FOUND Water Week
Hanamurasaki, waterfront real estate, Ciele, Junedays, Aarke, Farm Rio, Montce, MORE
GETAWAYS • Japan
Our cup of tea
At Hanamurasaki, the 100-plus-year-old ryokan in the tiny town of Yamanaka Onsen, check-in is intentionally slow. Over a welcome cup of tea from their in-house tearoom, Sabo, arriving guests take in the view of the Kakusenkei Gorge while settling into a new pace.
The property’s sixth-generation owner Kohei Yamada and his wife have updated the ryokan, mixing ancient craft and tradition with a contemporary, modernist feel. We’d booked a Modern Suite — one of the rooms revamped during the 2023 renovation — with its own private open-air soaking bath. Consisting of a large living room space, expansive bathroom, and small windowless bedroom that gave me the deepest sleep of the trip, ”Modern” here is interpreted in the industrial, wabi-sabi minimalism sense: tidy, neat.
In addition to our private open-air bath, overflowing with warm water from the nearby hot springs, the ryokan has two public onsens, including one on the roof overlooking mountains and the tops of homes in the petite, extremely charming town of Yamanaka Onsen. The onsens are single-gender, as is customary, and in the late afternoon I was the only woman floating on the roof, the warm water contrasting the crisp November air.
The one-street town is a quick walk from the hotel and mostly filled with craft stores (lacquerware is a specialty around here), many of which offer hands-on experiences that the hotel can help you book. There’s an excellent (and in-demand) sake bar, and a meat shop where no one spoke English and they served steaming hot croquettes to a line out of the door. Walking trails along the Daishoji River are also accessible out the backdoor of the hotel.
Still, if you never leave Hanamurasaki, that would be ok, too. Breakfast and dinner are included in the stay and as much a draw as the baths themselves. The first night, we arrived at the dining room in ordinary clothes, the odd ones out as we looked around at everyone else in their yukata (robes). We then enjoyed a Kaiseki set meal of 10 courses, which included local fish, vegetables, and specialty cultivated rice harvested from nearby fields in Ishikawa.
The next night we were in for a treat: a special kaiseki for snow crab season, consisting of the crustacean prepared seven ways. And breakfast, my personal favorite, was either Japanese or American, featuring more food than I could ever consume that early, every last bite delicious. In between meals, we lounged in our private tub, listening to the gorge, forgetting anyone else existed — a special rarity in tourist-infested Japan. –Sylvie Florman
→ Hanamurasaki (Yamanakaonsen Higashimachi) • Suites from $505/night.
“Keanu in the store. Yeah, he stopped by earlier for a burrito at Country Kitchen next door. Vince Klyn, though, you know? He played Warchild in Point Break, yeah. He should be by later. He always comes by in the afternoons.”
SURF THE WAVE: Catch Water Week across the FOUND universe: New York (part II!), Los Angeles, San Francisco (part II!), Miami, London, and Paris.
REAL ESTATE • The Nines
9 for-sale waterfront properties across America that came to market in the last 30 days asking ~$5M.
37 Alliquippa Rd (Phillipsburg, ME, above) • 6BR/4.1BA, 5913 SF house on Casco Bay • Ask: $4.95M • Pete Molloy, Town & Shore.
31 Dale Ave (Barnstable, MA) • 5BR/4.1BA, 5610 SF house on Nantucket Sound • Ask: $5M • Brian Dougherty, Corcoran.
149 Nanaquaket Rd (Tiverton, RI, above) • 4BR/4BA, 5158 SF house on the Sakonnet River • Ask: $4.795M • Gustave White, Sotheby’s.
29 Sweeney Farm Rd (South Hero, VT) • 4BR/6BA, 6514 SF house on Lake Champlain • Ask: $4.895M • Averill Cook, LandVest.
217 Lockwood Ct (Annapolis, MD) • 5BR/2.2BA, 4107 SF house on Spa Creek • Ask: $4.995M • Sandra Libby, Long & Foster.
4577 Waters Edge Ln (Sanibel, FL) • 5BR/3.1BA, 2459 SF house on the Gulf of Mexico • Ask: $5.2M • Cecilia Liichow, John R. Wood Properties.
14065 Scenic Hwy 98 (Fairhope, AL) • 4BR/3.1BA, 4114 SF house on Mobile Bay • Ask: $4.8M • Laura Norton, Wise Living.
5087 Forest Beach Dr (Harbor Springs, MI) • 7BR/4BA, 5300 SF house on Little Traverse Bay • Ask: $4.95M • Emily Comer, Birchwood.
211 W Lake St (McCall, ID) • 3BR/2BA, 1632 SF house on Payette Lake • Ask: $4.95M • Nicole Roldan, Keller Williams.7733 Hansen Rd NE (Bainbridge Island, WA) • 3BR/3.1BA, 4442 SF house on Port Orchard • Ask: $4.99M • Ty Evans, Windermere.
GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Beauty
Makeup game
Ciele is the first SPF makeup line that actually performs like makeup — no separate sunscreen step, no chalkiness, no white cast, no grease. LA-based makeup artist Nikki DeRoest and beauty industry veteran Cerre Francis launched Ciele in 2023 around the premise of making cosmetics that take sun protection as seriously as skincare. Every product in the line is formulated with broad-spectrum SPF and clean ingredients.
The standout is the Tint & Protect SPF 50+, a skin tint that evens out your complexion without looking like you’re wearing makeup. As someone with sensitive, acne-prone skin who already layers SPF under my makeup, finding a product that seamlessly folds both steps into one without any tradeoff was the kind of thing I immediately needed to tell everyone about. It’s the only complexion product I plan to wear all summer. The blush is worth noting, too, for its SPF in a product that almost never has it. –Loren O’Neill
→ SHOP: Tint & PROTECT SPF 50+ (Ciele Cosmetics) • $44 per.
