"There are certainly bigger and grander hotels in Kyoto than Higashiyama Shikikaboku, but you won’t find many places that are quite so transcendently tranquil. It’s set close to where the city gives way to the mountains, where green spaces are interleaved with urban ones, in a district with strict controls on new construction. And with just eight rooms — and an adults-only accommodation policy — it’s just about as private as can be." - Tablet Hotels