Name: Nara Washington Hotel Plaza
Address: 31-1 Shimo Sanjo-machi, Nara-shi, Nara, 6308236, JP

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2025

Md Shakhawat Hossain

Very good

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Mar 2025

Dustin

Great place would stay again for sure.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2024

Md Shakhawat

Nice place to stay with good price

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2024

anna

Great location and staff friendly.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2023

Manami

Location

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Good location near shops and restaurants. Easy walk to Todaiji-temple.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2019

Verified traveler

This is a great hotel for making a short trip to Nara. The room was pretty small, but since we mainly used it to just drop off our bags and shower, we didn't need much more than that.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Good value for money

Great hotel for the value I paid in Japan. Very close to Kyoto station but not the main area. However, still walkable. I enjoyed my stay, stuff are very friendly, cafe is handily down stairs and overall good value

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Small space but extremely comfortable, it was great for what I needed and in a convenient location as well. Close to the train station and to Nara park.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2018

Jonathan

Highly recommended, great location, friendly staff

The hotel is in a perfect location. Close to the JR station and local sites. The room was very comfortable and clean. The staff were wonderful, warm, and friendly. I will definitely stay there again when I return to Nara.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Close to sightseeing spots

The hotel is located on a street leading to the major sightseeing spots. The street itself is quiet and pleasing with many shops. The hotel was pleasing and comfortable.

4/10

Poor

21 May 2018

Verified traveler

Polite personnel. Room small, stuffy. Pillow extremely hard (supposed to be with two levels of softness, but were both very hard). Matress was very hard, uneven. Unconphortable.
Breakfast choice extremely limited, could not communicate to waitress in English.

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

A great hotel within walking distance of the Nara Deer park

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2018

Daniel

great and friendly and helpful staff and nice bed and pillow,

2/10

Poor

18 Nov 2017

Patima

much below expectation

The only thing that impressed in this hotel is Shampoo.

6/10

Pleasant

17 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

Good location but overpriced

The hotel was only ok. We stayed at similarly priced hotels in Tokyo and Kyoto, and both of those were much much nicer than this one. They were both cleaner, and more modern. What the Nara Washington has going for it is its location and its lobby, and that's about it. Also, if you like a colder room at night, you'll have to leave the window open as the HVAC seems to only kick out heat at night (at least in the fall).

Family

4/10

Poor

14 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

Convenient location.

Convenient location for JR / Kentetsu Stations. Accommodations are so basic they do not even include a toothbrush in the event you needed one.

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2017

Warren

Pleasant staff, clean, bright, great location

Nice hotel on main street Nara. Would stay here again. Close walk to both train stations.

8/10

Excellent

25 Jun 2017

Patrick

Very good!

Great hotel. I was served very well and politely from at the counter. Friendly staff and great location close to 2 main stations.

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jun 2017

Sharon K

Hotel was difficult to locate. Sits back from other businesses and I walked by it 2-3 times before I actually noticed the entrance. Even walked by after staying there for a night. Needs a sandwich board or some other notice of entrance.

8/10

Excellent

24 May 2017

Verified traveler

Nice location

Inexpensive hotel on the main tourist street. Easy walk to shrines and temples. A good deal!

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2017

Jason

Friendly and central

Hotel clean and very central. Friendly service.

6/10

Pleasant

03 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

Great location

It locates in the middle of the train station and the Nara Park and a Lawson is right in front of it, which make it a fantastic choice. It's budget!

Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Apr 2017

Peter

Value: You get what you pay for

Small room for western visitors. Only room for any activity was on the bed. Only three Coat hangers. Room was very warm, we had to open a window to get the temperature down. It's reasonable value but you get what you pay for.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2016

Jack

Mostly excellent rooms and pleasant reception from the staff. The pillow on the bed was like a rock, my only criticism.

8/10

Excellent

29 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

clean and friendly. conveniently located.

First of all the location is great. It is on a busy touristic street with many restaurants, bars, convenience stores. It is 5 min walking distance from Nara Station (trains, buses). It is just 20 minutes walk from Nara Park and several shrines.

The hotel is clean, and my room was cleaned daily without fail. The staff is friendly and speak some English. The rooms are small by American standards, but I've stayed in smaller hotel rooms both in Japan and in Europe. I have not tried their breakfast.

