The company’s first, which opened in 1914 in Karuizawa, Japan, was a ryokan. While the forthcoming U.S. property will ...
Hoshinoya Karuizawa is both tied to the history of the town and the aesthetic paragon of a new wave of hotels. Hoshinoya was established as a simple ryokan and onsen more than a century ago ...
For the past two decades, a traditional "ryokan" inn in southwestern Japan has been spreading its hospitality more broadly than most, dedicating more than half of its rooms to give shelter to stray ...