Chikurinin Gunpoen in Yoshinoyama

The inn where you can enjoy history and its garden.

The noble front gate of "Chikurinin Gunpoen" built with old trees has a historical air. This inn has been running over a thousand years and it was popular as 'shukubo'(visitors' or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple) in ancient times and appeared in Michelin Guide and Lonely Planet. Now, it is a standard Japanese-style inn with a 'shukubo' atmosphere.

The main entrance and the lobby are like the garden of woods and fountains of Yoshino cedar. The main features of this inn are large square pillars and wooden floor made of Yoshino cedar. A poem monument of YOSANO Akiko, a folding screen and a lunch box given and used by TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi when he had a cherry-viewing party are decorated in the building. These are worth while seeing.

The old and the new are mixed well at this inn. The guest room of the main building has traditional beauty and that of the new annex has modern facility. The inn prides itself on the gorgeous circuit style garden which is said to have been rebuilt by SEN no Rikyu in the Momoyama period. You can see mountains of Yoshino and Zao-do Hall from the hill top and white flowers of crape myrtle and a flower of cotton rose which changes its color from white to pink in the afternoon in some season.

Why don't you go on retreat and learn history while reflecting on the forerunners? It makes your trip memorable if you take 'Blue Symphony', the sightseeing limited express departs from Kintetsu Osaka-Abenobashi station which started its operation in September, 2016.

Click to see beautiful images of Chikurinin Gunpoen (Photo Gallery)

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Room

There are four types of our main guest rooms (all rooms have their own private bathrooms); a basic Japanese-style room of the east and the south building, a retro Japanese-style room of the main building, a new and large room of the west building and a Japanese-style room with an open-air bath of the west building (new annex).

Chikurinin is the temple which is said to have been built by Prince Shotoku. Many people including writers and artists have stayed here ever since. It was a 'shukubo' when it opened, but now it has as good rooms as other inns over time.

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Meal

Mushrooms, sweet chestnuts and Yoshino arrow roots from mountains, Japanese trout from Yoshino river are cooked and served as your dinner seasonally. Please enjoy the sophisticated taste of the local foodstuffs unique to Yoshino.

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Chikurinin is the temple which is said to have been built by Prince Shotoku. Its garden is also said to have designed by SEN no Rikyu and renovated by HOSOKAWA Yusai. It is one of the three outstanding gardens in Yamato region. (appeared in the 2013 Michelin Guide to Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Nara) Please enjoy historic interior and seasonal view such as cherry blossoms and maple leaves. Our guests can appreciate the garden for free.

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	Credit Card	JCB, VISA, MASTER
	Welcome and Send off	Please let us know your intention beforehand.(Kintetsu Yoshino Sta.) *However, there services are not available in April, the cherry blossom season due to the traffic control.
	English
	Group Tour	for 250 guests
	Parking	for 40 cars
	Handicapped Person	Please let us know your intention beforehand.
	Laundry

Information Chikurinin Gunpoen

[Accommodation] for 180 guests
[Number of rooms] 44
[Hotel Rate(with breakfast and dinner)] 11,000 yen -
[Location] From the Kintetsu Yoshino sta., 10 min. by car
Check in 3:00 p.m. Check out 10:00 a.m.

- Chikurinin Gunpoen -

Yoshinoyama, Yoshino-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken, Japan
TEL 0746-32-8081

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