Kyoto Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan | Japan's first luxury hotel

| Japan's first luxury hotel.🍂 In this inn with a hundred years of history, every corner is filled with Kyoto's traditional architectural style and its glorious history. Woodcut print designed rooms, exquisite and delicious Kaiseki cuisine, charming garden views... Time seems to stand still in Arashiyama, Kyoto, immersed in the elegant garden of this ancient aristocracy. 🍂 Take a boat upstream, tracing back the distant memories from the ancient capital. This waterway was once busy, with boats carrying goods and residents to and from the mountains, coming and going, endlessly. Along the way, kingfishers fly low, close to the river, on the way to Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Kyoto, the breeze is gentle, purifying the body and mind. No matter what season, the temperature on the boat is always a bit cooler, and time passes a bit slower. 🍂 Looking around, the rolling mountains come into view. Surprisingly, the greenery in front of you is not naturally grown, but artificially planted; the river was rebuilt by wealthy merchants during the Edo period for water control. Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Kyoto, located on the riverbank, was built in a landscape conservation area. This beautiful Japanese garden seems to ripple on the boundary between artificial and natural, reflecting a natural aesthetic consciousness. Walking on the swept path, the scattered azalea flowers on the ground lead people to the guest rooms. 🍂 The morning mist in the courtyard slowly dissipates, and the stones on both sides of the path are left with crystal dew. In the Zen garden at the other end of the garden, a 400-year-old ancient maple tree is entrenched. The blooming pear flowers remind people of the green leaves that the maple tree begins to stretch before it turns deep red in autumn. The four seasons in the garden, like the sun that crosses the sky every day, never stop changing. 🍂 The sound of gurgling water makes the quiet environment even more lonely. In the high and low sound of running water, you seem to be able to hear the sound of a doe calling her fawn in the distant forest. The breeze accompanies the cicadas, frogs, and birds, announcing the arrival of summer in waves. The moss covering the garden is like a sponge, filtering the collected various sounds into pleasant melodies. 🍂 The branches of cherry blossoms and maple leaves are cut down by windows like picture frames. Even the most experienced gardeners cannot accurately predict what they will look like in ten years, just like the wild beauty that cannot be replaced by artificial. Summer migratory birds land on the branches, swaying. When you find that the carefully designed pavilion seats can make eye contact with birds and insects, this dynamic scroll has already unfolded in your heart. Address: Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nishikyo Arashiyama