Tomiyamakan

🏮A 120-year-old family inn one minute from Sakurai Station

Nara · Tomiyamakan

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A 120-Year-Old Home Away from Home

• 🏮A small ryokan with 120 years of history.
• 👵Run single-handedly by the fourth-generation okami, the inn aims to feel more like 'welcome home' than 'welcome'.
• 🧳Solo travelers are welcome, and consecutive or long stays are possible.

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Entrance and Lobby

• 🦝Tanuki figures, beckoning cats and a folding screen greet guests in the entrance lobby.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.
• 👘Yukata are provided, and hair dryers and irons can be borrowed free of charge.

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Quiet Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️All 8 rooms are Japanese-style; the traditional building shows its age, but the rooms are quiet and calming.
• 🚿6-tatami rooms have a bath and toilet (up to 3 guests); 8-tatami rooms have a toilet only (up to 4 guests).
• 📺Rooms have a TV, phone, kettle, tea set, toiletries and towels; the refrigerator is shared. Some third-floor rooms may hear boiler noise.

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Private Bath in Turns

• 🛁Instead of a large public bath, guests take turns using a private bath.
• ⏰The bath is available 24 hours a day.
• ℹ️It is a regular bath, not a hot spring.

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Home Cooking by the Okami

• 🍱Dinner is home cooking by the okami using seasonal ingredients, served as a small kaiseki set that changes daily (18:30-20:00).
• 🍚Breakfast is a daily Japanese set meal with rice, miso soup, simmered sardines, dressed vegetables and hijiki (7:00-8:00).
• 🍙A boxed lunch for the next day (extra charge) can be ordered at check-in, and lunch is served from 1,000 yen.

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Nearby Sights

• ⛩️Sakurai's ancient shrines and temples, including Omiwa Shrine, Abe Monju-in and Tanzan Shrine, are close by.
• 🏯A good base for Hase-dera with its 399-step corridor, Muro-ji, Kashihara Jingu and Asuka.
• 🥾Hiking on the Yamanobe-no-michi trail is also nearby.

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Access and Parking

• 🚃Right outside the north exit of JR/Kintetsu Sakurai Station, a 1-minute walk.
• 🚗About 15 km (around 30 minutes) from Katsuragi IC or Tenri IC.
• 🅿️Free parking for 5 cars, no reservation needed. A convenience store is next to the station.

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Quiet Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️All 8 rooms are Japanese-style; the traditional building shows its age, but the rooms are quiet and calming.
• 🚿6-tatami rooms have a bath and toilet (up to 3 guests); 8-tatami rooms have a toilet only (up to 4 guests).
• 📺Rooms have a TV, phone, kettle, tea set, toiletries and towels; the refrigerator is shared. Some third-floor rooms may hear boiler noise.

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Private Bath in Turns

• 🛁Instead of a large public bath, guests take turns using a private bath.
• ⏰The bath is available 24 hours a day.
• ℹ️It is a regular bath, not a hot spring.

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Right in front of the station, it is a convenient base for southern Nara, with heartwarming home cooking from the okami. There is no hot spring, the building is old, and 8-tatami rooms have no private bath, so guests use the shared private bath.

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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: 24:00

* 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 Tomiyamakan?

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

Where is Tomiyamakan located?

It is in Sakurai. Address: 183-6 Sakurai.

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.