hoshinoya Bali, indonesia

Japan’s Hoshinoya hotels are some of the country’s most upscale escapes. Now that company is taking its refined aesthetic and Far Eastern sensibility to the Pakerisan River Valley in Bali, near the spiritual center of Ubud. It hired local master builders to construct the 30 ryokan- style villas with tatamis and

shojis and intricately carved walls. Each room opens out to a semiprivate pool whose temperature changes throughout the day, but perhaps the resort’s most inviting space is the Café Gazebo perched on stilts above the green jungles below. And its tastiest is the restaurant, which marries Balinese flavors and Japanese techniques.