Travel + Leisure Online
AUGUST 2019
How to Spend the Perfect Long Weekend in the Hamptons
READ ARTICLEVogue Online
JULY 2019
“…meals are communal (…with a menu by Noma co-founder Mads Refslund) and the activities (yoga, meditation, hydrotherapy spa treatments) are all designed to send you back to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and beyond feeling like your best self.”
READ ARTICLEgoop
AUGUST 2019
“…run or walk (probably faster than driving) to the Shou Sugi Ban House for a week or a weekend. If ever there were a true momentary respite from the world, behind the gates on Route 27 is the improbable place.”
READ ARTICLEAmerican Spa
JULY/AUGUST 2019
“Thanks to the recent debut of Shou Sugi Ban House, those flocking to the Hamptons this season can embrace an all-encompassing wellness experience that encourages reconnection and transformation.”
READ ARTICLEDepartures
JULY/AUGUST 2019
“What do you get when you mix the rustic charm of cottage living with the wabi-sabi of a ryokan? The Hamptons’ newest wellness retreat is the area’s most full-service destination yet…”
READ ARTICLEThe Independent Online
JULY 2019
“It’s the ideal location for those looking to escape for a few hours or a few days…a place of serenity for the entire community. Once the gates close behind you, and you enter with an open heart and open mind, it’s both a mental and physical escape from the world not so far away.”
READ ARTICLEAFAR Online
JULY 2019
“A stay in one of the 13 airy studios is an immersion in a wellness program that emphasizes seclusion, connection, and healing through nature.”
READ ARTICLEGalerie Online
JULY 2019
“Shou Sugi Ban House, in Water Mill, offers a roster of wellness programming in a Zen-like space set on three nature-filled acres.”
READ ARTICLEVogue Online
JULY 2019
“Six Hamptons Beauty Destinations That Should Be on Your Summer Checklist”
READ ARTICLEForum Magazine
JUNE/JULY 2019
“Shou Sugi Ban House is a new destination spa and retreat that embodies global wellness and healing arts practices.”
READ ARTICLEModern Luxury Beach
JUNE 2019
“Serene sanctuary Shou Sugi Ban House sprouts up in Water Mill, offering a welcome retreat for Hamptonites.”
READ ARTICLETravel + Leisure
JUNE 2019
“…at Shou Sugi Ban House, the staff underscore your body’s innate ability to heal. Food, exercise, and intense pampering factor into this healing process, but only to the extent that they heighten your self-awareness and clue you into your body’s needs.”
READ ARTICLESouthampton Press/27East.com
JUNE 2019
“Shou Sugi Ban House in Water Mill is an Otherworldly Project”
READ ARTICLEThe Purist
JUNE 2019
“The intention for the center…was to create a place for integrative health and holistic living, an interlude from the summer scene, where people can heal and like-minded practitioners can come together.”
READ ARTICLEEggCanvas
JUNE 2019
“The five days we spent at Shou Sugi Ban House were truly transformative, allowing us to gain mental clarity and physical healing. We learned about the art of meditation and breathing, slowing down and really focusing on the now. I took my first ever yoga classes here, and am now hooked.”
READ ARTICLEDezeen
JUNE 2019
“Japanese-influenced Shou Sugi Ban House provides a wellness retreat in the Hamptons…”
READ ARTICLEConde Nast Traveler
JUNE 2019
“Shou Sugi [Ban House] excels in providing an easy place for urban dwellers to escape to after hitting pause on the stresses of life, where they can slow down and take care of themselves for the weekend. Which is priceless.”
READ ARTICLEThe Independent
JUNE 2019
“Once you’ve greeted the Buddha at the front door, you’ll find plenty of design details to suck you into a state of Zen…”
READ ARTICLEDujour
SPRING 2019
“From sound healing to Reiki to yoga and hiking on the beach, Shou Sugi Ban House is prepared to bring the ‘simplicity of self’ back to the Hamptons.”
READ ARTICLEThe Telegraph Online
MAY 2019
“The designers have looked to Japan for inspiration. Imbuing this assortment of Hamptons-style barns and beach cottages with a sense of calm.”
READ ARTICLEVanity Fair Online
“At Shou Sugi Ban House, a 13-room wellness retreat opening this month in Water Mill, New York, renewal is more than a buzzword.”
READ ARTICLEModern Luxury
MAY 2019
“Wellness seekers need no longer jet to medical spas in Europe or ashrams in India to get their fix. Ninety miles outside of Manhattan, a sanctuary has emerged that feels worlds away.”
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