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Narai-juku, Shiojiri (Kiso valley)BYAKU Narai

Byaku Narai

BYAKU Narai is an inn of sixteen rooms in four restored Edo-period houses on the main street of Narai-juku, a post town on the old Nakasendo road in the Kiso valley of Nagano, the main one the 1793 Suginomori sake brewery. Every room is different, from a 23 sq m loft to two-storey rooms in old storehouses with baths among clay walls, and the brewery once again makes sake, served in the bar beside the restaurant in its old storehouse.

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About the property

Rooms: 16
Bath in the room: Some rooms
Dinner: In the restaurant
MICHELIN Keys: 1
Recognition: Architecture MasterPrize 2024, Restoration & Renovation, winner, for Toshiyoshi-ya (Takenaka Corporation); FRAME Awards 2024, Hotel, honourable mention for the Shimamo-ya and Kanekami-ya rooms (Fumihiko Sano Studio)

Rooms and suites

101 (Toshiyoshi-ya, main building)
49 sq m · Front room under a skylight, a bedroom with an alcove and a living room · open-air bath. 2 double beds and 2 futons
102 (Toshiyoshi-ya)
59 sq m · the main street through the lattice windows view · One open space without pillars behind the brewery's lattice front. 2 double beds · no outdoor bath
103 (Toshiyoshi-ya)
68 sq m · mountains from the upstairs study view · The old kitchen, open to smoke-blackened roof beams, with a ground-level terrace · bedroom and study upstairs. The largest room in the main building. 2 double beds and 3 futons · no outdoor bath
104 (Toshiyoshi-ya)
37 sq m · the courtyard garden and the Kiso mountains view · Sunken living room and a veranda onto the courtyard · half-open-air bath in a former tea room. 1 king bed
105 (Toshiyoshi-ya)
45 sq m · the largest garden in the inn, its own courtyard view · A formal tatami room keeping its original alcove, staggered shelves and transoms · open-air bath. 2 double beds
106 (Toshiyoshi-ya)
52 sq m · A detached room, its upstairs tatami room built in the Taisho era and later lifted to the first floor · large open-air bath. 1 king bed and 2 futons
107 (Toshiyoshi-ya)
44 sq m · Two storeys in a former storehouse for lacquerware, finished in black lacquer · open-air bath against the storehouse walls. 2 double beds
108 (Toshiyoshi-ya)
40 sq m · the mountains view · Two storeys in a former storehouse, finished in red-brown lacquer · open-air bath within namako-tiled walls. 1 king bed
109 (Uehara-ya)
72 sq m · the main street view · A bentwood craftsman's house, later the Hoi Hoi guest house: two bedrooms on two floors round a central atrium · half-open-air bath. 1 king and 2 semi-double beds
110 (Uehara-ya)
51 sq m · Two storeys, living room below and bedroom above, old beams in a modern fit-out · half-open-air bath. 2 double beds
111 (Uehara-ya)
23 sq m · The smallest and cheapest room: one high room with a skylight and a loft up a very steep stair, for up to two · corridor noise carries. 1 double bed · no outdoor bath
112 (Uehara-ya)
73 sq m · the river, the mountains and the lit Kiso Ohashi bridge at night view · A living room with a record player and the former owner's records below, two bedrooms above. 1 king and 2 semi-double beds · no outdoor bath
113 (Shimamo-ya)
65 sq m · the Nakasendo street and the Kiso mountains view · The upstairs tatami reception room of a former lacquerware shop · open-air bath on a terrace. 1 king bed
114 (Shimamo-ya)
65 sq m · the Kiso mountains view · A tatami dining room under a high atrium with tall windows · open-air bath. 2 semi-double beds
115 (Shimamo-ya)
89 sq m · the Kiso mountains view · The largest room, in the house's 150-year-old earthen storehouse under massive roof beams · open-air bath within namako walls. 2 double beds

Suites

116 (Kanekami-ya)
65 sq m · the stone walls of the neighbouring temple view · A whole 200-year-old house on the lane to the temple, once lodging for its priests and a preserved traditional building of Narai-juku, taken as one · private sauna and open-air bath. 1 king bed

Dining and wellness

A salad of Kiso mountain vegetables at Restaurant kura
Rice from the earthenware pot with mushrooms, pickles and soup, closing an autumn dinner
A simmered dish of the dinner course at kura

Restaurant kura (嵓): Kiso regional cooking · former brewery storehouse · breakfast and dinner · dinner from 6pm, last start 7.30pm
TASTING BAR suginomori: sake bar · old miso storehouse · 8pm–11pm
Wellness: SAN-SEN, a large bath of the five Kiso woods filled with mountain spring water, in an old brewery storehouse, plus open-air or half-open-air baths in thirteen rooms and a private sauna in 116; no spa or gym.

Where it is

Narai station: 5 min on foot
Shiojiri interchange: 35 min by car
Ina interchange: 40 min by car

551 Narai, Shiojiri

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