{"id":76390,"date":"2021-02-26T14:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/?p=76390"},"modified":"2024-08-21T09:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T13:52:07","slug":"living-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2021\/02\/living-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Living History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/honkan-entrance-summer-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><em>The oldest hotel in the world is a ryokan. These traditional Japanese inns date back to medieval times and weary samurai travelers. Some ryokans have turned an eye toward the future. Others, like Nishimuraya Honkan, have not.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>The last we wrote about the ryokan, we wrote about their\u00a0reinvention, noting how the classic experience of the ryokan has, <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2022\/09\/serenity-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in many cases<\/a>, evolved to satisfy modern sensibilities: dinner served in a restaurant instead of in-room, western beds instead of futons, cutting-edge design in place of traditional features like\u00a0<em>shoji<\/em> doors\u00a0and\u00a0<em>tatami<\/em>\u00a0mats.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are ryokans like <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/toyooka-hotels\/nishimuraya-honkan-ryokan-hyogo?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=living_history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nishimuraya Honkan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two hours from Kyoto, in the little spa town of town of Kinosaki Onsen, Nishimuraya Honkan builds its reputation on spectacular execution of the historical hallmarks that define a ryokan. Not to say it eschews electricity or other such modern comforts \u2014 this is a luxury boutique hotel, without question. It just happens to be a luxury boutique hotel whose charms are best experienced from the floor.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20210227\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Nishimuraya Honkan Ryokan\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/toyooka-hotels\/nishimuraya-honkan-ryokan-hyogo?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=living_history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nishimuraya Honkan<\/a> on Tablet Hotels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s from the floor that you\u2019ll most enjoy the perks and particulars of Nishimuraya Honkan&#8217;s design \u2014 especially the rustic simplicity of <em>sukiya<\/em>, a form of architecture made famous by Japan&#8217;s iconic tea houses. \u201cWhen you enter [room 51, one of the traditional room types], at first you think it is just another guest room,\u201d explains Colin Fukai, marketing director at Nishimuraya Honkan. But sit down and another world opens up to you. Planted on a tatami mat, you become eye level with the gorgeous pond and garden of the neighboring suite. That neighboring suite is built on stilts, specifically for the purpose of sharing its garden view without betraying the privacy of the guest room itself.<\/p>\n<p>Investigate the Matsu Suite, meanwhile, and you\u2019ll find a window above the stairs that frames a pine tree \u2014 a natural and consciously designed device to encourage appreciation of the seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI imagine it is kind of funny to see that one of the top \u2018features\u2019 of a suite is the shadow a tree casts on the wall at a certain time of day,\u201d laughs Fukai. But, \u201cit does represent the importance of both nature and the \u2018simple yet deep\u2019 [concept] when it comes to Japanese guest room architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20210227\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Nishimuraya Honkan Ryokan\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The central garden at Nishimuraya Honkan is one of its greatest appeals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20210227\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Nishimuraya Honkan Ryokan\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The garden of the Kangetsu Suite can be partially viewed from room #51.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20210227\/8.jpg\" alt=\"Nishimuraya Honkan Ryokan\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of three communal baths at Nishimuraya Honkan, Kichino-yu onsen has both indoor and outdoor space, set amid a grove of bamboo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In its seventh-generation of ownership after its founding in 1854, praised on list after list of the most beautiful or most luxurious ryokan in the world, it\u2019s not wrong to call Nishimuraya Honkan <em>traditional<\/em>. But in some ways, your word choice depends on your perspective. \u201cForeign guests would probably label it \u2018traditional\u2019 while domestic guests would probably say \u2018retro,\u2019\u201d muses Fukai.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a clarification that cuts to just how easy it is to romanticize the culture a ryokan represents without completely understanding its context, or the commitment it takes to conjure this type of luxury experience. The reasons other ryokan have moved on from certain practices are not always purely stylistic. Fukai cites a decreasing Japanese population as one reason some ryokan have had to slim down their staff and operations, and why dining halls sometimes replace the <em>retro<\/em> practice of one-on-one meals in the guest rooms. But at Nishimuraya Honkan, it\u2019s exactly that type of intimate interaction between staff and guest that\u2019s still prized above all else.<\/p>\n<p>Each room has its own attendant, a personal concierge (<em>nakai-san<\/em> or <em>heyakakari-san<\/em> in Japanese) to help you get acquainted with the place and the town. And if you find that concierge asking about your evening plans, it\u2019s not idle small talk. The room attendant doesn\u2019t just serve your evening meal \u2014 an elaborate, two-hour, multi-course <em>kaiseki<\/em> dinner that features (depending on the season) the Matsuba crab or Tajima beef that makes this region famous \u2014 they clear away the table too to convert your dining room into a bedroom.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20210227\/7.jpg\" alt=\"Nishimuraya Honkan Ryokan\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Matsu Suite, which accommodates up to seven guests, is built in the shoin style seen in many Japanese Buddhist temples.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20210227\/13.jpg\" alt=\"Nishimuraya Honkan Ryokan\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The elaborate, multi-course kaiseki dinner is served in-room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The design, the service, and details like the gorgeous public garden dotted with lanterns and koi contribute to a particularly tranquil way of experiencing the world. The requisite <em>onsen<\/em> (hot spring baths) are another. But here, the ease and comfort of the experience again mask the give and take between traditional experience and contemporary demands. Historically, ryokan in Kinosaki never featured their own onsen baths, instead guiding visitors to the seven public ones around town. The town\u2019s services appreciated the foot traffic, and the arrangement ensured the precious natural waters weren\u2019t over-tapped.<\/p>\n<p>But with more and more guests finding Kinosaki easily accessible by train, demand built for on-site onsen. Fukai compares the expectation of a ryokan to have its own onsen with that of a hotel in Las Vegas to have its own casino. Eventually, town leaders compromised: ryokans could have their own hot spring baths, but they\u2019d be limited in size \u2014 and never private to one guest room.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20210227\/10.jpg\" alt=\"Nishimuraya Honkan Ryokan\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The river that runs through the town, here under summer fireworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s a balance that works for the ryokan and the town both, and gives the ryokan here perhaps a different flavor than those in major cities. You can visit Nishimuraya\u2019s own three hot spring baths, but you&#8217;re likely go out and enjoy the town\u2019s, too. To that end, you\u2019ll get a free pass that gives you access for the duration of your stay. And instead of holing up, no matter how comfortable it is back in you\u2019re room, you\u2019ll probably find it just as charming to walk along the willow and cherry blossom-lined river, towards your next bath, your <em>yukata<\/em> robe the only thing keeping you modest.<\/p>\n<p>Call it retro, call it traditional \u2014 either way, says Fukai \u2014 if you\u2019re looking for the \u201clost charm\u201d of the past, this is the place to find it. \u25aa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Book <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/toyooka-hotels\/nishimuraya-honkan-ryokan-hyogo?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=living_history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nishimuraya Honkan<\/a> on Tablet Hotels.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest hotel in the world is a ryokan. 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