The Kyoto Higashiyama area, where the classic Kyoto style coexists with a sense of the extraordinary.
Here you'll find such points of interest as the World Heritage Site Kiyomizu-dera Temple, the National Treasure Chion'in Temple Hondo (main hall), and the many important cultural properties remaining at Kodai-ji Temple and Yasaka Shrine, as well as the splendid historic townscapes of Ichinenzaka and Ninenzaka.
The Sodoh Higashiyama Kyoto puts you at the center of Kyoto's history.
his elegant example of traditional architecture, its garden always touched by the colors of the seasons, graces a 1.4-acre expanse of land.
Let us be your hosts here, in the lovingly adopted former private residence of Takeuchi Seiho, a pioneer of modern nihonga (Japanese-style painting).