40sq m | Private balcony with a table and chairs and Shirakawa River views | This elegant suite is soothingly minimalist in style, designed using neutral shades and natural materials (bamboo, lacquer, stone), and artworks to add splashes of colour | Shoji screens roll back to reveal floor-to-ceiling views and there are hand-woven Kawashima Orimono carpets and hardwood flooring | Sitting area with a live-edge table | King-size bed dressed in 500-thread-count linen from Pedersoli | Open closet | Bathroom with an onsen-style Hinoki bath tub with a rain shower overhead, double monolithic vanity in cream-hued marble, and bath products that are a collaboration with French hotel Villa La Coste | 55-inch Sony Bravia 4K TV, sound-system, yoga mats, free gourmet minibar, selection of Uji farm teas, Nespresso machine on request, Ploh Plush bathrobes, pyjamas, yukatas, Dyson hairdryer, USB chargers, free high-speed WiFi