Resort Okura to open up new luxury lodging in Kyoto in 2022







TOKYO (Kyodo) — Lodge Okura Co. stated Monday it will open up new luxurious lodging in Kyoto in January 2022, anticipating a restoration in demand from inbound and wealthy tourists in a put up-coronavirus period.

The big hotel operator joins Japanese and foreign rivals which include Imperial Hotel Ltd. and Aman Resorts Ltd., which have made the decision to grow upscale enterprises in the historical cash.

The 4-floored Lodge Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei will give 60 visitor rooms and a restaurant. A home of about 40 sq. meters for two people today will likely be priced concerning 40,000 yen ($364) and 60,000 yen, although costs for eight suites of close to 80 square meters, have nevertheless to be resolved, it stated.

The resort, the second Resort Okura-manufacturer house in Kyoto, will be located away from downtown with handy accessibility to well known sightseeing spots such as Heian Jingu, a historic shrine, and Nanzen-ji temple.

“We are delighted to be opening a new resort in Kyoto, a town that was rated a person of the world’s most desirable cities in 2020,” mentioned Hotel Okura President Toshihiro Ogita in a information launch.

Aman opened a resort resort in Kyoto in 2019, when Imperial Lodge designs to open accommodation in Kyoto in 2026 soon after renovating Yasaka Hall, a tangible cultural asset in the Gion geisha district.
