count Florida - the rooms in the Granvia Kyoto are not bad. The time we stayed there, our room smelt like cigarette smoke but otherwise is furnished nicely. Location can't be beat. You can see picture of the interior of the Kyoto train station on my website in our Japan pics.
Doris - I'm going to take the liberty of responding on behalf of Lauri and say, yes, that's her last name. ;)
Masaki