Hotel Obana is located next to Nara Park. Please spend your time in Nara with the sound of the bells from Kofuku-ji Temple. Some of our staff have passed the "Nara Mahoroba Sommelier Examination", so please leave it to us to help you with your trip to Nara. The shop is filled with carefully selected products made in Nara. You can discover the deep side of Nara. We have prepared a variety of items in the hotel to help you enjoy your trip to Nara to the fullest. In the lobby on the first floor, we have many books related to Nara, and you can plan and reflect on your trip along with the drink corner. In addition, the shop is filled with carefully selected products from Nara, so you can discover the deep side of Nara. We look forward to welcoming you with warm hospitality, just like the Yoshino cypress lights at the entrance. Please feel free to ask our staff for any travel advice.
Continuing the journey to the local area This is Kyoto Sanjo, which was once depicted as the starting/ending point of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido. It is a place where people and things from all over the country gathered and created new culture. We will develop various content with local players from all over Japan based on this context. We hope that our activities will bring new excitement to the city of Kyoto and provide an opportunity for visitors to travel to attractive local areas of Japan. <About the existing building> This building is the former Nippon Life Kyoto Sanjo Building, which is partially a registered tangible cultural property. The cultural property part of the building, which began construction in 1912 and was completed in 1914, was designed by the Tatsuno & Kataoka Architectural Office led by Tatsuno Kingo, known for Tokyo Station, and their style is well reflected in the stone-clad exterior. Currently, all that remains is one span of the company building facing Yanagi-no-Maba-dori, which was demolished in 1983 leaving only that part, and the office building was expanded.