Restored weaver townhouse
Restored timber beams meet heated charcoal-mortar floors in a private machiya designed for quiet living around a secluded moss garden.
What it’s good at
Remarkable
Yoshifumi Nakamura and Akira Minagawa furnish the restored timber frame with bespoke minä perhonen textiles.
Notable
A preserved century-old textile merchant residence retaining original machiya timber beams, an earthen storehouse, and insect-cage windows.
Notable
Inhabited machiya living in the Nishijin weaving district, featuring high-ceiling earthen corridors and an Aomori Hiba bath.
What they say
Michelin Selected
Michelin
The home’s other facilities are strikingly modern, with a fully-equipped contemporary kitchen and a futuristic stall shower on its second floor.
Somewhere quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Quiet Kamigyo backstreets surround the villa, where working looms still echo through the traditional lanes of the historic textile district.
The rooms
Tatami rooms and curved-ceiling bedrooms look onto the central maple garden, accompanied by an aromatic Aomori Hiba cypress bath.
How it began
Built during the late Meiji era as a textile merchant residence, this grand townhouse preserves its original timber frame and earthen storehouse.
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Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.