"With an exterior coated in Pepto Bismol and an interior tailored to the tastes of a wealthy matron, she was stately but a little tired. A sweet bed and breakfast, to be sure, but one that never quite reached its potential. A stay in a ryokan in Hakone, Japan, in a region famed for its natural onsen, set the mansion on a new path."
"The stunning estate isn't a ryokanit's not trying to bebut out front they've transformed the yard into a Japanese-style garden with a waterfall, and sliding, paper-covered shoji doors open and close to reshape the main floor and suites. The former indoor pool has been covered with bamboo and turned into a breakfast salon under which koi fish swim, surfacing at a cutout in the center of the room."
"Okaeri isn't Japan, but there's a little bit of Japan in a lot of what we do, explains chief operating officer Craig Degraff. Rooms at Okaeri have hinoki and cedar Japanese soaking tubs in their baths.(Courtesy of Okaeri) Indeed, details small and large tingle the Japanophile's senses, from the burnt cedar (yakisugi) in the hall to the hinoki and cedar soaking tubs in the guest rooms, from the traditional woodblock prints and fans hung throughout the mansion."
An old Calistoga mansion was reimagined as Okaeri, a hospitality property that blends Japanese ryokan elements with Napa Valley resort culture. Eva Chen and her son Peter Chiang of Kanpai Wine purchased the property before the pandemic and introduced Japanese-inspired features while retaining regional wine and hot-spring traditions. The grounds include a Japanese-style garden, a waterfall, shoji doors, and a former indoor pool converted into a bamboo-covered breakfast salon with koi. Guest rooms feature hinoki and cedar soaking tubs, optional tatami sleeping mats, yakisugi cedar finishes, and Japanese prints. Daily social hours and a red-floored cellar showcase Kanpai Wine and private tastings.
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