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Hilo Hostel is located in Nara, within less than 1 km of Nara Station and 18 km of Iwafune Shrine. Featuring a shared lounge, this 3-star hostel has air-conditioned rooms with a shared bathroom. The accommodation provides a shared kitchen and free WiFi. Very clean, friendly and welcoming staff were a highlight of Nara for us. Some travellers to chat with in the well furnished kitchen and common room downstairs. Right next to Nara train station. Nice walk to Nara park from the property past many restaurants and stores. Glad I stayed in here in Nara rather than doing a day trip.

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9.1
Superb
1,004 reviews
Price from
US$29
per night

Located in Nara and with Nara Station reachable within 1.3 km, Yuzan Guesthouse provides a garden, non-smoking rooms, free WiFi throughout the property and a terrace. This 1-star hostel offers a shared kitchen and luggage storage space. Nippon Christ Kyodan Shijonawate Church is 22 km from the hostel and Shijonawate City Museum of History and Folklore is 22 km away.

The hostel offers certain rooms that include a safety deposit box, and each room has a shared bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. If you are lucky enough that Yuzan has an opening book it! It is a lovely Japanese 100 year old house the owners have converted to a guesthouse/hostel. It feels like you are staying in a home. The owners are friendly and speak English well. We arrived 3.5 before check-in but my husband was very sick with a head cold. They kindly cleaned our room quickly so my husband could lie down. There is a full kitchen to use with stove top, microwave, fridge, dishes, coffee and tea all day. There is a lovely lounge area to use. There are shared toilets and showers but I never had to wait for either and the water is hot. Wifi worked great. Their breakfast to order is only 600Y with eggs, toast, yogurt and jam/butter. Yuzan is located minutes from the train station and we walked to all the sights within Nara Park. I highly recommend this guesthouse!

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9.1
Superb
1,166 reviews
Price from
US$54
per night

Just 200 metres from Nara Park, Nara Backpackers offers affordable accommodation with free Wi-Fi. The traditional, 100 year-old house includes a modern free-use kitchen with microwave. Bicycle rental is offered.

Each dormitory-style bunk bed at Guesthouse Nara Backpackers has a reading light, power outlet and privacy curtains. Bathrooms and toilets are shared. A coin-operated washing machine is provided. This property was stunningly beautiful, a wonderful old Japanese tea house. We were absolutely delighted. Not for those looking for a luxurious modern hotel, but absolutely perfect for us. Very close to everywhere we wanted to go, right next to Nara park, but not far from the station. Takashi, our host, was charming and spoke perfect English. He recommended where to go and returned to the house to show us how to turn the heating on when it got cold. We had a wonderful stay and we already miss it!

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9.4
Superb
11 reviews
Price from
US$236
per night

Set in Yoshino, 35 km from Subaru Hall, ゲストハウス 鍼灸院 boshcetto offers accommodation with free bikes, free private parking and a shared lounge. The property is around 43 km from Tanpi Shrine, 43 km from Mihara History Museum and 43 km from Kurohimeyamakofun. The property is non-smoking and is situated 39 km from Nara Station.

Featuring a shared bathroom with a bidet and a hairdryer, rooms at the hostel also have free WiFi. All guest rooms at ゲストハウス 鍼灸院 boshcetto feature air conditioning and a wardrobe. We'd just hiked one mountain and had a challenging 12 hour trail ahead of us the next morning. The owner was very accommodating and attentive to our needs, offering a bright, clean and spacious common kitchen that exceeded our needs to prepare dinner, breakfast and a packed lunch.

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8.6
Fabulous
116 reviews

Deer hostel - Nara Old Town - 英語予約限定 is set in Nara, within less than 1 km of Nara Station and 18 km of Iwafune Shrine. The property is located 22 km from Higashiosaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium, 23 km from Nippon Christ Kyodan Shijonawate Church and 23 km from Shijonawate City Museum of History and Folklore. The accommodation offers a shared kitchen and free WiFi. It’s was super comfortable accommodation, place they give you feeling of home , you have kitchen , good AC , common area, place you can storage your luggage, area to smoke , it’s really exceptional.

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8.1
Very good
718 reviews
Price from
US$18
per night

Open in 2017, Nara Deer Hostel- - Nara Old Town -英語予約限定 is located just a 5-minutes walk from JR Nara Station and an 8-minutes walk from Kintetsu Nara Station. Free WiFi is provided throughout the property.

Guests can use a shared kitchen and safety boxes free of charge at the hostel. Amazing staff who respond quickly to messages on booking.com!! Super welcoming and went above and beyond. The rooms are clean, the AC works really well and can be adjusted as wanted, bathrooms are clean and one was always available. There are large tables with lots of chairs in the main room, two couches and an outdoor area. A small kitchen that has everything you need including cups, utensils, bowls, kettle, tea, pots pans etc. Highly recommend, I would stay here again in a heartbeat

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8.2
Very good
660 reviews
Price from
US$43
per night

Located within 1.5 km of Nara Station and 19 km of Iwafune Shrine, bnbplus Sarasa Nara provides rooms with air conditioning and a shared bathroom in Nara. Located around 23 km from Nippon Christ Kyodan Shijonawate Church, the hostel with free WiFi is also 23 km away from Shijonawate City Museum of History and Folklore. The property is non-smoking and is set 22 km from Higashiosaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium. Good hostel. Kind of a quiet vibe. Good common area. Right near everything in Nara, plus a good supermarket like 200m away.

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7.9
Good
193 reviews
Price from
US$22
per night

Set in Tenkawa, Guest House POST INN offers a bar. With a shared lounge, the 2-star hostel has air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi, each with a shared bathroom.

The units feature a safety deposit box.

Kansai International Airport is 88 km away. It is conveniently located in Tenkawa so you are very close to onsens, shrines, and hiking.

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7.2
Good
83 reviews
Price from
US$41
per night

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