8/10

Excellent

09 Sep 2016

Alexander

Nice hotel

Close enough to the train station, shopping and sights to see.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2016

Steve

Great help from staff in time of need

My wife and I were travelling with my younger brother and his wife. On the train ride to Nara my brother began suffering from a bad migraine headache. We arrived 3 hours prior to check-in time, but the manager immediately made a room available for my brother so that he could rest in a cool, dark, quiet place. Additionally, the staff brought him an ice pillow to help give him comfort.

I really appreciated the staff's willingness to accommodate him while he was suffering.

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2016

Boon Fong

Room and bathroom is too small!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

It is located in a good place. Near to station and site seeing area in Nara. Our stay was great!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2016

Ian

Everything I needed in a Japanese business hotel.

The Nara Washington Hotel Plaza provided everything I needed in a business hotel: A convenient location, easy to find from the railroad station; a clean, comfortable room; efficient, trouble-free service from everyone; a great breakfast included with the room. And all at an eminently reasonable rate. I readily recommend the Nara Washington Hotel Plaza, and will use it or others in the Washington Hotel Plaza chain whenever the opportunity arises.

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2016

Kayy

Simple yet functional

The location of this hotel is lovely since it is close to both the JR station and the Kintetsu station. It is surrounded by plenty of food shops, convenience stores, and other fun shops. The rooms themselves are basic, but they work just fine. The pillows leave much to be desired in my opinion, but other than that, it is quite fine! The free wifi is awesome as well. I have stayed in both a single and double room.

6/10

Pleasant

22 Apr 2016

orven

simple hotel, near all the restaurants

Stayed there for a day for business trip. The room is too small. The breakfast in not buffet, I would recommend the restaurants outside the hotel its much cheaper. If you need just for a place to sleep then I would recommend this hotel.

8/10

Excellent

14 Apr 2016

Verified traveler

Great place to stay

Excellent location, close walk to the main station. Very close walk to parks, temples and restaurants close by. Staff were very helpful and accommodating to requests.

Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2016

Pekka

Convenient hotel

The hotel was very good for out sightseeing trip. Easy to find and conveniently located. Room had a bit of a tobacco smell but that could be due to the air conditioning system, which could only be set to heating.

Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Nov 2015

Koid

Nara relaxing hotel

That is a good place for relex...

2/10

Poor

27 Sep 2015

Verified traveler

Worst in Japan.

The room was very small. Nothing was worthy in that hotel. It's better to stay in a capsule hotel than that hotel. At least you can save money.

4/10

Poor

26 Sep 2015

Radwan

Weak wifi signal

I book a double room but it was not enough for one person. But the location of the hotel is nice anyway.

4/10

Poor

15 Sep 2015

Verified traveler

Don't let the name fool you

The room is small, but acceptable in Japanese standard. The blanket-sheet is small, so small that it barely covers the bed. The room is supposed to be non-smoking, but an ask-tray and the smell remains.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Aug 2015

Chun Yin William

A good short stay

Comfortable

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2015

Verified traveler

Okay

Not too far from Kintetsu station. There are lots of restaurants nearby.

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jul 2015

Verified traveler

nice stay in nara

convenient hotel with walkable distance.
The room condition is a bit old but is still acceptable.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jul 2015

DAM

Nara Washington Hotel Plaza

we all know Japan can be expensive - this was actually the most expensive stay on our time there.

the room was certainly the largest - quite tired - low on extras - not even a bottle of water provide -

staff were helpful - location was convenient for station and street life

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2015

Allan

Nice

Good hotel in central location

8/10

Excellent

26 May 2015

Robert

Good location and price, clean rooms, hard beds

Location is great, and right on the shopping street. Staff are as you'd expect from Japan - super great and friendly, and can speak enough English to get by without much issue. The single rooms provide 2 pillows: hard, plastic pellet filled one (typical for a JP business hotel), and much softer ones. (more Western hotel style) Too bad the same can't be said of the mattress, which is the same as sleeping on a Japanese futon - hard. Room amenities and design are typical for this price in Japan, things are a little bare, but the prices are good.

