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The Kayotei
Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan · Independent · High Luxury
The Kayotei is a ten-suite sukiya-style ryokan in Yamanaka Onsen, a hot-spring village that still looks like a working Japanese town. Guests walk the tatami corridors without slippers. Painted screens, pottery, and antique tansu sit in the halls, and the inn partners with Yamanaka lacquer artisans whose work shows in Tokyo, Basel, and New York.
- 10 rooms
- Neighborhood: Yamanaka Onsen
About The Kayotei
- Ten suites only, arranged in tea-ceremony sukiya style.
- Corridors are tatami; guests do not wear slippers inside.
- The inn introduces guests to Yamanaka artisans who exhibit internationally.
Restaurants and bars
- Yunomachi Bistro Enuma Station — Restaurant · French bistro informality with Japanese structure
- Yamanaka Italian Alla Contadina — Restaurant · Italian cuisine with Japanese ingredients · Chef Koji Sakamoto
Experiences
- Atelier visits — Arranged privately, guests visit the studios of artisans to observe the work taking place and converse with the artisans.
- Wood turning with Yasushi Satake — Visit to the studio of wood turner Yasushi Satake, whose work is presented as a way to discover spirituality in nature.
- Makie and kintsugi with Takeshi Matsuyama — Visit to the studio of Takeshi Matsuyama, who applies gold layers to lacquerware and restores broken objects.
- Washi paper making with Mika Horie — Visit to artisan Mika Horie's home studio to see Japanese paper making, with an invitation to join a traditional tea ceremony offered by her husband.
- Ikebana, tea ceremony and wood therapy — Led by Raku Terai, a session combining 'wood therapy', flower arrangement and a tea ceremony, held in Mika Horie's art studio.
- Hot springs bathing — Hot springs bathing in the ryokan, offered as part of the concept alongside kaiseki cuisine and tatami rooms.
Amenities
- tatami rooms
- kaiseki cuisine
- Omotenashi hospitality
- private atelier visits with local artisans
- Salon - Tea Room
- Private dining room
- Omotenashi hospitality informs service, cuisine and ambience
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