HOSHINOYA Kyoto named a Top Hotel in Japan by Condé Nast Traveler's readers
A nearly 800,000-response reader poll named Hoshino Resorts' Arashiyama ryokan one of Japan's Top Hotels — the kind of English-language recognition that shapes inbound demand before a guest even books the boat transfer.
Hoshino Resorts said HOSHINOYA Kyoto, its riverside ryokan in Arashiyama, was named one of Japan's "Top Hotels" in Condé Nast Traveler's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards, the operator announced on 7 October, a day after the US travel title published its winners. Condé Nast Traveler said the list drew more than 798,000 responses from readers rating travel experiences worldwide, calling the awards its longest-running reader survey.