we went USJ June 22th 2015. there are interresting many events in usj. there are UNIVERSAl COOL JAPAN now . there are many guests here. it takes about 1 hours 30 minutes from NISHIYAMA RYOKAN to USJ by train and walk. NISHIYAMA RYOKAN to(TAXI 15 minutes ) JR KYOTO JR KYOTO (Train 31 minutes )to JR OSAKA JR OSAKA (Train 12 minutes)to JR USJ thank you USJ web in ENGLISH is http://www.usj.co.jp/e/
We are one of the RYOKAN(Japanese style Hotel) in Kyoto city. There are more than 2,000 foreign tourists stay with us every year. If you have any chance traveling to Kyoto, we hope you can stay at our hotel and enjoy Japanese style room and foods!