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Where to stay in Nara Prefecture
This guide covers 9 destinations in Nara Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 32 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Nara, Kashihara and Ikoma. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM).
- Destinations in this guide
- 9
- Places to stay
- 32
- Main airport
- ITMOsaka Itami International Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Nara Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Nara Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Nara Prefecture
4 places to stay in Nara Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn Kintetsu Nara Ekimae hotel | Nara |
| Toyoko Inn Nara Oji-eki Minami-guchi hotel | Ōji |
| Toyoko Inn Nara Shin-Omiya Ekimae hotel | Nara |
| Toyoko Inn Tenri Ekimae hotel | Tenri |
Where to stay
More hotels in Nara Prefecture
28 hotels in Nara Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Nara Hotel | Nara | 1909 |
| Hotel Nikko Nara | Nara | 1998 |
| JW Marriott Hotel Nara | Nara | |
| Edosan | Nara | 1907 |
| Ando Hotel Nara Wakakusayama | Nara | |
| Asukasou | Nara | |
| Candeo Hotels Nara Kashihara | Kashihara | |
| Chikurinin Gunpoen | Sakurai | |
| Comfort Hotel Nara | Nara | |
| Fufu Nara | Nara | |
| Hotel New Wakasa | Nara | |
| Kanka-sō | Nara | |
| Kanponoyado Nara | Nara | |
| Kasuga Hotel | Nara | |
| Kotonoyado Musashino | Nara | |
| Mikasa | Nara | |
| Nara Hakushikaso | Nara | |
| Nara Royal Hotel | Nara | |
| Nipponia Hotel Nara Naramachi | Nara | |
| Noborioji Hotel Nara | Nara | |
| Piazza Hotel Nara | Nara | |
| Setre Naramachi | Nara | |
| Super Hotel Lohas JR Nara Eki | Nara | |
| Temple Town Hotel Waqoo Horyuji | Ōji | |
| The Kashihara | Kashihara | |
| Tsukihitei | Nara | |
| Wakasa Annex | Nara | |
| Yukawaya | Sakurai |
When to go
Best time to visit Nara Prefecture
From the climate of 9 destinations in Nara Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 9 | 9 °C | 52 mm |
| February | 0 of 9 | 10 °C | 66 mm |
| March | 0 of 9 | 13 °C | 114 mm |
| April | 0 of 9 | 20 °C | 126 mm |
| May | 0 of 9 | 24 °C | 142 mm |
| June | 0 of 9 | 27 °C | 210 mm |
| July | 0 of 9 | 31 °C | 217 mm |
| August | 0 of 9 | 33 °C | 130 mm |
| September | 0 of 9 | 29 °C | 195 mm |
| October | 0 of 9 | 23 °C | 133 mm |
| November | 0 of 9 | 17 °C | 71 mm |
| December | 0 of 9 | 11 °C | 54 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Nara Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Nara Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
Good to know
Public holidays in Nara Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Nara Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.