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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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A hotel where you can feel the atmosphere of temples and shrines – Sunrise Suites. One of various special features that creates this one-of-a-kind feel is the “Kato-Mado”, or the uniquely-shaped windows of each guest room.

Kato-Mado is often seen at temples, shrines, and castles, and the top part of the frame is shaped like a fire frame or a flower. It was brought from China to Japan sometime around 1,200-1,500 AC, along with the Zen culture and Zen architectural style.

Although it is the type of window that is a characteristic of temple and shrine architecture, a Kato-Mado seen from inside of a Sunrise Suites guestroom, together with the view of the inner garden through the window, somehow produces the ambience with Japanese elegance that is like the world of “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”, where a princess born from a bamboo grows into a beautiful woman, to be loved by many noblemen and even the emperor of the time.

A place where you can touch the feel of temples and shrines, and yet feel the traditional modest Japanese elegance. It is not just an accommodation; it is also where you can feel Kyoto. Stay at Sunrise Suites and enjoy your stay in Kyoto 200%!

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Sunrise Suites能讓您猶如置身於寺廟和神社裏面一樣。而創造出如此氛圍的要素，就是在每個客房所配置的「花頭窗」。

花頭窗常見於寺廟神社及城堡的設計上，窗的上方以火炎或花的形狀設計而成。除了「花頭窗」這個名稱之外，還有「火燈窗」「華頭窗」等的寫法，在古時候與禪的建築樣式一同由中國傳入日本。

雖然花頭窗是具寺廟和神社特色窗戶，但是從客房內往外眺望，花頭窗及窗外的景色猶如竹取物語的童話世界一樣，散發著高雅的氛圍。

在這裡您可以感受到寺廟和神社的氛圍，又有少許的奢華感。Sunrise Suites不單是普通的酒店，而是能讓您感受京都的地方，來為您的京都之旅帶來200%的樂趣。

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Sunrise Suitesのお客様から「Wow!」「わあ！」と声が上がる場所が、エントランスの他にもうひとつあります。

施設内の庭園を散策していると、あるところで他のエリアとは少し違った風情の一角に出くわします。京都の中でも街から少し離れたところにある、ある寺社の雰囲気を感じられる場所です。

どこにあるのか、は秘密です。ご滞在中にSunrise Suites内をくまなく探検してみてください。いろいろな京都を感じられるSunrise Suitesを味わう、もうひとつの方法です。

Sunrise Suitesへの滞在で、京都の旅を200%お楽しみください。

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There is another place at Sunrise Suites that evokes the guests’ “Wow”s.

When you stroll and explore throughout Sunrise Suites’ gardens, at one point, you will encounter an area that is, still Japanese but with the feel that is very different from the rest of the hotel. It might remind some people of one shrine that is a little away from Kyoto city center.

We will not mention here, where this “bonus garden” is at Sunrise Suites. Please explore Sunrise Suites from one end to another during your stay; it is another way to relish Sunrise Suites, the hotel where you can feel Kyoto.

Stay at Sunrise Suites and enjoy your stay in Kyoto 200%!

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When our first-time guests enter Sunrise Suites’ front door, they almost always cannot help just standing there, looking up and around, astonished by seeing the unexpected dry garden right when they thought they entered a building. One of the components of the unique feel of this entrance hall, along with the garden, is the square ceiling that spreads over the garden toward the other end of the building.

The square ceiling, or “Go-Tenjo”, is said to be the ceiling style of the highest formality, often seen at temples, shrines, and castles. The grids are assembled with woods and covered with wooden boards, and the structural materials are hidden, creating quiet feel and protected atmosphere.

Sunrise Suites’ square ceiling is what is called “Oriage Go Tenjo”, literally translated, folded-up square ceiling. It is made to be higher up from the surrounding walls, and its formality is even higher than the standard square ceiling. The grid’s wooden material curves up from the top of the walls, making the ceiling higher. The vaults toward the higher floors, the bamboos growing from the dry garden through the vaults toward the sky, and the rain chains coming down through the vaults collaborate with the folded-up ceiling to produce the space with the feel that extends freely, upward.

The unique, incomparable, one-and-only space where the beauties of Japanese traditional architecture and Japanese garden are united. Sunrise Suites is a very special accommodation that allows you enjoy Kyoto 200%.

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“It’s like the world of the animation movie, “Spirited Away”. I wonder what that building is…”

As the construction of Sunrise Suites approaches to its completion, people passing by after dusk could not help staring at the building, Japanese and yet like something of an oriental fantasy, standing out in the dark from the surrounding ordinary residential atmosphere.

In addition to bringing the respect to Toji temple into the design of Sunrise Suites, the founder also wanted to make it a place that brightens up the feelings of the people who come to visit Kyoto. Although actual temples often lock up their gates and do not let visitors in, many guests to Sunrise Suites would arrive in the evening or even later at night after exhausting long, long trips. The founder wanted such guests, when they find the building, to feel relieved to know that they are finally here.

Long ago, when people used to travel on foot, if the night came before they reached a village or an inn and had to keep walking in the dark, it was just a tremendous relief when they see a house with some light leaking out from the inside. The founder’s wish was that the hotel be the light that travelers aim for. So, the decision was made to put up a lot of lights to make the hotel findable from distance, so that the guests know their destination is right there.

To make Sunrise Suites literally “the light that travelers aim for”, many many, over one hundred lanterns were hang under the eaves of each floor. The lanterns were specially made for us by the craftsman of traditional Takaoka copperware from Toyama prefecture, where such craftsmanship has been passed on for over 400 years. Among various beautifully designed lanterns, some of them have a pattern with five-story pagoda illustrated, just the perfect design for Sunrise Suites, that respects and stands in front of Toji.

When you arrive in the evening, or when you come back from an outing during your stay, one hundred and fourteen lanterns welcome you to Sunrise Suites, your home in Kyoto.

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新幹線が京都駅に近づくと、東寺の五重塔が見えてきます。京都を訪れる旅人が最初に感じる「京都らしさ」です。

この東寺の五重塔を近くで見ると、五層の屋根のすべての角に「風鐸」（ふうたく）と呼ばれる鐘が吊り下げられています。ずっしりと重い青銅製の鐘なので多少の風では音もしませんが、強い風が吹くと「カーン！カーン！」と力強い音が鳴り響きます。その昔、強い風は疫病神を連れてきて病気を流行らせると思われていたことから、邪気除けのためにお寺などにつけられるようになりました。この音が響く範囲は聖域となり、病気や災難から守られると言われています。

Sunrise Suitesを東寺の目の前に造ることを決めたとき、オーナーは同時に、Sunrise Suitesを東寺に最大限のリスペクトを払ったデザインにする、と決めていました。東寺の五重塔と同じ瓦屋根、同じ形の窓格子…。軒下に見られる「組物」や「垂木」と呼ばれる構造も、東寺に似せて造られています。

東寺にならった意匠のひとつとして、Sunrise Suitesの四層の屋根のすべての角に、東寺と同じ風鐸が吊り下げられました。お客様がまるで東寺の分院に滞在しているかのような気分になれるよう、そしてお客様が災厄から守護されるように、というオーナーの気持ちも込められています。

日本で最も高い木造建築、東寺の五重塔の眺めを満喫でき、風鐸の聖域で守られたSunrise Suitesで、京都の旅を200%お楽しみください。もしかすると、邪気や災厄も払えてしまう…かもしれません。

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