"I wanted to create a new Japanese original, " explains Keiji Shimizu, the owner of Capsule Ryokan Kyoto.
The article 'Capsule Ryokan Kyoto, where modern meets traditional' was published in partnership with Lonely Planet.
Arashiyama Benkei Ryokan is an elegant ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) by the Hozu-gawa river.
Capsule Ryokan Kyoto is located a short walk from Kyoto Station, near the southeast corner of the Horikawa-Shichijo intersection.
Since the Capsule Ryokan Kyoto is such a hit, one can only wonder what Shimizu's next project will be.
At Tokiwaya, a countryside ryokan in Shizuoka prefecture, lucky bathers can see dramatic sunsets over Toda Bay.
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These rooms are like the space-efficient rooms of a standard Japanese business hotel, but, once again, with distinctive ryokan touches.
Ryokan owners are cast from the same mold as some other Japanese businessmen.
In your room, you read a Japanese version of the Miranda Act: the elaborate set of ryokan do's and don'ts.
Talking with his guests, Shimizu realized they were desperate for an authentic Japanese experience, but Kyoto's traditional ryokan were often beyond their budget.
Capsule Ryokan Kyoto has attracted travellers from all over the globe, including Nathalie Garino, a French traveller who recently spent four days there.
Ryokan Motonago may have the best location of any in the city, a short distance from the busy thoroughfares of Gion.
Shimizu wondered if he might combine the best points of a capsule hotel - price and convenience - with the gentle touches of a traditional ryokan.
Before retiring, guests often walk around the grounds in their robes and geta--old wooden shoes that go clack-clack through the quiet streets where ryokan are usually located.
So perhaps it was only a matter of time before someone decided to combine the two quintessentially Japanese forms of accommodation: the traditional Japanese inn, or ryokan, and the capsule hotel.
Ultimately, an experience like a stay in a Kyoto ryokan is very much like a stay in an upscale lodge in the Okavango delta: a total experience for the mind and the senses.
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