Myohoin Maekawa-cho, Higashiyama, Kyotoフォーシーズンズホテル京都

Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto

Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is a five-floor hotel of 123 rooms and suites and 57 hotel residences, opened in 2016 at the foot of the hills in Higashiyama, about 15 minutes' walk from Kiyomizu-dera. It is a Western-style hotel with washi lamps, fusuma screens and lacquerware in the rooms, built around Shakusui-en, a 10,000 sq m circuit pond garden from the end of the Heian period, with a sukiya-style tea house across a glass bridge.

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About the property

Rooms: 180
Dinner: At a counter
MICHELIN Keys: 1
Recognition: The spa: one of the 100 best spas in the world, Vogue Global Spa Guide 2024 to 2026; No. 6 hotel in Japan, Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2025; The Lounge & Bar (now SEY), Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025
Owned by: Godo Kaisha Tigre, which bought the hotel from a Berjaya Corporation subsidiary in 2020; a Berjaya subsidiary leases it back for 17 years

Rooms and suites

Deluxe Room
49 to 53 sq m · courtyard, facing the main entrance view · King or two doubles · large bathtub and separate rain shower · seasonal scenes painted on the headboard · windows open.
Premier Room
53 to 61 sq m · courtyard or city view · King or two doubles · third to fifth floors.
Premier Heritage Garden Room
52 to 53 sq m · Shakusui-en pond garden view · King or two doubles · can connect to a second garden room or the One-Bedroom Heritage Garden Suite.
Four Seasons Heritage Garden Room
53 sq m, with a 6 sq m balcony · Shakusui-en pond garden view · On the fourth floor · king or two doubles · a private balcony looking over Shakusui-en to the Higashiyama hills.

Suites

One-Bedroom Suite
71 to 76 sq m · courtyard view · Separate bedroom, living area and dining table · king bed.
One-Bedroom Heritage Garden Suite
71 to 76 sq m · Shakusui-en pond garden view · Separate living and sleeping rooms · king bed.
One-Bedroom Premier Suite
98 to 103 sq m · courtyard view · Fifth floor · two twin beds and a sofabed · sleeps four · some have a balcony.
One-Bedroom Premier Heritage Garden Suite
98 to 103 sq m · Shakusui-en pond garden view · Separate living and sleeping rooms · sleeps four · some have a balcony.
One-Bedroom Residence
83 sq m · city or Myoho-in temple view · Residential suite with a kitchen, washer-dryer, balcony and a separate children's bedroom · welcome champagne and a free return transfer from Kyoto station.
One-Bedroom Heritage Garden Residence
104 to 107 sq m · Shakusui-en pond garden, from a private balcony view · Kitchen with dishwasher, washer-dryer, walk-in closet, one bathroom and two powder rooms.
Two-Bedroom Tatami Residence
130 sq m · driveway view · On the first floor · a tatami room with a king-size futon as well as a bedroom with two beds · kitchen, washer-dryer and balcony.
Two-Bedroom Heritage Garden Residence
150 sq m · Shakusui-en pond garden view · Sleeps six · two bathrooms · kitchen, washer and a balcony over the garden.
Two-Bedroom Kyoto Residence
160 to 180 sq m · Kyoto city skyline, from two balconies view · The largest residence · dining table for six, two bathrooms, kitchen and washer.
Two-Bedroom Presidential Suite
245 sq m, with a 10 sq m balcony · Myoho-in temple view · On the fourth floor with high ceilings, a living and dining room and a private pantry · the hotel calls it Kyoto's largest hotel suite · booked by telephone.

Dining and wellness

Fatty tuna nigiri at Sushi Ginza Onodera
Grilled beef with seasonal vegetables at EMBA Kyoto Grill
The cypress counter at Sushi Ginza Onodera
The dining room at EMBA Kyoto Grill

EMBA KYOTO GRILL: steakhouse · breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner
Sushi Ginza Onodera at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto: Edomae sushi counter
Fuju: tea-house lounge · pond garden · dinner
SEY: cocktail bar
Shakusui-tei: tea-ceremony room · beside Fuju
Wellness: A two-floor spa with seven treatment rooms (two couple's suites with their own baths), Japanese and green-tea rituals, a 20 m indoor pool with whirlpools, ofuro, sauna and a 24-hour gym; open to outside guests.

Where it is

Shichijo station: 13 min on foot
Kyoto station: 8 min by car
Osaka Itami Airport: 1 h by car
Kansai International Airport: 1 h 15 by train
Kansai International Airport: 1 h 30 by car

445-3 Myohoin Maekawa-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto

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Osaka Itami, about 60 minutes by car; Kansai International, about 90 minutes by car or 75 minutes by train.