The outlet of a major national chain is a beautiful Japanese-style
hotel with a brilliant touch. Its excellence in mixing contemporary
and traditional taste in design is highly appreciated and brought
two related awards (Kyoto Scenic Beauty Award, Building Contractors
Society Award Japan) to the hotel. The hotel is suitable for
travellers who would like to enjoy traditional Japanese ambience
inside and outside their accommodation, yet with modern facilities
within reach.
Exterior: The hotel is a brown modern-looking building. It looks
small from the outside, but it is actually quite spacious. Due to
laws for scenic reserve in the old town, buildings cannot be over a
certain height, so the hotel built two floors underground to make
for more rooms above the ground level.
Lobby: The lobby is on the underground floor, after going down from
the main entrance. A beautiful view of a Japanese garden and
waterfall makes for a very peaceful setting. The lounge and
restaurants are on the same floor. There are personal computers for
internet access operated with coins on the lobby floor.
Rooms
The hotel has 432 guest rooms, all in a sophisticated modern
Japanese style. The spacious rooms feature soft lighting, filtered
as it is through Japanese paper screens. Enjoy the relaxed pace of
life unique to the ancient capital of Kyoto. All rooms feature an
en suite bathroom with bath and shower as standard. Rooms are also
equipped with a satellite/cable TV, radio, direct dial telephone
and Internet access, along with a safe, hairdryer, minibar, and tea
and coffee making facilities.
Restaurant & Food
There are three restaurants available in the hotel. The main dining
room is open throughout a day and provides a buffet breakfast,
along with French and Japanese meals for lunch and dinner. There is
a small bar counter and lounge in the restaurant. The restaurant
occupies large space in the shape of "L" or two big rooms bordering
at a right angle surrounding the courtyard where dinners are able
to find artificial waterfall and bamboo trees. The buffet breakfast
includes Japanese local dishes and local specialties as well as
typical Western style breakfast such as bread, scrambled egg. The
Japanese restaurant is a branch of an established restaurant chain
that has almost 80 years of history and is known for local
traditional cuisine of Kyoto. In the space surrounded by shoji
(Japanese traditional sliding doors) partitions and flames, a
finely presented authentic meal of Kyoto cuisine is delight for any
guest. The Chinese restaurant provides dishes that come from four
different major regions of Chinese cuisine and ones that are
fusions with Japanese or Western cuisine.
Activities & Sport
Massage and spa treatments are offered, as is an entertainment
programme for the guests.