Six Senses Kyoto

Six Senses Kyoto, which opened in 2023 as the brand's first Japan property, brought one of the world's most coherent wellness hospitality philosophies to one of the world's most wellness-attuned cities. The Six Senses brand — built around a holistic approach to health, sustainability, and the integration of local culture into guest programming — finds in Kyoto an environment that has been developing similar ideas for considerably longer. The convergence is not incidental.

The Higashiyama location places the hotel within the district that also contains Four Seasons Kyoto, Park Hyatt Kyoto, and the Hotel Seiryu — a cluster that has emerged as the high-concentration zone of Kyoto's contemporary luxury hotel landscape. Six Senses differentiates itself within this company through its spa and wellness programming, which extends well beyond standard treatment menus to include biohacking, sleep optimization, and holistic health assessments that reflect the brand's ongoing investment in evidence-informed wellness practice.

Dining at Six Senses properties is typically organized around organic, local, and seasonal ingredients — a philosophy that Kyoto's culinary tradition (kyo-yasai vegetables, tofu, and the seasonal rigors of kaiseki) anticipates in many respects. The hotel's approach to sustainability — in construction materials, energy systems, waste management, and sourcing — reflects the brand's global commitment and is expressed in the Kyoto property through materials and practices appropriate to the historic context.

For travelers who approach wellness not as a spa afternoon but as an organizing principle for how they travel — what they eat, how they sleep, what practices they maintain — Six Senses Kyoto offers a Japanese context for those priorities that neither compromises the wellness programming nor diminishes the cultural depth of the city.