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Minshuku Kawarabi-so

Ryokan

Kitaimanishi 841

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Why people book this hotel

Friendly staff
7 mentions

The staff are amazing

Friendy hosts

Great location
6 mentions

The free bicycles to go to a nearby onsen

Conveniently located if you walk the Kumano Kodo Kohechi

Comfortable rooms
4 mentions

Good food and good rooms

Lovely welcome and the room was beautiful

Breakfast available
3 mentions

Dinner and breakfast, and lunch bentos are available on request

Good steamboat dinner and traditional Japanese breakfast

Clean rooms
2 mentions

Lovely neat room with comfortable futons

Lovely clean, traditional stay

Good value
1 mentions

Dinner and breakfast were Japanese style and well worth it

Overview

Situated in Nosegawa in the Nara region, Minshuku Kawarabi-so features accommodation with free private parking. The ryokan features a flat-screen TV. The accommodation is allergy-free. The nearest airport is Kansai International Airport, 88 km from the ryokan.

Traveller reviews

D

Daniel

solo_traveller

April 18, 2026

10

Authentic Japanese accomodation

The staff are amazing. Highly recommend.

C

Chaoxing

solo_traveller

April 16, 2026

8

A good retreat in the wilderness. Good RnR with the ability to go fishing, stargazing, and see fireflies in the summer. Able to see unkai, and wildlife eg deers. Bicycles are free to rent. Dinner and breakfast, and lunch bentos are available on request. The owners entertained all my questions on booking.com.

W

Wang

couple

March 31, 2026

10

The couple are very nice. Help us to take a bus to next Minsuku.Meals & tea are wonderful.Sinery around the kawarobi-so is amazing!

H

Helene

couple

November 22, 2025

9

The free bicycles to go to a nearby onsen. Lovely neat room with comfortable futons. Very good meals and bento boxes. Friendy hosts.

J

Jana

solo_traveller

November 13, 2025

8

Very convenient for any Kumano Kodo Kohechi hikers

Conveniently located if you walk the Kumano Kodo Kohechi. Place serves delicious food, in particular you can get Nabe (Japanese fondue) here. You can also rent a bike for free to get to the nearby onsen. Hosts also kindly offer to drive you to the trailhead. Otherwise it is funtional, but they have everything you may need (washing machine yes, though no dryer, hot water, microwave, towels). Can highly recommend.

T

Th

couple

November 1, 2025

10

Recommended stay.

The couple who ran the Guesthouse went out of their way to be helpful, gave us a lift to an onsen, while they were busy cooking and serving. Exceptional care and attention. Very good food.

J

Johan Jeziorski

couple

May 26, 2025

9

Perfect for Kohechi Kumano Kodo. Good food and good rooms.

C

Chai Yee

solo_traveller

May 2, 2025

10

Hospitable boss and comfy stay after kumano kodo hike

The location is around 1km from the final stamp of Koya Nanakuchi route. Minshuku lady boss is kind enough to fetch me from the stamp site to minshuku and send me to the onsen bath nearby too. Good steamboat dinner and traditional Japanese breakfast. It is a minshuku located sideway of road and no shop nearby. So please stock up some groceries and order the dinner and breakfast here. A vending machine is available.

S

Stephan

couple

April 13, 2025

10

Very warm welcome from great family, good food. Allround a great minshuku to stay when doing the Kumano kodo.

T

Terresa

solo_traveller

April 9, 2025

9

Kind and welcoming staff, warm futon and a delicious meal to end off my first day of the Kohechi hike.

M

Mr Miller

solo_traveller

January 12, 2025

10

Incredible hospitality, delicious food, welcoming hosts.

Superb accommodation at the end of Stage 1 of the Kumano Kodo Kohechi.

E

Emanuela

extended_group

November 13, 2024

10

Dinner was amazing! The couple that runs the inn is just fantastic, happy to have been there!

N

Nicole

extended_group

September 2, 2024

10

Wonderful stay with lovely hosts and the dinner was superb!

Lovely clean, traditional stay

J

Julián

couple

August 20, 2024

9

Great for enjoying nature

The kindness of the staff. They waited for us until 9 pm after one of our tyres went flat on our way there (the roads can be tricky if you are not used to mountainous roads). They also opened the restaurant for us given our situation and the food was very good. The landscape is beautiful and this is the only place we found in the area.

A

Alexandra

family_with_children

August 14, 2024

7

Great location for the Kohechi trail!

Nice location, delicious dinner and helpful staff.

C

Cam

solo_traveller

June 26, 2024

9

Best place for walking Kumano Kodo

Nothing was too hard, they loved to help.

A

Ailsa

couple

April 26, 2024

9

Beautiful guesthouse with excellent dinner & breakfast

Lovely welcome and the room was beautiful. Dinner and breakfast were Japanese style and well worth it. They even provided bikes to travel 1km down the road to the onsen after our long day of hiking.

W

Wilfried

extended_group

April 16, 2024

10

The very best accomodation along the Kumano Kodo Kohechi trail!

Very nicely located minshuku. Perfect for a stay after the first etappe of Kohechi trail. Since there was no accomodation available in Miuraguchi, after the second part of Kohechi, they arranged transport for us from Miuraguchi and back next morning! Iyuko waited for us and helped us out since one person had an accident in the mountains. She is a phantastic person! Excellent food and bento. Nice rooms. Public bath, free transport to it. We felt at home here all of us!

V

Valerie

solo_traveller

April 13, 2024

9

Nice welcoming local place ro stay on the Kohechi

Very nice couple, very good food and convenient for the kohechi route, nice to get a bicycle to.go.to.the nearby onsen

D

Dror

solo_traveller

December 1, 2023

10

A lovely Minshuku managed by a family for more than 45 years. The owner cook very delicious Japanese meals and gave me 200yen coupon to the near Onsen😄 At dinner time the very nice Obachan spoke with me while cooking the dinner and we had lovely conversation. Recommend for people who like the mountains, Japanese countryside and nature, and hiking the Kumano-kodo.

Facilities

General

Air conditioning

Parking

Parking on site, Private parking, Parking, Free parking

Japanese-Style Room

The twin room features air conditioning, a washing machine, as well as a shared bathroom boasting a bath and a shower. The twin room offers tatami, an electric kettle, a barbecue, yukata, as well as a flat-screen TV. The unit has 2 futons.

Max 3 guests 9 1 bedroom 2 bathrooms

Hotel Policies

Check-inFrom 14:00 to 22:00
Check-outFrom 06:00 until 09:00
Cancellation & prepaymentCancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. Please check your booking details before finalizing.
Accepted credit cardsThe hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.
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Last updated: Apr 11, 2024, 11:19 AM

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Minshuku Kawarabi-so - 2 Star Hotel in Nosegawa