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2015

shahin dohkt

Nice Nara location

The rooms are small here but clean and staff accommodating. Very convenient being near the JR and Kintetsu stations. Convenient shopping and restaurants too. It is on a one way street, so not much traffic although a late hours pachinco place across the street. Cafe downstairs had good food for breakfast.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

13 Apr 2015

RICHARD

Cleanliness

The carpet was dirty (badly stained). The comforter on the bed appeared to be dirty.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Apr 2015

Johnny

Great location

It's a ok hotel in a great location to see the sites and only a short walk to the train station.

The room was very small but ok for a short stay

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2014

Hueitse

Excellent location

Close to the train station.

6/10

Pleasant

14 Nov 2014

Roy

Just nice...

Very convenient location from Nara Station and somewhat close to the major sites. Room was compact like a typical Japanese business hotel, definitely not a luxury room but adequate for day or two. Hotel staff was friendly and accommodating, even making up our room early when we came back a bit earlier than we had planned, right in the middle of their room cleaning time. It was a nice and clean room and a good location, but not much more. If the room price was right, I'd consider staying again.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2014

Aimee

Amazing town and this hotel is right in the middle

I loved this little town. The hotel is located in the center of an adorable local street. There are shops all down the strip. Coco's curry house is located at a nearby intersection (this is a must eat place in Japan). This town is near plenty of interesting shrines and temples, including Daibutsu (the biggest Buddha in Japan). Also there are deer that you can feed and pet in the near by park. As for the hotel, it was simple but pleasant. There was nothing to complain about. The staff understood English and were very friendly.

2/10

Poor

01 Aug 2014

Krzysztof

Bad service, bad rooms.

Room too small even for Japanese standards. Bed very small and uncomfortable. It should never be advertised as double or even \"semi-double\" (a strange concept, anyway). It is almost impossible to open a suitcase because of lack of space and you can not move in a room with the suitcase open on the floor. Stuff unfriendly with very limited command of English. They have refused to print our flight boarding passes obtained by internet and sent us to paid internet cafe in a town. First they said that the printer is not working, then they have changed the explanation for \"this is agains our rules, we don't provide such service to guests\". They also did not want to give us a second key, which was a nuisance since we had somewhat different plans. Their explanation was that this is for our security(???). Overpriced breakfasts. We ate better ones the next door for half the price. Generally no value for money.

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jun 2014

Raymond

Great location but room too small

I booked for 2 rooms but the rooms they give me quite small n the bed no good at all. Anyway great location and easy to find. Just 5 min walk from Nara station.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jun 2014

kirill

Close to the center of Nara, trains and parks

A very affordable, but basic place. Great for students, couples or singles who travel on a strict budget.

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2014

Alan & Jen

Good for the price and an ideal location

As with all the hotels on this trip I booked based on location and this was within 5 minutes walk from Nara rail station and about 15 minutes from Nara Park so it was ideal. The room was decribed as a semi-double and that's what we got a small double room (although there are bigger ones). Had no real complaints about the hotel apart from having booked a 'non smoking' room, none were available - we opened the window and the smell did go quite quickly. Tried breakfast on first morning (of 2) but didn't go back. It was plated and described as 'American', it was OK, just a little odd and not particularly good value so we bought pastries from nearby. Lots of restaurants on the doorstep.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2014

Verified traveler

Can't beat the value

There are fancier hotels in Nara, but you will pay more to stay there. The Washington is centrally located, and since you won't be in your room to do more than sleep, it has everything you need. The one knock I would give it is the breakfast service. I was there for a week and they had the same three choices every morning (and one of those wasn't all that great, so actually two choices. By the end of the week a little variety would have been nice.

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2014

Dianne

Well located hotel in Nara ...

I spent four nights at this hotel to have the chance to really take in the sights Nara has on offer. Sanjo Dori is a lovely main street full of restaurants and nice little shops. This is much less busier than Kyoto. Washington Plaza hotel is a 3 minute walk from the 5 story Pagoda and Nara Park. It is about 20 minute work to the Nara Hotel if you want to have a meal or coffee there. Todai-ji is about 20min walk from the hotel.
The hotel is basic but offers a cosy room. I would thoroughly recommend this hotel for its location which seems to be typical of the Washington hotel chain (i.e. strategic location).

6/10

Pleasant

08 May 2014

Sally

Budget hotel

Room was very cramped, staff spoke English, fine place to sleep for 1 night, close to Nara park and walking distance from JR rail.

