Suisen-an is a ryokan in a remote valley north of Kyoto. Run by a couple who left Osaka some ten years ago, it was at first a project to restore an old ‘kominka’ farm house before it became a ryokan.
The ryokan is now run exclusively as a ‘one group per night’ ryokan. In effect it is a private ryokan, catering to one group of people from one to eight per night. The price rises the fewer people, and there are 2 rooms used for guest accommodations. However you have the complete accommodation to yourself in the evening, once the owners have finished clearing away your evening meal and retired to their separate house.
The beautifully-restored building has a sweeping view over the valley below; rice fields and a few farm buildings stand against the forested mountains beyond, which catch the evening sun.
