Berjaya Corp set to open Four Seasons Kyoto

Handover ceremony: Tan shaking hands with Taisei Corp of Japan managing executive officer of Kansai branch Takao Kanai (centre). Looking on (from right to left) Four Seasons Kyoto GM Alex Porteous, Berjaya Land CEO Datuk Francis Ng, and Kume Sekkei CEO Yukio Yamada

PETALING JAYA: Berjaya Corp Bhd is set to open the Four Seasons Hotel and Hotel Residences Kyoto (Four Seasons Kyoto) in Japan by the end of this year.
In a statement, Berjaya Corp said its main contractor, Taisei Corp of Japan, had delivered the property to Kyoto Higashiyama Hospitality Assets TMK.
Kyoto Higashiyama is a subsidiary of Berjaya Kyoto Development (S) Pte Ltd (Berjaya Kyoto).
Berjaya Kyoto is a 50:50 joint venture company between Berjaya Corp and Berjaya Land Bhd. The group said that the total investment pumped in for the Four Seasons Kyoto was about US$380mil, inclusive of land cost. The hotel would be managed by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
The soft opening of the hotel is sheduled in mid-October, followed by a grand opening in December.
“We expect Four Seasons Kyoto to perform very well with the expected high tourist and business arrivals into Japan. Foreign tourist arrivals 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,” said Berjaya Corp founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan.
The Four Seasons Kyoto is located on 20,433.55 sq m in the historical core of Higashiyama-ku amidst the temples and heritage sites of Kyoto. It has an estimated gross floor area of 34,632.55 sq m and consists of 180 key counts (123 hotel rooms and 57 hotel residences).
It is within walking distance of tourist sites such as the Myohoin Temple, Sanjusangendo Temple, Kyoto National Museum, Toyokuni Shrine and Kiyomizu-dera Temple.