Which to choose · Kyoto
Suiran or Muni, Kyoto?
Both are by the water at Arashiyama, a few minutes from Tenryu-ji. Suiran, opened in 2015 on the Hozu River where the old Rantei guest ryokan stood beside the temple, has 39 rooms and keeps an 1899 villa and a 1910 thatched building; Muni, opened in 2020, has 21 rooms of 50 to 70 sq m on the north bank of the Katsura facing the Togetsukyo bridge, by the architect of the Fukuda Art Museum next door. Suiran has the hot spring; Muni has no room under 50 sq m and a French kaiseki dinner.
Saga-Tenryuji, Arashiyama, Kyoto
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Opened 2015 · 35 rooms
Arashiyama, Kyoto
Muni Kyoto
Opened 2020 · 21 rooms
In short
Choose Suiran for a hot-spring bath of your own, a public open-air bath and dinner in an 1899 villa beside Tenryu-ji; choose Muni for rooms of 50 sq m and more, the Togetsukyo bridge outside and French kaiseki at Restaurant MUNI.
An onsen
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
17 of the 39 rooms have their own hot-spring bath, and an open-air public bath is open to all guests.
A family
Muni Kyoto
The 2-Bedroom Maisonette is 70 sq m over two floors, with a king and two twin beds.
The food
Muni Kyoto
Restaurant MUNI serves French cooking in the order of a kaiseki meal, with Kyoto ingredients and wine pairings.
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Choose Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto for
- 17 of the 39 rooms have their own hot-spring bath, and an open-air public bath is fed by Arashiyama's spring
- Kyo-Suiran's washoku with French technique, in Baron Shozo Kawasaki's 1899 summer villa
- Afternoon tea at Cafe Hassui by the river, in the 1910 thatched house with moon-shaped windows
Muni Kyoto
Choose Muni Kyoto for
- Every room is 50 sq m or more, and the Arashiyama Balcony rooms have ceilings up to 4.7 m facing the hills
- Restaurant MUNI's French cooking in the sequence of a kaiseki meal, reopened in March 2026, with 36 seats
- The Togetsukyo bridge in front, and Randen Arashiyama station four minutes' walk
Side by side
- Where
- Saga-Tenryuji, Arashiyama
- Arashiyama
- Opened
- 2015
- 2020
- Last renovated
- –
- 2026
- Rooms
- 35, 4 of them suites
- 21
- Room sizes
- 38–65 sq m
- 50–60 sq m
- Restaurants and bars
- 3
- 3
- Pool
- –
- –
- Hot spring
- Yes
- Yes
- Awards
- 1 MICHELIN Key, Forbes 4 stars
- –
- Design
- Takenaka Corporation
- –
- Airport
- Osaka Itami (ITM), 48.8 km
- Kansai International or Osaka Itami, then to Kyoto station and about 30 minutes by taxi
- Brand
- The Luxury Collection
- –
- Booked through us
- Marriott STARS
- Our own perks
The rooms
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Which to book. For a hot-spring bath of your own, book one of the 17 onsen rooms: the Yuzunoha Deluxe rooms on the ground floor pair a garden view with an open-air bath, and the Togetsu and Suiran corner suites face the Hozu River.
Muni Kyoto
The first room
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Yuzunoha Deluxe (King or Twin)
38 sq m · garden view · ground floor, open-air hot-spring bath
Muni Kyoto
Water Garden Balcony, 2 Double Beds
50 to 60 sq m · The black water garden view · Ground floor, with a balcony built like a riverside kawayuka deck over the garden.
The largest suite
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Suiran Presidential Corner Suite
94 sq m · Hozu River and mountains view · corner, balcony, open-air hot-spring bath
Muni Kyoto
2-Bedroom Maisonette, King and Twin Beds
70 sq m · Two floors, one king and two twin beds, for families or groups; no view.
Dining
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Kyo-Suiran · French-influenced washoku restaurant · Enmei-kaku villa
Teppanyaki Kanzan · teppanyaki
Cafe Hassui · riverside café · Hasshoken building · afternoon tea
Muni Kyoto
Restaurant MUNI · French kaiseki restaurant · dinner · dinner from 6.30pm
Riverside Café MUNI · all-day casual French · breakfast, lunch and dinner · breakfast 7am–10.30am, lunch and café 11.30am–5pm, dinner 5pm–9pm
Juice & Sweets · juice bar
The spa and the pool
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Seventeen of the 39 rooms have their own hot-spring bath; a public open-air bath fed by Arashiyama hot-spring water is open to all guests, and a private spa room has a larger open-air bath.
Muni Kyoto
A 24-hour fitness room equipped by Technogym, free for guests; no spa or hot spring.
Where they are
The two stand 300 m apart, as the crow flies.
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
On the Hozu river beside Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama
Arashiyama station
6 min on foot, Randen line
Saga-Arashiyama station
15 min on foot, JR; one free rickshaw transfer, book three days ahead
Kyoto station
35 min by taxi, Hachijo side; one free MK taxi transfer, book three days ahead
Osaka Itami Airport
65 min by car, 48.8 km
Kansai Airport
115 min by car
Muni Kyoto
On the north bank of the Katsura river at Arashiyama, next to the Fukuda Art Museum
Randen Arashiyama station
4 min on foot
JR Saga-Arashiyama station
12 min on foot
Kyoto station
30 min by taxi, From the Hachijo exit; or city bus 28 to Arashiyama Tenryuji-mae
The building
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
The hotel occupies part of the grounds of Tenryu-ji, a World Heritage site, where the ryokan Rantei, used from the 1960s by the government to entertain official guests, once stood. Opened in 2015 as the first Luxury Collection hotel in Japan, it keeps two restored originals: Enmei-kaku, built in 1899 as Baron Shozo Kawasaki's summer villa and now Kyo-Suiran, and Hasshoken (1910), now Cafe Hassui, with its thatched roof and moon-shaped windows. One MICHELIN Key.
Muni Kyoto
Architecture by Koichi Yasuda / Yasuda Atelier, who also designed the neighbouring Fukuda Art Museum (2019); interiors by Uchida Design Institute; landscape by Landscape Plus; structure by Kanebako Structural Engineers. Opened 1 August 2020.
Booked through us
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Marriott STARS
A room upgrade on arrival when one is available
Daily breakfast for two
A US$100 hotel credit each stay
Early check-in and late checkout when available
On the hotel's flexible public rate.
Muni Kyoto
Muni Kyoto
Our own perks
A room upgrade on arrival where one is free
Breakfast for two each day
A hotel credit to spend on dining or the spa
Early check-in or late checkout when the hotel can give it
Still deciding? Tell us your dates and what matters most, and we will say which we would choose, and book it at the hotel’s own rate with the perks above.
Questions
No: it has no spa or hot spring, only a 24-hour Technogym fitness room. Suiran has an open-air public bath of Arashiyama hot-spring water, and 17 rooms with a hot-spring bath of their own.
Both are about half an hour by taxi: 35 minutes to Suiran, which offers one free taxi transfer booked three days ahead, and 30 to Muni. By train, Randen Arashiyama station is six minutes' walk from Suiran and four from Muni.
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