THE RYOKAN COLLECTION

The 3^rd and 4^th floor luxury corner suites offer excellent views on the surrounding gardens with the verdant slope of Higashiyama rising behind them. Vermillion lacquered boxes, sakura wood floors shaved in an undulating naguri pattern, and delicate yukimi shoji screens that wouldn’t be out of place in Kyoto’s ancient imperial court join heated floors, Bose speakers, and rainfall showers to immerse guests in Kyoto’s refined history of art and architecture without sparing any modern comfort. A particularly charming detail is an in-room chouzubachi, a traditional stone basin with bamboo spout usually found in Japanese gardens. This one has been cleverly adapted to cool a bottle of wine or sake.