Featured Hotels Near Kawaike Residence

Kawakami Bettei is a meticulously preserved Meiji-era residence converted into a boutique hotel, just a 5-minute walk from Kawai House. Its wood-carved entrance panels and hand-painted ceiling murals are designated as Important Cultural Properties. Guests receive a special access badge granting free entry to two internal exhibitions. Opt for the night illumination room, where lantern-lit gardens cast soft shadows through shoji screens, creating an immersive experience of late-19th-century Kyoto elegance

Kasuga Ancient Town Lodge offers daily local heritage walking tours led by university-trained historians familiar with Kawai House’s architectural evolution and family legacy. Upon check-in, guests receive a heritage explorer kit including a map of hidden sites and complimentary admission passes. Every Saturday evening features "Townhouse Night Talks", where guests share tea with residents and hear firsthand stories of life in a century-old machiya, fostering authentic community connection

Kasuga Minamachi Inn is located just 200 meters east of Kawai House, adjacent to Kasuga City Museum and Central Park. The hotel features family-friendly rooms with foldable cribs and non-slip flooring, plus complimentary bicycle rental for exploring the "Ancient Capital Greenway" to Nara Park. The on-site restaurant serves a daily Kasuga-style breakfast with local ingredients—includes persimmon leaf rice and mountain vegetable miso soup—nourishing and deeply rooted in regional tradition

Higashi no Mado Hotel offers the Sunset View Rooms with panoramic vistas of Kawai House’s stone gate and cherry blossom trees. Each spring, the courtyard blooms into a pink canopy, making it a prime spot for photographers. The hotel provides free loaner tripods and reflectors, plus personalized photography consultation to help plan ideal compositions. With only eight such rooms available, advance HopeGoo is strongly recommended to secure perfect light and framing

Kasuga Shukuba specializes in deep cultural immersion. Guests can participate in daily morning tea ceremony sessions hosted by master practitioners, and book private kimono fitting and garden walks. The hotel also hosts monthly **