Contractor officially hands over Four Seasons Kyoto to Berjaya Corp unit

PETALING JAYA: Four Seasons Hotel and Hotel Residences Kyoto (Four Seasons Kyoto) in Japan has been officially handed over to Berjaya Corp Bhd unit Kyoto Higashiyama Hospitality Assets TMK by the main contractor, Taisei Corp of Japan.
The hotel is scheduled to have its soft opening in mid-October 2016 followed by a grand opening in December 2016.
“We expect Four Seasons Kyoto to perform very well in the future with the expected high tourist and business arrivals into Japan. Foreign tourist arrivals to Japan have been experiencing double-digit growth and have reached record highs in the past few years and this augurs well for our hotel as we expect this trend to continue into the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo,” BCorp founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan said in a statement yesterday.
Kyoto Higashiyama is a subsidiary of Berjaya Kyoto Development (S) Pte Ltd (Berjaya Kyoto), which is in turn a 50:50 joint venture company between BCorp and Berjaya Land Bhd.
The total investment cost for the Four Seasons Kyoto was about US$380 million (inclusive of land cost). The hotel will be managed by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
The Four Seasons Kyoto is located on a 20,433.55 square metre site in the historical core of Higashiyama-ku amid the temples and heritage sites of Kyoto. It has an estimated gross floor area of 34,632.55 square metres, with 123 hotel rooms and 57 hotel residences. Facilities include function rooms, food and beverage outlets, swimming pool, fitness gym, spa, sundries shop and ample parking bays.
It is within walking distance of tourist sites such as the Myohoin Temple, Sanjusangendo Temple, Kyoto National Museum, Toyokuni Shrine and Kiyomizu-dera Temple.