→ SHOP: Blush & PROTECT SPF 50+ (Ciele Cosmetics) • $34 per.
GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Objects
Elevated water accessories, 3 ways
ON THE WATER: Boat days are fun, in theory. And for those who are simply guests on a seaworthy vessel, perhaps in practice, too. But, for the host, they can be chaotic and stressful. Yes, there are the practical elements: Do we have enough gas? Are we stocked with life vests? But then there are the essentials: Do we have enough snacks and drinks packed in appropriate containers? Junedays (above) makes coolers for life on the water, helping take some of the work out of pre-voyage planning.
Unlike traditional, popular coolers, which are hard, bulky and heavy, Junedays’ water-repellent and lightweight coolers are designed with lugging in mind: up and down a dock, back and forth from the beach, to and from a park picnic. They’re also made with food-grade material and feature a modular storage system, so lots of different snacks and sodas fit in separate compartments, all in one cold bag. I’m a particular fan of the Winnie 2 Bottle Wine Cooler, which I pack with a bottle of bubbles and plenty of cups. It’s water days made easy.
→ SHOP: Winnie 2 Bottle Wine Cooler (Junedays) • from $34.
MAKE IT SPARKLE: Many people stock their wedding registry with high-thread count sheets and Ginori 1735 china sets, but when I got married, all I wanted was the Aarke Carbonator 3. Having lived many years with a hand-me-down SodaStream, I was ready for an upgrade from this Swedish home brand that defines elevated essentials, transforming mundane moments around the house (like carbonating water) via eye-catching sleek accessories.
I’m not sure I can say with full confidence the Carbonator’s (very fizzy) bubbles are any fizzier than my previous machine, but the bubbles were never the issue — it was the ugly, plastic office-looking device that had to sit on my counter. Aarke’s models are composed of stainless steel and in addition to plastic bottles, they also sell stainless steel and (for other models) glass water vessels. As soon as my Aarke arrived, I happily put my SodaStream on the Brooklyn stoop — still totally usable for someone who was blissfully unaware of this superior option they could display with pride on their kitchen counter.
→ SHOP: Carbonator 3 Kit Stainless Steel (Aarke) • $275.
COME FLOAT AWAY: As the saying on the needlepoint pillow says: “Any day on the water is a good day.” But it’s an even better day with the right pool float. In the category of elevated pool floats, the Frontgate Lazy Day Pool Seat reigns supreme. Shaped like a classic chair, legs dangle freely in the water, while bottoms are fully submerged, torso and arms completely free to hold drinks or books. The floats are insanely durable, capable of surviving summers going from pool to ocean and back again. They’re the buoyant upgrade to those plasticky Amazon-specials currently deflating in your pool. –Sylvie Florman
→ SHOP: Lazy Day Pool Seat (Frontgate) • from $71.
GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shopping
Miami swimsuit brands
LULI FAMA: Luli Fama’s bikinis are built on two things: bold prints and fit. The Miami brand with Cuban roots has spent 20-plus years designing cuts that work across body types, in colors saturated enough to hold up against bright sun and water. The aesthetic is unapologetically Miami: bold over minimal, color over neutral, maximalist by design. Lincoln Road is the home base, but the brand can be found worldwide.
→ SHOP: Luli Fama (South Beach & various locations).
SIGAL: Designer Sigal Cohen Wolkowiez hand-paints every print herself and transfers them onto natural, sustainable fabrics in limited runs. The collections span swimwear and resortwear built around destination-inspired landscapes and visually striking botanicals. Venezuelan-born, Miami-based, Sigal can be found at Soho House, Anthropologie, and boutiques worldwide.
→ SHOP: SIGAL (above).
MONTCE: Montce started in Alexandra Grief’s Fort Lauderdale apartment in 2009 as a made-to-order operation. The suits feature barely-there bottoms in nostalgic prints and textured fabrics, construction tested to hold up any body shape. Now a celeb cult favorite and stocked at boutiques worldwide Miami is the brand’s home base. –Olee Fowler
→ SHOP: Montce (Coconut Grove, South Beach & various locations).
GOODS & SERVICES • The Nines
Swimwear
Farm Rio banana flower swimsuit, £182, if Carmen Miranda opened a beachside boutique, she’d stock this colourful collection w/ parrots, bananas, tropical flowers
Hunza G Katya UPF 50+ swimsuit, £165, worthy of Baywatch-era Pamela Anderson, from cult brand known for crinkle fabric that stretches to fit most body shapes, see also this season’s Burberry collab
Reina Olga Brigitte bikini, £137, go-to for Italian bombshell energy
Boden Rhodes cup-sized swimsuit, £53.40, somewhat forgotten high-street brand experiencing renaissance, this Pucci-esque swimsuit is a standout
Wolf & Badger crossing reversible one-piece £157, (above), 2 gorgeous swimsuits for price of 1, w/ matching reversible accessories like headscarves and cover-up skirts, game-changer for packing lightly
Pjerino Emperatriz one-piece, £123, Versace-leaning black costume for poolside glamour w/ a baroque edge
Rigby & Peller Sarda swim sha, £166, impossible to miss, available in a wide range of cup sizes, impeccable fit
Flannels Jean Paul Gauthier wet look effect swimsuit, £139, trompe l’oeil design, available w/ matching items
Oceanus Pandora luxe hand-beaded black swimsuit, £380, eye-catching, w/ beads that catch the sunlight beautifully while sunbathing