Minshuku Muro

🏯A four-party minshuku facing Muro-ji's inner sanctuary

Nara · Minshuku Muro

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A Tiny Inn Since 1979

• 🏡Founded in 1979, this old-style small inn has welcomed guests for over 40 years
• 🤫Only four parties stay per night, so the mountain village stays quiet and unhurried
• 🙋Solo travelers are welcome; children are currently not accepted

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Three Private Baths

• 🛁A ceramic tub trimmed with Koyamaki wood and a dedicated herbal bath are used privately in turns
• 🌌The open-air bath, completed in 2023, frames Muro-ji's Oku-no-in through a small window and the stars on clear nights
• ⏰Open-air bath: 1,100 yen per person per hour, up to 2 people; book a slot at check-in (17:00–22:00 or 6:00–9:00)

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Four Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️Benichisan is a 10.5-tatami room on the annex ground floor with two beds (1–2 guests)
• 🌫️Asagiri (7.5 tatami, annex 2F) looks out on Muro-ji's Oku-no-in and the village wrapped in morning mist
• 👨‍👩‍👧Otsukisama in the main house has two 6-tatami rooms for up to 4; some rooms share bath and toilet

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Home-Grown Mountain Cuisine

• 🌿Local dishes built on seasonal wild vegetables and produce from the inn's own fields
• 🥩Plans add roast beef of Uda-gyu, a premium wagyu raised in Uda, or roast venison
• 🍵Breakfast features Muro's traditional Yamato tea porridge of brown rice and black beans, plus a medicinal soup

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Hearth and Wood Stove

• 🔥The hall has an irori hearth and a wood stove, with views of the seasonal hills and starry sky
• 🍽️Meals are served around the irori in the dining room, with big windows onto the forest
• 📶Free Wi-Fi throughout; cash and credit cards accepted

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Muro-ji and Dragon Legends

• ⛩️Muro-ji, a 14-minute walk away, is a mountain temple nicknamed 'Women's Koya' for admitting women worshippers
• 🐉Nearby Ryuketsu Shrine predates Muro-ji, and its inner shrine holds a cave said to house a dragon god
• 🌸Saikoji's centuries-old weeping cherry and the Muro Sanjo Park Art Forest designed by Dani Karavan are close by

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Getting There

• 🚃About 55 minutes from Kintetsu Osaka-Namba to Muroguchi-Ono Station, then about 15 minutes by taxi
• 🚌Nara Kotsu bus to Murouji-mae, then a 450 m walk; buses run hourly with the last in the 16:00 hour—call and the inn will pick you up if you miss it
• 🚗About 25 minutes (16 km) from Hari IC on the Meihan National Highway; parking available

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Four Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️Benichisan is a 10.5-tatami room on the annex ground floor with two beds (1–2 guests)
• 🌫️Asagiri (7.5 tatami, annex 2F) looks out on Muro-ji's Oku-no-in and the village wrapped in morning mist
• 👨‍👩‍👧Otsukisama in the main house has two 6-tatami rooms for up to 4; some rooms share bath and toilet

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Home-Grown Mountain Cuisine

• 🌿Local dishes built on seasonal wild vegetables and produce from the inn's own fields
• 🥩Plans add roast beef of Uda-gyu, a premium wagyu raised in Uda, or roast venison
• 🍵Breakfast features Muro's traditional Yamato tea porridge of brown rice and black beans, plus a medicinal soup

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A modest minshuku in a quiet mountain village facing Muro-ji, with home-grown wild-vegetable cuisine and private baths. Note there is no natural hot spring, some rooms share bath and toilet, and children are not accepted.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 16:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 20:00

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Minshuku Muro?

Check-in starts at 16:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Minshuku Muro located?

It is in Uda. Address: 405-1 Muro.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.