"Housed in a 140-year-old building that once served as the primary residence of the influential Horiuchi family, designer Shiro Miura has turned the former home into a 22-suite modern ryokan and the first Azumi hotel in Japan. Launched by Aman founder, Adrian Zecha, who fell in love with Japanese ryokans in the 1950s during his first visit to Japan, Azumi Setoda gives a fresh take on the traditional Japanese B&B with tatami-matted rooms and communal bath houses for guests to soak in together, but the knockout feature is the hinoki cypress wood bathtub in each guest room with unbeatable views of the island. Located in Japan’s premiere art region, Setouchi, guests can go forest bathing or enroll in ikigai classes, just a few of the immersive cultural experiences Zecha wants each guest to have at Azumi. Art lovers will love the accessibility to Naoshima Island and the Setouchi Triennale art festival, which are all in the same area."
