Featured Hotels Near Saku Shrine

Fujikawa Ryokan offers exceptional views of Saku Shrine’s torii gate and surrounding mountains, with rooms featuring floor-to-ceiling wooden shoji screens. Guests can enjoy private garden terraces overlooking cherry blossoms in spring and autumn foliage, while the hotel provides free kimono rental for shrine visits and guided cultural walks

Yes, Fujikawa Ryokan features family suites with futon beds and child-safe tatami rooms, perfect for multi-generational stays. The property offers free shuttle service to the shrine and nearby hiking trails, and serves local mountain ingredients like yuzu jam and fermented soy in breakfast. Children also enjoy seasonal craft workshops using natural materials from the region

Stay at Fujikawa Ryokan to participate in spring purification tea ceremonies and autumn rice harvest rituals held at the shrine grounds. The hotel hosts handmade lantern-making sessions using local bamboo and washi paper, with completed lanterns gifted to guests. Weekly evening lantern-lit shrine tours offer a magical glimpse into spiritual traditions

Fujikawa Ryokan is just 15 minutes by car from Omiya Station on Fujikyu Line, with complimentary shuttle buses running twice daily. The hotel is only 8 minutes’ walk from Saku Shrine, along a scenic path lined with century-old cherry trees equipped with audio guide stations that narrate local legends and ecological history

The Riverside Veranda Rooms at Fujikawa Ryokan feature floor-to-ceiling shoji windows framing the shrine’s torii gate and distant peaks—especially stunning during cherry blossom season. The hotel offers professional photography sessions with kimono styling, plus a digital keepsake album as a souvenir, ideal for capturing authentic moments

Begin your day with a morning purification ritual at Saku Shrine (book in advance), then enjoy a traditional mountain kaiseki lunch at the hotel. Afterward, explore the ancient cedar trail behind the shrine with guided storytelling. End with a handwritten wish scroll workshop, followed by a hot spring bus tour to nearby onsens, completing a serene and meaningful journey