HYATT REGENCY KYOTO
TRADITION MEETS MODERNISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGN
On March 15, 2006, Hyatt Regency Kyoto opened its doors in the Higashiyama Shichijo district of Kyoto, where the ancient capital’s heritage has been preserved to the present day. The hotel design was supervised entirely by world-renowned Takashi Sugimoto (Super Potato) and expresses a modern interpretation of traditional Japanese aesthetics.
Impressive lobby design incorporating traditional Japanese patterns
The lobby ceiling features openwork frames that have been designed using traditional Japanese patterns inspired by many kinds of old fabrics from different historical priods. which symbolize human warmth and nature. Fabrics can represent an individual era’s characteristics of each region, climate, culure in different pattern, colour and material, evoking memories of each particular period, which symbolize human warmth and nature. Most of the traditional Japanese patterns are simplified and designed from motifs of natural plants and flowers, etc.
Each of the 189 guestrooms offer a comfortable and relaxed environment, combining traditional Japanese aesthetics with modern facilities, which feature natural coloured carpets with traditional motifs, old wooden vases displayed against the simple white oak wood wall and the impressive headboards that feature old kimono fabrics from different histrical period. The spacious granite bathrooms have deep bathtubs and wet areas, promising guests a true Japanese-style relaxation.
The Regency Executive Suites on first floor, whose large windows overlook the Japanese Garden, features the warm tones of walnut. Through the crawl-through doorway is a Japanese-style room with a modern tatami floor and a sunken kotatsu table. The bathroom boasts a large wooden bathtab on a granite stone floor. The entire design encompasses a combination of traditional and modern Japanese comfort.
Located on B1 floor, Touzan is a unique Japanese restaurant where guests can experience the traditional Japanese beauty scattered among the interior design elements. Modelled after an old-style Kyoto home, the narrow corridor by the entrance gives an impression of the old passageway and the partitions feature several kinds of Japanese antiques. A simple and stylish sushi counter is highlighted by a glass partition decorated with antique tiles featuring Japanese paintings, and the unique bar is made from old material taken from houses, machine parts and handicrafts, and features a hideout surrounded by walls of old books.
Each of the design features of Hyatt Regency Kyoto expresses a touch of the Japanese sense of beauty, which Japanese people have inherited from ancient times — a subtle sensibility, warm organic beauty and the evolution of beauty through the ages. Here, the environment blends the unique culture and innovation that Hyatt has acquired over the years with the traditions of Kyoto, and the memories and culture that remain in this land.
There are 216 Hyatt hotels and resorts (over 90,000 rooms) in 44 countries around the world, operating under the Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Grand Hyatt® and Park Hyatt® brands. Currently, there are an additional 32 Hyatt hotels and resorts under development, including 12 new hotels in China. Hyatt Corporation (domestic U.S., Canada and Caribbean hotels) and Hyatt International Corporation (international properties) are subsidiaries of Chicago-based Global Hyatt Corporation. Global Hyatt Corporation is also the owner of Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc. (timeshare), Hyatt Equities, L.L.C. (hotel ownership), and U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. (which franchises Hawthorn Suites, Microtel and America’s Best Inns).
In January 2005, Global Hyatt Corporation also added an additional 143 U.S. properties to its growing portfolio with the acquisition of the upscale, limited service AmeriSuites hotel chain. These properties will be renovated and repositioned under the new Hyatt Place select service brand in 2006.