6/10

Pleasant

16 Dec 2013

Carlos

Good Option for a good price

Very close location. Near of one of the main street and walking distance from the main park.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2013

Rick

great overnight stay in Nara near Todaiji

clerk spoke very good English. I only saw one other foreigner. Hotel seems to cater to group tours of Japanese

6/10

Pleasant

08 Nov 2013

Cathy

Business hotel in a great location

Room was quiet and worked fine. Not much English at the desk. That was the only problem for me. For the price, it was a good experience. Everything was walkable in the downtown area and some nice little restaurants near by.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2013

Verified traveler

right location and price and good staff

It included everything I needed close to Nara station and right near Nara Koen and the staff was friendly the room itself some may find small depending on what you are used to but for me it was perfect.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jul 2013

Mary

Would recommend this hotel for a short stay

Small room with outdated look and VERY unconfortable bed (hard with pressure point caused by springs). GREAT location (close to train station and to Nara park) and best price I could find in Nara. Though I would recommend this hotel for a short stay, I would not stay here more than 2-3 days because of bed and room size.

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2013

Verified traveler

Centrally located, basic hotel

Staff were helpful and friendly in English, and the room was the standard Japanese fare for this price-range. Location ideal for walking or bus to local sights, and many restaurants nearby. Would stay here again if back in town.

8/10

Excellent

19 Jun 2013

Max

Affordable western style hotel in scenic Nara

The hotel is a good western-style hotel. My room had a small flat panel TV and a mini fridge. Shopping and dining options surround the hotel, and the major attractions of Nara are a reasonable walking distance away. I enjoyed the Japanese style breakfast in the hotel restaurant as well.

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2013

Abdu

Ok for travelers

Good location, about 5 mins walk from 2 train stations and the downtown ..

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2013

Verified traveler

great location

Great location - near Nara Train Station and near Nara Park. We got a bike at a rental dealer at Nara Station to go to the Park. Many restaurants nearby. Very small room, but OK for a one-night stay.

Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2013

larry

Standard business hotel. Close to train station, main temples, modern and traditional neighborhoods. Would definitely stay there again.

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2013

Verified traveler

Close to Train stations

We enjoyed our stay at Nara Washington Hotel Plaza. The rooms were a bit tight, but functional. The staff were very kind, courteous, and helpful.

Family

2/10

Poor

06 Apr 2013

Verified traveler

Good location but that's it

Not a great hotel. Poor nights sleep due to uncomfortable bed and pillows. Staff not particularly accommodating. Location was good. I wouldn't return. Might be ok for a single person staying one night.

6/10

Pleasant

04 Apr 2013

Verified traveler

good locaton and many eating places around

good location and nice staff. semi double room was a bit too small for a couple.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Nov 2012

Verified traveler

Room is small but have the best location in town

Can barely walk in the room if I open up 2 baggage.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jul 2012

Verified traveler

close to train station

just ok

Family

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jun 2012

Verified traveler

OK

Its a good value for money but the only downside was that it was not very clean especially the carpets ( litterally dusts comeout when you step on it).

4/10

Poor

03 May 2012

Verified traveler

Not impressed

Rooms are very small (even for Japan). Sheets and towels were clean as well as the bathroom. However there were some spots which are systematically not cleaned up and there are many layers of dust (around the windows for example). Room's furniture is very old.
The location is very good: very close to the JR train station and tourist attractions.

8/10

Excellent

06 Dec 2011

Verified traveler

Good Value

Small hotel about five minutes walk from main Nara train station on a relatively quiet street full of small shops. Rooks are small but clean and adequate. Free (wired) Internet and (unstocked) fridge in room. Good restaurant/coffee shop connected to hotel that is excellent value for money and open from 0700 to 0200 each day.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2026

Michihiko

駅から近く、気軽に宿泊するのに最適なホテルだと思います。

Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Oct 2025

Kazunori

朝食の価格が安いのは良かった。ただ、和食の内容がヘルシー方向に振れすぎだと思う。卵焼き、ベーコン等の彩り、肉系も欲しかった。
少し駅から遠いが、価格は安いし、良いホテルだと思う。採点が厳しいのは、普段利用している新しいホテルとの比較になってしまった結果で、他意はありません。

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