The Best Hotels Near nishiiru, by the Record
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A ryokan built on a forested spit between a Buddhist temple and the Asoumi Sea, with hot-spring onsen steaming away in an open central courtyard. Rooms are done in sukiya wood-frame style with tatami floors and low chabudai tables, and most look out over water on at least one side. The kind of place that makes a Western hotel bed feel faintly embarrassing afterward.
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Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Togetsukyo Bridge and the Arashiyama Mountains at this contemporary luxury boutique hotel on Kyoto's western edge. Where most guests expect tatami and sliding screens, they find B&B Italia furniture and cool gray and cream tones that read more Milan than Kyoto. A French restaurant, riverside café, and 24-hour gym complete the picture. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.
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Ten rooms, each with its own hot spring bath open to the garden, in a hotel where the architecture can't quite decide between shoin, sukiya, and Spanish Revival, and somehow pulls it off. Tucked into the northwest hills of Kyoto, this old-school ryokan-style retreat serves dinner built around Awaji Island seafood in a dining room lit by washi paper. The Michelin Guide lists it among its selected hotels.