Japan: Luxury lifestyle hospitality group Rosewood Resorts & Resorts has opened its first property in Japan, a 55-room luxurious resort on the island of Miyakojima.
The launch marks the group’s enlargement into the Japanese market because it strengthens its presence in Asia.
The resort, positioned on a distant peninsula off mainland Japan’s southern coast, goals to draw home and worldwide travellers.
Rosewood Miyakojima options 4 eating places and bars, a wellness centre underneath the Asaya model, and occasion areas, together with a non-public oceanfront pavilion for weddings and company gatherings.
The Dutch design studio Studio Piet Boon designed the resort with a give attention to sustainability and conventional Ryukyu aesthetics. The structure utilises pure supplies, together with domestically sourced Ryukyu stone, and goals to mix with the island’s setting.
Villas and homes are unfold throughout 5 zones, every reflecting completely different landscapes of the island, from cliffs to seashores.
The resort’s wellness choices embrace therapies impressed by Okinawan therapeutic traditions, a health middle and a yoga studio.
Visitors may also take part in native cultural actions similar to pottery, weaving, and martial arts, in addition to out of doors experiences like snorkelling and spearfishing.
Noriko Nakayama, managing director of Rosewood Miyakojima mentioned: “It’s with nice pleasure that we introduce Rosewood’s first property in Japan on the gorgeous island of Miyakojima, a vacation spot wealthy in cultural heritage and pure splendour.
“Rosewood Miyakojima embarks on an thrilling journey to embody Rosewood’s A Sense of Place philosophy, providing a curated collection of experiences, from distinctive culinary journeys to immersive encounters with native wildlife.
“I’m particularly excited to ask our visitors to grow to be sea turtle ambassadors, the place collectively we’ll discover Miyakojima’s undiscovered ecology and achieve a deeper understanding of those unbelievable creatures that decision the island dwelling,” she added.
Piet Boon, founding father of Studio Piet Boon mentioned: “We really feel a deep connection to Japanese tradition, significantly in design rules similar to simplicity, steadiness, and concord. These components have been important in shaping the property, permitting us to create a seamless mix of luxurious and tranquillity, one which celebrates each the native setting and our shared design values.”