The first Luxury Collection Hotel – by Starwood – in Japan has opened in Kyoto, set in the grounds of Tenryuji Temple – a world heritage site that formerly housed a traditional Japanese inn that was used by the Japanese government to entertain honourable guests.

Owned by Mori Trust and operated by Mori Trust Hotels & Resorts, the Suiran, a Luxury Collection hotel, was designed by Takenaka Corporation. It features 39 guestrooms, two restaurants and a two-treatment room spa.

Run in-house, both of the spa’s treatment rooms are equipped with a Japanese-style open-air bath. Treatments on offer include traditional Japanese therapies, such as a body scrub with green tea and facial treatments with jade stones. The spa also incorporates a very rare tea seed oil in its massage treatments.