If anyone has a hotel or place they stayed at that they really enjoyed- post the name of the place and where it was located.
The Sakura Hostel in Asakusa was amazing... and when I stayed in Kyoto I spent 4 days in Myorenji temple- where it's not only acceptable for tourists to stay there, but it's relatively cheap.
Here are some of my pictures of Myorenji- where you wake up to the smell of incense and the chirping of birds.
The rooms were either large for big groups, or small- with simple tatami mats... There was a local onsen that had the cutest little old lady (Who tried to strip me naked, because I needed to get cleaned up...lol)