Abstract
In recent years, the growing demand for touristic accommodation in Kyoto has been apparent due to explosive increase of foreign tourists. Among others, The number of cheap lodging houses including holiday rental of private rooms (known as Minpaku in Japanese) , has been emerging rapidly. This article deals with the case of Higashiyama Ward in Kyoto, and aims at (1)identifying a trend of site location of holiday rentals and (2)examining social impacts to its neighborhood. The implications are as follows; (1)holiday rentals have started to be located in residential area and in the narrow alley, (2)the number of accommodation owned by private corporate is increasing, and (3) the increase of those accommodation might contribute to increase in land prices and subsequent urban and social change of neighborhood.
