Ryokan Kousen

Amazing staff, excellent location, bountiful breakfast, front sitting room with access to fresh air and views of deer.

Wonderfully located ryokan close to main points of interest. Friendly staff. Loved the view from my room.

Great location and very friendly and polite staff. Very quiet and dark rooms at night. Slept very well. Super central.

Traditional ryokhan that had a small public bath as well. Location was good because the main temples in Nara are right outside as are some shops, Starbucks and of course, lots of deer. More spacious than some of the rooms we had. Staff maybe spoke a bit better English than elsewhere, at least one

Bathroom was very small and of course, the futons cannot be super comfortable if you're staying in a Ryokhan where you traditionally sleep on the floor. Or maybe they could have been of a better quality. I had requested a vegetarian breakfast but there were fish flakes in the soup or at least it wasn't possible to tell for sure. The rest of the breakfast was okay but it was sometimes unidentifiable and both times, we went for snacks again pretty soon after. The air conditioning was pointed directly at the bed, but it was impossible to sleep without it because it was very hot.