The All-New Four Seasons Hotel Osaka Features a Cool Modern Ryokan Experience

Four Seasons Hotel Osaka

Joining a increasing portfolio of Four Seasons hotels successful Japan, Four Seasons Hotel Osaka officially welcomed its archetypal guests this week. Located inside the caller One Dojima multi-use gathering by architect Nikken Sekkei (the archetypal ultra-high-rise mixed-used improvement successful Japan to harvester a Four Seasons Hotel and flat building), it features a modern ryokan acquisition connected the 28th floor. In contrast, the full 36th level has been dedicated arsenic a wellness portion portion six destination eating concepts, including a Japanese beverage lounge and Cantonese restaurant, add to the allure.

A cardinal concern hub besides noted for its important landmarks and cosmopolitan nightlife, Osaka was named the 10th astir liveable metropolis successful the satellite – and fig 1 successful Japan – successful the 2023 Global Liveability Index and is accelerated becoming a must-visit connected planetary traveler privation lists. Also known arsenic the “City of Water” for its rivers, waterways and bridges, General Manager Alastair McAlpine says an ‘A team’ of Japan’s champion designers, including CURIOSITY, SIMPLICITY, DESIGN STUDIO SPIN, created beauteous spaces crossed the 175 country edifice that invited the satellite to Osaka portion besides inviting section guests to observe each the divers metropolis has to offer. 

“Reflecting a distinctive communicative and aesthetic, each abstraction has been crafted to immerse our guests successful the tone of Osaka. The Dojima area, wherever we are located, is dotted with tiny cafes and diners, hidden bars and fascinating humanities sites. Guests tin bask the neighborhood's relaxed section consciousness portion being conscionable minutes from Osaka's main transport and concern hub,” helium says. 

Osaka’s First Modern Ryokan

As high-end travelers question ever-more exclusive experiences, the 'hotel wrong a hotel' conception has seen an uptick successful popularity, and Four Seasons Hotel Osaka is poised to conscionable request with its dedicated GENSUI floor. This modern ryokan experience, the archetypal of its benignant successful Osaka, was designed by Japanese workplace SIMPLICITY and features low-slung seating and futon-style sleeping platforms framed by washi insubstantial headboards. Upon accomplishment to the 28th floor, guests are greeted with a cupful of greenish beverage by specially-trained Four Seasons unit and asked to region their shoes – slippers are provided, oregon they tin opt to bask the consciousness of rush-grass tatami mats connected bare feet instead. Accommodations are described arsenic a modern look of Japanese customs and plan principles – GENSUI guests volition find yukatas (relaxed fabric kimonos) alongside curated mini-bars successful their rooms and suites. They besides person exclusive entree to the SABO beverage lounge, which offers bento-style breakfasts, beverage rituals, evening sake, and wine. 

Beyond the GENSUI floor, Four Seasons Hotel Osaka offers 130 impermanent rooms and 24 suites, each boasting elevated metropolis views from the 29th to 35th floors. Interiors diagnostic an understated palette of harmonious colors, earthy wood and chromatic finishes, and myriad thoughtful touches. And portion the lavish Presidential, Grand Osaka and Dojima Suites are considered the astir luxurious options, galore rooms and suites located astatine the building’s curved and angled corners connection panoramic views of the metropolis and beyond.

Destination Dining

Osaka, historically referred to arsenic the “Kitchen of Japan” during the Edo era, boasts an awesome 85 Michelin-starred restaurants and Four Seasons Hotel Osaka is adding to the city’s dynamic nutrient country with its postulation of six unsocial culinary experiences. Overseen by Director of Food and Beverage Sebastian Gassen and enforcement cook Paolo Pelosi, the hotel’s signature restaurant, Jiang Nan Chun, offers authentic Cantonese cuisine successful a captivating mounting – guests tin tuck into barbecue specialties and a show-stopping roast duck carved tableside nether soaring ceilings and against glittering skyline backdrop. The edifice besides features 2 semi-private eating rooms and 1 afloat backstage country with a amusement kitchen. 

Cocktail emporium Bar Bota dazzles with its glamorous ambiance connected the 37th floor, wherever caput bartender Andrei Marcu creates handcrafted libations utilizing section botanicals, the finest Japanese whiskeys and gins. Led by enforcement sous cook Hiroaki Nagaishi, Jardin offers an airy, garden-like abstraction connected the crushed level to bask an planetary semi-buffet breakfast, day beverage sets by enforcement pastry Chef Hafiz Razali, and classical French dishes successful the evening. The edifice besides features artisanal bakery, Farine, and CHA, a quiescent oasis wherever in-house guests tin savor handpicked Japanese teas. An 18-seat sushi edifice with a backstage eating country for up to six guests volition beryllium unveiled connected the 37th level aboriginal this year.

Tea Service astatine CHA

Spa and Wellness

Seasoned wellness enthusiasts volition find a sky-high oasis of relaxation astatine The Spa astatine Four Seasons Hotel Osaka, encompassing the full 36th floor. It’s anchored by a 52-foot indoor excavation that seemingly spills done windows into the metropolis beneath but besides features a 24/7 fittingness halfway with likewise awe-inspiring floor-to-ceiling views. Five spa attraction rooms – including a couple’s country with a backstage bath – are finished successful soothing hues and airy woods, with spaces flowing seamlessly into the next.

A scope of uniquely created massages, facials, and assemblage treatments grace the menu, but signature rituals see a 100-minute, high-performance facial inspired by Empress Komyo, whose sanction signifies brightness and radiance. Busy guests tin premix and lucifer from a mini-treat paper of 15-30 infinitesimal “Quick Replenishers.” The prima of wellness facilities here, though, is the ofuro (Japanese baths) that harness the healing properties of seasonal herbs. Considered an indispensable portion of regular beingness successful Osaka for centuries, this ancestral ritual of Japanese civilization is enjoyed arsenic a infinitesimal of relaxation and well-being much than conscionable a elemental soak.

Ofuro bath astatine The Spa astatine Four Seasons Hotel Osaka

Why Visit Osaka

In the Dojima district, wherever Four Seasons Hotel Osaka is located, historical sites and section businesses mingle with the commercialized office of occidental Japan. Within walking distance, you'll find the Umeda shopping, entertainment, and concern district, arsenic good arsenic good eating restaurants and bars successful the glamorous Kitashinchi area. Art galleries and museums are located in Nakanoshima, a picturesque land successful the metropolis center. Families volition bask the adjacent Universal Studios Japan, portion quality enthusiasts tin respect cherry blossoms during sakura season in outpouring or the autumn foliage. Osaka is conveniently accessible successful nether 3 hours from Tokyo via Shinkansen and 15 minutes by slug bid from the past superior of Kyoto.

Four Seasons successful Japan

Take vantage of the Grand Opening Offer and beryllium among the archetypal overnight guests astatine Four Seasons Hotel Osaka, which marks the brand’s 4th determination successful Japan – alongside Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo astatine Marunouchi and Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo astatine Otemachi – and volition soon beryllium joined by Four Seasons Resort and Residences Okinawa. 

Minami is Osaka's shopping, eating and nightlife center