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Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei

Kyoto, Japan · Okura · Core Luxury

Room numbers at this 60-room hideaway are hand-formed in copper by Kaikado, the 1875 Kyoto tea-caddy maker, one of six century-old craft houses drafted into the 'GO ON' design collective founded in 2012. Opened in January 2022 as the first new Hotel Okura brand hotel in Japan in roughly two decades, the property sits beside the gardens of Okazaki Betsuin Temple, with Nishijin-ori weaver Hosoo's textiles and calligrapher Tomoko Kawao's ink work filling its eight suites.

• 60 rooms
• Opened 2022
• Neighborhood: Okazaki
• Rooms from 431 sq ft (40 m²)
• Interiors: Ryutaro Matsuura, RENS/NOMURA (overall interior direction); GO ON (craft elements and spatial design)

About Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei

• Room numbers throughout the hotel are hand-formed in copper using the same technique Kaikado has used for tea caddies since 1875.
• The interior direction came from Ryutaro Matsuura's RENS team at Nomura Co., working with GO ON, a collective of six Kyoto craft successors founded in 2012.
• It opened January 20, 2022, the first new Hotel Okura brand hotel in Japan in about two decades, with 60 rooms including eight suites.
• North-facing rooms look directly onto the gardens of the adjoining Okazaki Betsuin Temple and the wooded slopes of Higashiyama.
• Entry-level rooms start at 431 sq ft (40 m²).

History

Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei opened on 20 January 2022 beside the Okazaki Betsuin Temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama foothills, the first new Hotel Okura brand hotel to open in Japan in roughly two decades. Interior direction came from Ryutaro Matsuura's RENS team at Nomura Co., working with GO ON, a collective of six successors to Kyoto's traditional craft houses formed in 2012.

The 60-room, 4-floor property includes 8 suites; room numbers are hand-formed in copper using the tea-caddy technique Kaikado has practiced since 1875, and guest floors incorporate Nishijin-ori weaving by Hosoo, woodcraft by Nakagawa Mokkougei, bamboo work by Kohchosai Kosuga, metal knitting by Kanaami Tsuji, and Asahiyaki ceramics.

The setting

Beside Okazaki Betsuin Temple, Higashiyama foothills, Kyoto.

Restaurants and bars

• Restaurant (first floor) — Restaurant

Experiences

• Art, craft and Noh theater in Okazaki — The Okazaki area has museums and cultural facilities with art and traditional Kyoto craft exhibitions, plus Noh theater performances.
• Sightseeing near Heian Shrine, Nanzenji Temple and Kyoto City Zoo — Heian Shrine, Nanzenji Temple and Kyoto City Zoo are all close to the hotel.

Amenities

• Fitness center

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