“Like a little meditation?” I venture. “Exactly,” he replies, emphatically, validating our shared moment of mindfulness.

A number of historic buildings in Sharon Springs were entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The ryokan, which Hoshino Resorts says will be the first of its kind in the U.S ...

Inside Travel Group offers a unique "Cultural Adventure" travel style to East Asia that combines classic sightseeing with ...

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto is a one-of-a-kind stay in the iconic Japanese city. As Japan continues to be a popular ...

Luxury hotels and resorts in Palm Beach and neighboring areas are experiencing significant renovations and new developments.

By the time you start to feel the winter blues, this moneyed south Florida enclave will have a clutch of new five-star resorts ready to warm you up.

Then there’s high-end dining (more Michelin stars per capita than any city on Earth), the produce markets, the luxury ryokans and contemporary design ... bougainvillaea-covered colonial buildings, ...

Some of the other ryokans (pronounced ‘yokans’) that we stayed in had share bathrooms purely because of the age of the buildings, I'm not sure if these would be described as Minsuku's or Ryokans they ...

For some eye-popping effects, head to Tokyo Night & Light at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Recognised by Guinness World ... This urban retreat blends the intimate charm of a traditional ...

Office buildings ditto. They might have had dank internal lightwells ... A memorable example for me is the Tokyo ryokan in which I once stayed. Characteristically humble, its entrance was nonetheless ...

The photo shows a real building, called Regent International Center, located in Qianjiang Century City, the central business district of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China. What's Undetermined ...