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Once upon a time, there was a traveler, on his on-foot journey to Kyoto. About when he had been traveling quite a while and started feeling weary, he came across a Zen temple. Although he was tired enough to not want to go out of his way and walk extra miles, he had not seen a temple of a Zen sect, and was tempted to see what that was like. He went in, and what he saw there was a rock garden was. It brought him a feeling that he had never felt before; his mind felt like it was being cleansed, and inside of him felt like it was being tuned.

While he stood there, just floating in the first-time feeling, he noticed that there was a bamboo forest in the back of the rock garden. Being solicited by the beautiful greenness of the bamboos, he walked into the forest. Although it was somewhat dark with the densely grown bamboos, strolling among them brought to him a deep calmness in his mind.

After a while, a little spring appeared, over which a small bridge spanned. By the bridge was a stela, which said “右はの野道、左は京への道” (The right is the way through fields and mountains, the left is a way to Kyoto). It seemed that Kyoto must be nearing, finally.

He kept walking, seeing pine trees and maple trees on the sides. Just past one, extraordinarily beautiful maple tree, was a tiny pond, where gold fishes swum.

“Is there someone living nearby...?” While wondering, he walked up the trail. When he reached a peak of the hill, there appeared one cherry blossom tree, in its full bloom. “Spring has come, while I had been heading to Kyoto from my hometown.” 

He looked around, and realized that a five-story pagoda was right there beyond the hill. He was almost in Kyoto, where he had been trying to reach for a long time.

Sunrise Suites gardens represent such story of an ancient on-foot traveler, who aimed to reach the capital city of the time, Kyoto. When you stay at Sunrise Suites, please do try going over his path and exploring the building, from the 1st floor to the rooftop.

Choose Sunrise Suites, feel the era of on-foot traveling, and enjoy your stay in Kyoto 200%!

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