STUNNING VIEW THROUGH AN 800-YEAR-OLD JAPANESE GARDEN WHERE VIBRANT AUTUMN TREES DANCE DELICATELY OVER A KOI POND

Located in a super location in the historic Higashiyama district, Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto, in Japan, offers an intimate getaway. At the heart of the property is the 800-year-old Shakusui-en, a tree and water lined pond garden that spotlights Kyoto’s tradition and natural beauty once owned by a wealthy samurai family. The 123 rooms are soothing cocoons – dark hardwood floors, hand-painted panels, Fusama screen doors with pops of pale blue and imperial purple. They’re modern yet echoing traditional Japanese interior design. The large bathrooms come with huge soaking tubs and monsoon showers, which can be converted into a single space and infused with the citrusy scent of yuzu fruit. The elegant lobby is a calm, inviting world of creamy marble and cypress wood, dotted with shoji paper lanterns and seasonal floral displays. At the far end, nine-metre-high windows frame an ancient Ikeniwa, complete with stone bridges, cherry blossom, maples and a picturesque teahouse. Dreamy.

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