Kyoisuke: Otonari
The sister machiya property of Hokomachi, located right next door in my favourite local Kyoto area of Karasuma, Otonari is a smaller machiya (sleeps ~ 5guests) and also decorated so beautifully and intimately with wonderful pieces from the Taisho Roman era.
On the ground floor, one can find a lush velvet plush lounging settee, with beautiful intricate wooden lattices separating it from the genkan and protecting the window. A separate small tatami room with a traditional low chabudai for you to enjoy some green tea is also on the ground floor, opposite the full kitchen decorated with a dark navy backsplash and hidden by a wooden sliding door.
Upstairs are two bedrooms, the modern Japanese -western bedroom and separated by another stunning traditional wooden sliding door is a very spacious tatami room, where one can just read away, drink some tea or if a big group of travellers, this tatami room & the one downstairs is where extra futon can be laid out.
THE OUTDOOR GOEMON OFURO
Of course what I fell in love with the most, is the two absolutely spectacular pottery goemon cauldron baths (shigaraki pottery)one can enjoy (bathroom goals much!)
I thought it was particularly sweet that the baths are placed next to each other, one indoor (a rich green shade) and the other outdoor (the vibrant traditional blue) but one can slide open the little window separating the two so you and your travel partner can enjoy a bath at the same time whilst having a little chat.
The indoor bath is a reheating bath (love a reheating bath), however the outdoor bath is not.
This is not an onsen! The cloudy water is due to me using my never ending supply of travel onsen bath salts.
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