Stay · Higashiyama-Shichijo

Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto フォーシーズンズホテル京都

A contemporary hotel wrapped around Shakusui-en, an 800-year-old pond garden in Higashiyama. Non-guests can walk the garden, sit by the pond and take tea in its teahouse.

About

Shakusui-en is a pond garden dating back to the late Heian period, once part of the estate of Taira no Shigemori, near Sanjusangendo and Myoho-in. The Four Seasons, which opened in 2016, was built around it, with full-height glass lounges looking onto the pond, its stone bridge and the surrounding maples and cherries. The design is quietly modern, with timber, stone and a long lobby leading to the water. The garden is accessible, and the tea house Shakusui-tei on the pond serves matcha and seasonal sweets. In autumn the maples around the pond are some of the least crowded in eastern Kyoto. The Brasserie and Sushi Wakon offer more formal ways to visit.

Highlights

• Shakusui-en, an 800-year-old pond garden
• Shakusui-tei teahouse on the pond
• Glass lobby lounge facing the water and stone bridge
• Calm maples and cherries without the temple crowds
• Near Sanjusangendo and the Kyoto National Museum

Tips

• Ask the front desk to walk the garden even if you are not staying
• Tea at Shakusui-tei is first come, first served
• Combine with Sanjusangendo and Chishaku-in nearby

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Nearby

• Six Senses KyotoStay · 220 m away
• Ichikawaya CoffeeCafé & Sweets · 310 m away
• Kyoto National MuseumMuseum · 320 m away
• Kawai Kanjiro's HouseMuseum · 360 m away
• Yogen-in TempleLocal Secret · 400 m away
• Touzan Bar (Hyatt Regency Kyoto)Bars & Nightlife · 480 m away
• SanjusangendoTemple · 530 m away
• Azuma ZushiSushi & Seafood · 570 m away