Asuka Minshuku Kitamura

🍲Home cooking and Asuka hot pot in a 70-year-old house in Asuka village

Nara · Asuka Minshuku Kitamura

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An Asuka minshuku since 1967

• 🏡A 70-year-old Japanese house in a quiet hamlet that still carries traces of the Asuka period.
• 📜Opened in March 1967, around the time the first minshuku appeared in Asuka village.
• 🌅From the Furumiya ruins right behind the inn you can watch the sun set over Mt. Unebi.

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Tatami rooms and a Western room

• 🛏️Three spacious honma-size tatami rooms (Unebi, Miminashi, Amakashi) on the 2nd floor, all with TV and air conditioning.
• 🪟The south-facing Unebi and Amakashi rooms look toward Amakashi Hill and Toyura-dera; the north-facing Miminashi room sees Mt. Amanokaguyama.
• 🔑The Western-style Kaguyama room has a separate living room and bedroom with two beds; every door locks from inside and out.

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The landlady's home cooking

• 🍚Rice is first-grade Hinohikari grown in the family's paddies behind the inn.
• 🥬Vegetables and fruit come from their own fields where possible, otherwise from Nara Prefecture.
• 🍶Nara sake is served, including junmai daiginjo from Miwa, Katsuragi and Gose.

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Famous Asuka hot pot

• 🥛A local hot pot of milk, chicken and vegetables; here it's made with a secret salt-based broth.
• 🐔The chicken is Kinokuni Mikandori, Kishu Umedori or Tambadori.
• 📅Served October to March; request it when booking.

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Breakfast in the zashiki

• 🍽️Dinner and breakfast are both served in the tatami zashiki on the 1st floor.
• 🐟A home-style breakfast with grilled fish, rolled omelet and miso soup.
• 🌳The veranda corridor by the zashiki looks out on the garden.

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Shared facilities

• 🛁No onsen; the ordinary shared bath is used in turns from about 17:00 to 23:00.
• 🚻Toilets and washbasins are shared, with a Western toilet with handrails on the 1st floor.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi from a router on the 2nd floor; towels, shampoo and yukata are provided.

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Access and parking

• 🚃From the east exit of Kintetsu Kashiharajingu-mae Station, a 7-minute bus ride to the Toyura stop.
• 🚕About 5 minutes by taxi from the same exit, or about 1.7 km on foot.
• 🚗Free parking for two cars along the fence on the east side of the house.

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The landlady's home cooking

• 🍚Rice is first-grade Hinohikari grown in the family's paddies behind the inn.
• 🥬Vegetables and fruit come from their own fields where possible, otherwise from Nara Prefecture.
• 🍶Nara sake is served, including junmai daiginjo from Miwa, Katsuragi and Gose.

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Famous Asuka hot pot

• 🥛A local hot pot of milk, chicken and vegetables; here it's made with a secret salt-based broth.
• 🐔The chicken is Kinokuni Mikandori, Kishu Umedori or Tambadori.
• 📅Served October to March; request it when booking.

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A minshuku in an old Asuka house serving home cooking with its own rice and vegetables, plus Asuka hot pot in winter. There's no onsen, and the bath and toilets are shared.

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

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

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

Where is Asuka Minshuku Kitamura located?

It is in Takaichi-gun. Address: 12-1 Toyoura, Asuka-mura.

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.