Seido-en Forest House Salt Spring Island

Retreat into tranquility at Seido-en, a unique Japanese-style forest house vacation rental cottage on Salt Spring Island, BC

Seido-en is your enchanting, peaceful & restorative retreat on Salt Spring Island

Originally called Chu-An by the first inhabitants, Salt Spring Island has been known as a place of peace and healing for centuries. Today this powerful energy still exists and attracts visitors to return again and again. A jewel in the Salish Sea, Salt Spring Island’s forest and ocean environment offers a mild climate for year-round enjoyment of the outdoors.

Seido-en Forest House was built in 1994 by well-known natural-earth architect Meror Krayenhoff and owner Wendy Webb. It is a retreat to an environment, which enhances nature and refuge from daily life, helping guests to heal and restore. One can go within to relax and be silent, or explore and enjoy everything Salt Spring Island has to offer.

Single or double occupancy from $350/night • 4-nights minimum

Tori Gate leads to hiking trails at Seido-en

Meditation Garden & Forest Walk

From the moment you see Buddha, walk over the bridge and through the meticulously crafted Japanese entry door, you will leave everyday cares behind. From the lower patio, a path winds its way through the trees and a small Tori Gate into the Meditation Garden. On the journey are various places to sit and contemplate in peace, listen to the bird chorus and Gamelan-tuned wind chimes, and reconnect with the forest spirits.

Forest Hot Tub & Shower Temple

Just steps outside the door, a private hot tub is nestled in the forest, along with an outdoor shower temple for shelter and changing. There is nothing quite like a soothing hot shower and soak in nature while stars peek through the forest canopy.

Hot Tub Patio - Seido-en Forest House - Salt Spring Island Vacation Rental

Nourishing Full Kitchen

A full kitchen gives you the opportunity to mindfully prepare your own meals from locally grown and produced ingredients. Salt Spring Island is home to many organic farms, artisan wineries, cheese makers and bakeries — several are all within a half hour walk or 5 min drive of Seido-en.

Relaxing Soaker Tub

Lay back in the sunken soaker tub — large enough for two. Let the music and candlelight take your gaze beyond the round window into six acres of woods. Step out onto hot water heated floors, which are throughout the entire building.

Soaker Tub - Seido-en Forest House - Salt Spring Island

Sleeping Loft - Seido-en Forest House - Salt Spring Island Vacation Rental

Peaceful Sleeping Loft

Weary from your day, climb the loft ladder to a comfortable, queen-size futon on tatami mats. The large round window affords a vista through the trees, while the skylight opens to allow in the breeze.

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Seido-En is a magical, restorative and contemplative sanctuary that deeply supported our desire to disentangle ourselves from the claims of our familiar urban life. We found Wendy to be incredibly helpful and responsive to any of our needs. The location afforded a lot of privacy with convenient access to the Salish Sea via a short 15 minute hike, which we enjoyed on an almost daily basis. The place itself has a very maternal, calming quality that we found deeply comforting and serene. The kitchen is well equipped, so we were able to be entirely self-sufficient and never needed to leave to eat out. We highly recommend anyone to consider staying at Seido-en.

Chris F., Jan 2020

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