16/06/2026
There is a moment, just before a guest arrives, when our team gathers in the lobby. Flowers are checked. A name is spoken aloud, so it will not be forgotten. Someone adjusts the angle of a chair that no one will notice has been adjusted.
This is where omotenashi lives: not in the grand gesture, but in the quiet preparation of caring for someone before they have asked.
To be named again in the TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Best of the Best, among the finest in the Netherlands, is something we receive with both pride and humility. The recognition is not ours alone. It belongs to every colleague who turns down a bed at the right hour, who remembers a returning guest's preferred tea, and who walks a little faster when a question is asked.
To those who have stayed with us, written kindly of us, and trusted us with your time, thank you. We will be here, quietly preparing, when you return.