The Garden
A landscape overflowing with respect for Kyoto; harmony between structures and gardens.
Beautiful gardens are an indispensable part of Kyoto’s
scenery.
The seasons elapse as the year passes; light elapses as the day
passes.
A garden looks different every time you look at it; a changing
reflection of nature itself.
Teioku Ichinyo – a term used to describe the harmony between structures and gardens – a concept that has been cherished in the old capital for centuries.
Our courtyard garden is located in the centre of the property
and measures some 1,300㎡.
Landscape Designer Shunsaku Miyagi has created a modern
recreation of the garden of the Mitsui residence that used to be
located on the site of HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO.
The SHIKI-NO-MA room is a modern reconstruction - using Japanese
cypress - of the original
Okusho-in from the former
residence. The new SHIKI-NO-MA may be used as a private dining
facility for the hotel’s restaurants. The spirit of
teioku ichinyo is alive and
well – you can feel it walking from the entrance into the lobby
and further into the lounge area; the same goes for the
courtyard garden and its
suiban water basin.
Several stone lanterns and garden rock features have been given
a new lease of life in the hotel garden; the colour of the
grasses, the aroma of the flowers, the sound of the wind and the
water, the chirruping of the insect life all serve to mark the
passing of the seasons.
Best viewing season for certain plants and trees
| Year-round | Evergreens: red pine, black pine, Japanese blue oak, bamboo-leaved oak, moso bamboo, moss, etc. |
|---|---|
| Spring (March-May) |
Flowers: Japanese sapphireberry, camellia wabisuke, prunus
mume pendula, hana peach, weeping double-petalled sakura
cherry blossom, Japanese andromeda, Rhododendron indicum,
Rhaphiolepis umbellata, Reeve's spiraea, Enkianthus
perulatus, Rhododendron dilatatum, Spiraea thunbergii,
Epimedium grandiflorum Fresh Green: Japanese maple, Acer sieboldianum Reds and Yellows: Japanese shield fern |
| Summer (June-August) |
Flowers: alder-leafed whitebeam, crepe-myrtle, Japanese
stewartia, Kousa dogwood, Sobaria grandiflora, Plantain
lilies, lily turf, Liriope muscari Fresh Green: Chameleon plant Reds and Yellows: Morella rubra |
| Autumn (September-November) |
Flowers: Camellia sasanqua, toad lily Reds and Yellows: alder-leafed whitebeam, Acer sieboldianum, crepe-myrtle, prunus mume pendula, Japanese stewartia, hana peach, weeping double-petalled sakura cherry blossom, Kousa dogwood, Reeve's spiraea, Enkianthus perulatus, Sorbaria grandiflora, Rhododendron dilatatum, Spiraea thunbergii In Ear: Pampas Grass Nuts: Japanese ternstroemia, alder-leafed whitebeam, Japanese flowering dogwood |
| Winter (December-February) |
Flowers: Camellia japonica, camellia hiemalis, Daphne
ordora, leopard plant Nuts: ： Kurogane holly, Nepal holly, Sarcandra glabra, Japanese ardisia |
