"In Oita Prefecture, on onsen-studded Kyushu Island, KAI Yufuin was designed by preeminent Japanese architect Kengo Kuma with wide windows and tatami floors made from the island’s rare shichitoi grass; one room category features woven ceiling lights that resemble the soft blinking of fireflies. Quiet open-air spaces throughout the property face rice terraces whose colors shift seasonally between brown and green." - Kathryn Romeyn