Naoshima Ryokan ROKA

Opened in 2022, Roka is a stylish and modern ryokan where guests can enjoy contemporary art while relaxing amidst natural scenery. There are eleven all-suite rooms, each equipped with open-air baths that look out to the island’s natural landscape. The suites are dressed in a mix of natural materials such textured woven fabrics, delicate mulberry paper, cypress wood, and earthenware, stylishly appointed in hand with contemporary Japanese aesthetic. En, the main restaurant, is run by a small team that delicately prepares modern kaiseki and sushi multi-course feasts - each with a vegan option - for lunch and dinner. Local ingredients are highlighted on the menu, including the superb seafood of the Seto Inland Sea as well as regional delicacies like Nagi Wagyu beef from northern Okayama and olive-fed Wagyu from nearby Shodoshima. A sumptuous Japanese-style breakfast is served here as well. For relaxed gatherings, the cafe-bar Moya serves lunch and after-dinner drinks into the late night. Built as an art project itself, the ryokan is also a gallery and venue for art lovers and artists from around the world to gather and mingle. Artwork is tastefully displayed across the ryokan, in public spaces as well as adorned within the guest rooms. Other facilities include a landscaped garden of Asian plants and a firepit with wrap-around bench seating to be enjoyed in the evenings. The ryokan is a short 10-minute walk from Honmura Port.

Why We Love This Hotel

Ryokan Refinery: Japanese “ryokan” inns represent the oldest style of hotels still in use today. Refined and luxurious to a virtually unparalleled degree, it is clear why they have survived the test of time.

Total Relaxation: With its serene natural surroundings and each room having its own private open-air onsen, there’s no reason not to feel completely relaxed here.

Art: This hotel exhibits a collection of artworks by Japan’s emerging talent. All the artworks are curated by Shigeo Goto, a professor at Kyoto University of the Arts, who actively shares information about domestic contemporary art.

Destination
Naoshima & Seto Inland Sea Islands, Japan
Hotel Type
Modern
Location Type
Urban Retreat

Amenities

  • Bar/pub
  • Garden
  • Restaurant
All of the suites are designed Japanese-style with interiors featuring accents made from locally sourced materials. Each of the rooms are equipped with private open air baths for guests to soak and enjoy the island’s tranquility.
Deluxe Suite

Deluxe Suite

The 56 sqm/602 sqft Deluxe Suites are designed in the same modern Japanese style with comfort in mind. The interior of the room features fixtures that are made with natural materials all sourced locally in the Seto Inland Sea region such as Awaji earthen walls, Tosa handmade paper and Aji stone. The open-air bath will gives guests a view of the traditional island village of Naoshima while thoroughly relaxing into the island’s gentle pace.

Premium Suite

Premium Suite

The hotel offers two large 62 sqm/667 sqft Premium Suites with interior that features fixtures made with natural locally sourced materials from the Seto Inland Sea region such as Awaji earthen walls, Tosa handmade paper, and Aji stone. Each room provides a view from the open-air baths of the traditional island village of Naoshima.

Roka Suite

Roka Suite

This single spacious (106 sqm/1140 sqft) is designed in the contemporary Japanese-style with a range of architectural elements made using the local resources of the Setouchi region, such as the Awaji earthen walls, the Tosa handmade paper, and the Aji stepping stones. With a balanced sense that wooden fixtures and modern interior design create, the feel of the room is luxurious but light and tranquil. Guests will enjoy the floor-to-ceiling window that provides a picture-framed-view of the island.

The ryokan’s facilities are designed to connect guests to the property such as an outdoor communal hearth and Zen rock garden designed by Yardworks.

Outdoor Hearth

The communal outdoor hearth is one of the hotel’s main features and is set right in the middle of the property. It creates a place where both guests can organically interact with each other around the fire pit, enriching their stays with new friendships.

Zen Garden

The front courtyard “Sanshi-suimei” designed by Yardworks, is a zen rock garden expressing the blessings of the gods with the depiction of rice paddies, the mountain range with rocks and the rivers with gravel. Yardworks placed both domestic and foreign plants side by side while making it unique by adorning it with the local Karami bricks, Mikage granite, and the world-famous Aji stones

The ryokan’s dining venues include an onsite restaurant with a menu using seasonal fish and local ingredients, and a bar that serves cocktails using homemade herbal infused liquors.
Cafe-Bar

Cafe-Bar

For libations, the hotel’s cafe-bar uses a variety of homemade herbal liqueurs each with a unique blend of herbs and different types of syrup such as fennel and raw sugarcane has a deep flavor. Guests can sip delicious beverages as they enjoy the view of the outside contemporary Zen garden.

Restaurant

Restaurant

Led by two chief chefs trained at high-end restaurants in Kyoto, the hotel’s restaurant provides meals featuring seasonal local fish from the Seto Inland Sea, and local produce such as vegetables and a variety of herbs from neighboring isles, and local Kagawa Oide sushi rice. Diner’s will also appreciate the floor-to-ceiling windows which provide seasonal views of our hotel’s courtyard.

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