Hotel Tenpyo Naramachi

This is a superb hotel and I rate it so highly that I took the initiative to write a review here. First of all, the location is superb, just behind Xingfu Temple, you can reach it by the stairs. There are often deer by the pond next to the hotel, which can be seen in the room (I booked two rooms and I can see them by opening the window). If you want to go to various attractions, you can walk for three to five minutes. If you want to eat at the restaurant where locals eat every day, it is even more convenient. The food is good and cheap and very authentic, which is completely different from the scenic spot. Secondly, the whole hotel is at the junction of residential areas and scenic spots. Both the surrounding environment and the hotel itself are quite quiet, and I suspect that I was the only traveler in the hotel for these two nights. I really don’t understand why others don’t choose it; thirdly, maybe because there were really no guests, the hygiene was very good. I saw other comments saying that the quilt was very cold at night. This hotel has heating, and the quilt cover is indeed very slippery, but the heating is turned on so that we don’t need to cover the quilt at all... There is a large bathhouse on the underground first floor, which is very clean and empty, so I have it all to myself... Finally, thank you for specially arranging to upgrade the two best rooms in the hotel because of my birthday, and also preparing birthday gifts for me. After checking out, they also prepared handwritten birthday cards and candies, which I have never encountered in five-star hotels. I highly recommend everyone to stay in this hotel. If I come to Nara again in the future, I will continue to choose this hotel.

It's hard to rate it in one night, but we liked everything. The Japanese-style room was new to us. It's not far from the metro, the train station is further away of course... There's a Starbucks on the first floor, it's convenient that it opens at 8am and you can have breakfast there. The hotel doesn't offer breakfast, but you can order a bento in advance. Would we stay again? Definitely yes.