01
Koke — Moss
32 m² · garden · 2 guests
A ground-floor room facing the moss garden, seen low, from the tatami.
from ¥42,000 / night
Higashiyama, Kyoto
Emptiness, offered as welcome.
Six rooms in a machiya townhouse. We think an empty hour is the greatest luxury.
ABOUT SEIAN
A small house, put in order.
We rebuilt a 120-year-old Kyoto townhouse by taking things away. What is left is light, shadow, and the sound of the garden.
Each of the six rooms has its own courtyard garden. Mornings begin with birdsong.
ROOMS
Six rooms.
Every room opens onto its own garden. Slide the shōji, and the season comes in.
02
Take — Bamboo
38 m² · corner · 2 guests
A corner room upstairs looking into bamboo. The morning light stays longest here.
from ¥48,000 / night
03
Ishi — Stone
44 m² · cypress bath · 3 guests
A detached room with a dry-landscape courtyard and a cypress bath.
from ¥55,000 / night
DINING
Two tables, each day.
Morning and evening, and nothing between. The menu is decided by what the Kyoto market offers that day.
Six seats at the counter, so you can talk with the chef as you eat.
GARDEN
A garden made for listening.
It was built to be heard as much as seen. On days of rain, and days of wind, the inn is a different place.
At dusk we light the paper lanterns.
GALLERY
Days at Seian.
ACCESS
Getting to Higashiyama.
4-2 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0862
+81 75-000-0000- Train
- 12 min walk from Keihan Kiyomizu-Gojō
- Bus
- 5 min walk from Gojōzaka bus stop
- Airport
- 90 min by limousine bus from Kansai Airport
- Parking
- We can arrange nearby partner parking
Spend a day doing nothing.
With only six rooms, we recommend booking well ahead.