpoint the location of Enso Ango, it?s because the hotel is actually made up of five bases dispersed across charming side streets of central Kyoto, to encourage guests to walk around and discover the city.
?ENSO? refers to the Zen concept that ?everything is connected in a great circle.? Ango Hotels, the firm behind Enso Ango, explained that the dispersed hotel concept aims to take the traveler out of a linear experience of Kyoto and into an organic, free-flowing route of the city.

?It could be said that traditional tourism in Kyoto involves making linear trips to and from the hotel and between various tourist attractions,? the firm said. ?Kyoto has a thriving culture and a strong community; rather than focusing solely on tourists attractions from the past, our dispersed hotel concept allows travelers to discover and feel the living culture of the city,? they added.
To encourage a flow between the bases, each building has communal spaces such as lounges, a Tatami salon, guest kitchens, bars, restaurants and a gym. Additionally, guests are free to check in and use the communal areas in all five properties and create their own unique routes through the streets and neighborhoods.

The five hotel buildings are all located in the central neighborhoods of Kyoto between Gojo and Shijo street, where small festivals and eve...