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Noborioji Hotel Nara

Nara, Japan • Kofuku-ji Temple • SPLURGE

avg. $445 / night

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Free breakfast

Breakfast-included rate options available

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Complimentary room upgrades (subject to property availability)

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Early check-in and late check-out (subject to property availability)

Part of Relais & Châteaux

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At a glance

Thirteen rooms pressed against Kofuku-ji Temple with floor-to-ceiling views of its pagodas and pine canopy.

Best for: Temple pilgrims and architecture enthusiasts

Highlights:

  • Thirteen rooms overlooking Kofuku-ji Temple's five-story pagoda
  • Floor-to-ceiling windows frame ancient Buddhist complex as primary view
  • Relais & Châteaux member with mahogany bar and Continental dining room
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PB hotel design editorial

Pressed against the precinct of Kofuku-ji Temple, one of Japan's oldest and most venerated Buddhist complexes, Noborioji Hotel Nara positions its 13 rooms within one of the most historically saturated addresses in the country. The four-storey building, renovated and relaunched in autumn 2022 to mark the property's fifteenth year, uses floor-to-ceiling glazing across its dark-framed facade to collapse the boundary between guest and ancient landscape. Through those windows, Kofuku-ji's pagodas rise into view as a constant presence, the temple's pine canopy filling every guestroom with layered green light filtered through sheer linen curtains. Inside, the approach is one of deliberate quietude. Guestrooms pair warm walnut millwork and carpet in muted stone tones with wide upholstered wingback chairs positioned directly at the glass, making the forest the room's primary furnishing. The bar moves into entirely different territory: dark mahogany panelling, a coffered ceiling, black leather Chesterfield stools, and a warm brass counter give it the atmosphere of a private club from another era, Yamazaki bottles lined behind glass in a spirit cabinet that speaks to Japan's whisky culture as much as to its heritage. The dining room pivots again toward Continental ease, with white barrel chairs on brass legs, a grand piano set against teak-panelled walls, and a multi-globe chandelier lending the space a quietly European formality. A Relais & Châteaux and Small Luxury Hotels of the World member, the hotel carries the concentrated intensity of a property that knows exactly what it is.

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About

In the fall of 2022, the year of its 15th anniversary - “Noborioji Hotel Nara” will newly open as an auberge nestled in the garden of the ancient city of Nara.

Amenities

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Air conditioning

Refrigerator in room

Internet

Free Internet

Free Parking

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Wifi

Non-smoking rooms

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Noborioji Hotel Nara Reviews

4 reviews

"Wonderful, friendly and incredibly obliging staff, large, beautiful rooms, breakfast that was like a royal banquet! And the most incredible location right on Nara Park. We had a wonderful stay in the luxurious, friendly, beautiful hotel"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Jun 10, 2025

"This is a super fancy hotel and we were treated like royalty as soon as we arrived. Kohan Fukumoto was incredibly helpful with all kinds of invaluable advice and suggestions for eating and visits prior to our arrival. All of the staff were meticulously helpful and professional. They gave us vegetarian breakfasts, both western and Japanese, which were lovely. The location is excellent, on the edge of the deer park near to everything you'd want to see in Nara but also convenient to get to the stations. It is however eye-wateringly expensive, which attracts a certain kind of customer - not our favourite - and we found the beds a bit hard."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Apr 11, 2024

"We stayed here for three days over Easter 2024. As you would expect from a Relais & Chateaux hotel, it isn’t cheap but everything was outstanding. The staff did all they possibly could to welcome and attend to us; the hotel itself is beautifully decorated in a minimalist style and located close to (and with a view of) one of Nara’s main Buddhist temples; and the food (both breakfast and dinner) was an exquisite Franco-Japanese combination. I can’t recommend Noborioji Hotel in Nara enough."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Apr 01, 2024

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