Best Hotels Near Kintetsu-Nara Station | The Deer Park’s Front Door
Five minutes from bowing deer and the Great Buddha — and the town empties gloriously when the day-trippers…
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Best Hotels Near Tennoji Station | Harukas Heights & Temple Origins
Japan's tallest-view decks above, its first state temple below, and retro Shinsekai's kushikatsu ten minutes on foot.
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Best Hotels Near Ishiyama Station | Where the Tale of Genji Began
The moonlit temple where the world's first novel began — river cruises, wollastonite crags, and Kyoto 13 minutes…
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Best Hotels Near Kusatsu Station (Shiga) | Where Two Great Roads Met
Where the Tokaido met the Nakasendo — Japan's grandest surviving post inn, lake museums, and Kyoto 20 minutes…
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Best Hotels Near Matsusaka Station | The Beef Castle Town
Japan's beef capital is also a lovely castle town — sukiyaki temples, samurai terraces and a great scholar's…
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Best Hotels Near Kuwana Station | Clams, Conder & the Resort Next Door
The grilled-clam town of the old Tokaido — a Conder villa, castle moats, and Japan's wildest coasters ten…
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Best Hotels Near Tsu Station | The One-Syllable Capital
Japan's shortest city name hides a National Treasure temple town, a great Kannon, and an unagi habit worth…
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Best Hotels Near Kusanagi Station | The Sword Shrine & the Rodin Wing
Named for the legendary grass-cutting sword — with a hall of Rodins, tea-hill views and Toshogu gold on…
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Best Hotels Near Tajimi Station | The Kiln City of Mino Ware
The kiln city that glazes Japan — a surreal tile museum, pottery lanes, a National Treasure Zen temple,…
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Best Hotels Near Ogaki Station | The Water City Where Basho’s Road Ended
The city of springs where Basho's great journey ended — with Japan's most decisive battlefield ten minutes down…
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