Four Seasons HotelKyoto
Four Seasons built its Kyoto hotel around a garden it did not make.
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is a hotel destination wedding venue in Higashiyama, Japan, hosting 10 to 120 guests in the $$$$ price range, reached from Kansai International (KIX), ~90 minutes by car. Best months: July, August, September, December.
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto in Higashiyama, open July – September, December.
Four Seasons built its Kyoto hotel around a garden it did not make.
Shakusui-en is an 800-year-old pond garden written into the Tale of the Heike, and the hotel wraps it on three sides in the Higashiyama temple district, a short walk from Sanjusangendo and the road up to Kiyomizu-dera.
Weddings here take two shapes.
The chapel seats up to 120 and the ballroom runs 366 square metres, divisible, with tall windows onto a bamboo stand and a pre-function bar.
4 notes of our own.
800-year-old Shakusui-en pond garden, named in the Tale of the Heike
Chapel seating up to 120 guests
Ballroom of 366 sq m, divisible, looking onto a bamboo grove
Wedding packages published from 75,900 yen per person
Best held in July, August, September.
The months the weather, and the local rhythm, is kindest to a stay at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto.
Ask about a date.
Choose a day from the calendar.
Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A first note comes back within two business days.
How the weekend usually runs.
Yours will be different, nothing below is required. Every planning begins with the three meals you most want to eat, and builds outward.
- 18:00Welcome dinner in a private room over Shakusui-en pond
- 11:00Kimono dressing, then photographs along the garden path
- 15:00Ceremony in the chapel
- 16:00Drinks on the garden terrace, matcha served at the tea house
- 18:30Dinner and speeches in the ballroom
- 10:00Breakfast, then Sanjusangendo on the way to the airport
Things worth knowing.
KIX · ~90 minutes by car
Guests fly into Kansai International. Our team arranges every transfer.
$77,000
The two per-person figures are published by Four Seasons. The ceremony line, the room rate and the total are ours, set at the property tier and converted at about 155 yen to the dollar. Ask the hotel for a proposal before you plan against any of it.
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12,000,000 to 20,000,000 yen for 60 guests with two nights for the couple, about $77,000 to $129,000 (estimated)
$1,900
A one-time licence and setup fee, paid to the venue.
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Quoted inside the package; budget 300,000 to 600,000 yen (about $1,900 to $3,900) for the ceremony line (estimated)
From 75,900 yen per person for the ballroom package, some packages adding about 36,300 yen a guest for the reception / head
A seated dinner with wine and service, by headcount.
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From 75,900 yen per person for the ballroom package, some packages adding about 36,300 yen a guest for the reception (venue-published)
$970 / night
A standard room in the wedding window. Group rates on request.
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Hotel rooms from roughly 150,000 yen in high season, about $970 (estimated)
July – September, December
The 4 months the weather is kindest. Shoulder dates soften the light and the rates.
Figures are estimates, modeled from regional rates and public sources, not a quote from the venue. Once the venue claims this page, their own rates take precedence.
Asked along the way.
How many guests can Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto seat?+
The chapel seats up to 120. The ballroom is 366 square metres and divides into smaller rooms, and the hotel also stages small dinners in the tea house on Shakusui-en pond. Fix the layout against your guest count with the wedding specialist before you hold a date.
What does a wedding at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto cost?+
The hotel publishes ballroom wedding packages from 75,900 yen per person against a minimum spend, and some packages add about 36,300 yen a guest for the reception. Flowers, attire, hair and the officiant are priced on top of that.
Is there English-language wedding support?+
Yes. Four Seasons keeps a multilingual wedding specialist on site who handles the planning, the ceremony script and the vendor bookings in English. For couples travelling in, that is the practical reason this hotel shortlists itself.
Can we legally marry at the hotel?+
No venue in Japan can marry you. A marriage is legal only once the kon-in todoke is filed at a city or ward office, so most couples arriving from abroad register at home first and treat the Kyoto ceremony as the celebration.
How far ahead do blossom and autumn dates go?+
Late March to mid-April and mid-November are the weeks everyone wants, and Kyoto hotels at this tier are routinely full 12 to 18 months out for them. Room rates peak on exactly those dates, so the guest bill moves with the calendar too.
Where do guests stay?+
In the hotel, which is the simple answer, and Higashiyama has a deep range of smaller hotels, machiya rentals and ryokan within a ten-minute taxi ride for guests who want a lower nightly rate.
Others to weigh.
Ask about dates at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto.
A note to us with a rough season and guest count. Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A reply comes within two business days, from a person by name.