Shiatsu
Meridian pressure through clothing, on a floor futon. Our foundational treatment.
Wellness house · Kyoto & Copenhagen
Nothing added.
Everything removed.
01 — The House
Built around stillness, not services.
Kinari means "as the wood grew" — unbleached, untreated, left as it is. The house was designed on that idea. Nothing in it is scented, backlit or piped with music. What remains is heat, water, hands and silence.
You are not booked into a schedule. You arrive, you bathe, you sit, and when your body is ready, your therapist comes to find you.
- Founded
- 2009
- Therapists
- Eighteen
- Baths
- Four, spring-fed
- Capacity
- Thirty guests
02 — Treatments
Hands.
60 / 90 min
¥14,000
Deep Cedar Massage
Warm hinoki oil, slow forearm work through the whole posterior chain.
Kobido Facial
The traditional Japanese lifting massage. No product, no machine, forty-eight movements.
Head & Scalp
Dry scalp work seated in the tatami room. Thirty minutes, no undressing, no oil.
Full Day Passage
Bathing, shiatsu, kobido, a rest hour and kaiseki lunch in the garden room.
03 — Bathing
Four waters, one order.
The bathing hall runs on a fixed sequence. Follow it and the effect compounds; skip it and you are simply having a warm bath.
- 41°Cedar soaking tub — twelve minutes, no longer.
- SteamHinoki steam room until the first proper sweat arrives.
- 14°Cold plunge — ninety seconds, breathing through the nose.
- RestTwenty minutes horizontal on the stone deck. This is the part that works.
Repeat the cycle up to three times. Bathing is included with every treatment.
04 — Timetable
Drop in.
Included with any day pass. No booking, no minimum, arrive as you are.
07:00
Morning Breath
45 min · ReiTatami Room10:30
Slow Flow
60 min · MaritGarden Studio13:00
Guided Bathing Circuit
50 min · TomoBathing Hall18:00
Restorative & Yin
75 min · ReiTatami Room07:00
Morning Breath
45 min · TomoTatami Room12:00
Mobility for Desk Bodies
50 min · InesGarden Studio17:30
Sound Bath
60 min · KaoriStone Hall07:00
Morning Breath
45 min · ReiTatami Room10:30
Slow Flow
60 min · MaritGarden Studio14:00
Cold Exposure Basics
40 min · TomoBathing Hall19:00
Candle Yin
75 min · InesTatami Room08:00
Walking Meditation
50 min · KaoriGarden12:00
Mobility for Desk Bodies
50 min · InesGarden Studio18:00
Restorative & Yin
75 min · ReiTatami Room07:00
Morning Breath
45 min · ReiTatami Room13:00
Guided Bathing Circuit
50 min · TomoBathing Hall17:00
Week's End Sound Bath
70 min · KaoriStone Hall20:00
Night Bathing (adults only)
Open till 23:00Bathing Hall08:00
Long Slow Flow
90 min · MaritGarden Studio11:00
Family Bathing Hour
60 minBathing Hall15:00
Tea & Silence
45 min · KaoriGarden Room18:30
Candle Yin
75 min · InesTatami Room09:00
Slow Sunday Flow
75 min · MaritGarden Studio12:00
Guided Bathing Circuit
50 min · TomoBathing Hall16:00
Closing Sound Bath
60 min · KaoriStone Hall05 — Rates
Access.
Day Pass
¥6,800
Bathing hall, all classes, rest rooms and tea from opening until close.
- Robe, towels and amenities
- Unlimited classes
- Garden room access
Treatment Day
from ¥18,000
Any treatment plus the full day pass. The way most guests visit.
- Everything in Day Pass
- One treatment of your choosing
- Priority bathing hours
- Light kaiseki lunch
Annual House
¥19,500/month
Unlimited access, and a standing treatment slot held in your name each month.
- Unlimited bathing and classes
- One treatment monthly
- Two guest passes a year
- Members' evenings
06 — Find Us
Reserve.
We take reservations by form or by telephone. If we cannot fit you, we will say so plainly rather than crowd the house.
- House4-11 Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0862, Japan
- Telephone+81 75 555 0118
- Correspondencehouse@kinarizen.jp
- OpenDaily 07:00 – 21:00 · Friday until 23:00