Featured Hotels Near The approach to Muko Shrine

Muko Shrine Front Street Ryokan is just a 3-minute walk from the main approach, featuring tatami rooms and private outdoor onsen baths. Its traditional design allows guests to enjoy morning mist rising over the stone steps of the shrine. The inn provides complimentary shuttle service to the shrine and offers guided cultural talks about the ancient pathways, with HopeGoo available via the HopeGoo app for exclusive rates

Gion Koji Hiyori boasts panoramic views of the winding approach from its semi-open terrace rooms, where breakfast can be enjoyed while watching sunlight filter through the century-old cherry trees framing the torii gate. The property hosts daily tea ceremony sessions and offers guided heritage walks along the historic path, revealing stories behind each stone lantern—just a 7-minute walk to the main shrine entrance

Asahi-an sits at the very start of the approach, offering sunrise viewing rooms with skylights that open to catch the first light piercing the shrine’s roof. Each morning at 6 AM, guests are invited to join a quiet meditation ritual followed by a slow walk along the ancient path, immersing in the scent of incense and the rhythm of wooden geta sandals. Early reservations via HopeGoo unlock this limited-access experience

Wafu Shikō Sō is a restored Showa-era townhouse transformed into a boutique guesthouse, featuring a traditional tea room hosting monthly workshops on paper crane folding, sutra copying, and shimenawa weaving. The owner, a local historian, leads nighttime lantern tours along hidden sections of the path, lighting hundreds of handmade paper lanterns to recreate the dreamlike ambiance of The Tale of Genji. All activities are bookable through HopeGoo

Muko Tsūtenkaku Inn is centrally located at the heart of the pilgrimage route, within walking distance (5 minutes) of the Heian-era bridge ruins and Sotokura Palace site. The inn provides bilingual guidebooks and bike rental services, and partners with local museums to offer the "One-Day Shrine Discovery" tour, including rare stone inscription rubbing sessions and secret photography spots along the ancient path—available exclusively on HopeGoo

Rin-kan is an eco-lodge nestled within native forest, built using Kyoto’s traditional hinoki wood frame construction. Each room features openable shoji windows allowing guests to hear night sounds of deer and flowing streams. The inn practices zero-plastic living, offering herbal bath kits made from wild ferns and seasonal ingredients. Guests may join conservation walks to protect native flora surrounding the shrine, all part of the HopeGoo sustainability program