Jingukaikan

⛩️A pilgrims' inn just a 5-minute walk from Ise Jingu's Inner Shrine

Mie · Jingu Kaikan

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An Inn for Ise Pilgrims

• ⛩️Run by the Ise Jingu Sukeikai, the shrine's general incorporated foundation, as an inn for worshippers.
• 🏛️Completed in autumn 1953 as a project accompanying the 59th Shikinen Sengu shrine renewal.
• 🚶About 5 minutes on foot to the Inner Shrine and about 10 minutes by bus to the Outer Shrine.

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Main and West Building Rooms

• 🛏️The main building's 2nd and 3rd floors have 10-, 12- and 21-tatami Japanese rooms and 42㎡ Western twins, all with a unit bath and washlet toilet.
• 🏯The West Building's 2nd floor has Japanese twins — twin beds on 12 tatami — with futons laid out for a third guest.
• 🚻West Building Japanese rooms have no bath or toilet; guests use the large bath and shared toilets on each floor (rooms have a washbasin).

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Seasonal Ise-Shima Kaiseki

• 🍱Dinner is the head chef's kaiseki built on Ise-Shima's seasonal seafood, served between 17:30 and 20:30.
• 🦞Beyond the basic kaiseki there are courses with simmered Ise lobster and a chef's recommended course with Ise lobster sashimi.
• 🍚Breakfast, 7:00–9:00, is a Japanese set with salt-grilled salmon, Ise kamaboko and an onsen egg.

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Large Baths for Guests

• ♨️Separate men's and women's large baths on the West Building's 1st floor are for overnight guests only.
• 🕰️Open 15:00–24:00 and 5:00–9:30.
• 🧴Shampoo, conditioner, body soap, hair dryers and makeup remover are provided, and there are valuables lockers.

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Guided Early-Morning Worship

• 🌅For overnight guests, staff lead a tour of the Inner Shrine every morning, leaving at 6:30 and lasting about 1 hour 40 minutes.
• 🆓It is free; sign up at the front desk when you check in.
• 📅Not held January 1–3, and may be cancelled in bad weather.

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Facilities On and Off Site

• 🛍️The shop on the main building's 1st floor (7:00–21:00) sells woodcraft from Sengu timber, goshuin books and Ise-Shima specialties.
• ☕There is a café corner and coin laundry, and free Wi-Fi covers most of the building.
• 🌹The grounds include a sumo ring hosting the shrine's dedicatory grand sumo each spring, a kyudo archery hall and a rose garden opened in 1987.

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Access and Surroundings

• 🚌Take an Inner Shrine-bound bus from Kintetsu Ujiyamada or Iseshi Station; from Kintetsu Isuzugawa Station a taxi is about ¥1,000.
• 🅿️A multi-storey car park holds 200 cars, plus parking for 6 buses.
• 🌄Around the winter solstice the sun rises through the torii in front of Uji Bridge.

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Seasonal Ise-Shima Kaiseki

• 🍱Dinner is the head chef's kaiseki built on Ise-Shima's seasonal seafood, served between 17:30 and 20:30.
• 🦞Beyond the basic kaiseki there are courses with simmered Ise lobster and a chef's recommended course with Ise lobster sashimi.
• 🍚Breakfast, 7:00–9:00, is a Japanese set with salt-grilled salmon, Ise kamaboko and an onsen egg.

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Large Baths for Guests

• ♨️Separate men's and women's large baths on the West Building's 1st floor are for overnight guests only.
• 🕰️Open 15:00–24:00 and 5:00–9:30.
• 🧴Shampoo, conditioner, body soap, hair dryers and makeup remover are provided, and there are valuables lockers.

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A pilgrims' inn right by the Inner Shrine, with a guided dawn worship tour and Ise-Shima kaiseki. The large bath is not a hot spring, West Building rooms have no bath or toilet, and there is no shuttle or foreign-language service.

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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 Jingukaikan?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Jingukaikan located?

It is in Ise. Address: 152 Uji Nakanokiricho.

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.