A covered walkway through the autumn maples

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Kyoto · Japan

Kanade House

The whole house · from $6,800 a night

Spend like a billionaire

An 1890s merchant's townhouse in Higashiyama, taken apart and rebuilt joint by joint by a single family of carpenters. Yours alone: a moss garden, a cypress bath, and a staff of eleven who will know how you take your tea by the second morning.

  • A restored 1890s machiya
  • Private moss garden
  • A staff of 11

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Handled for you

  • A car at your door, and at every door after it
  • Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
  • A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
  • Your pillows, wines and allergies known before you arrive

Best time to go

March to May and October to November

Late March and early April for the cherry blossom; November for the maples at their reddest. July and August are hot and humid.

In pictures

The moss garden and its thatched gate
The cypress veranda, open to the garden
Kaiseki: nine courses in small, perfect dishes
The iron kettle, set for the tea ceremony
Kyoto after dark
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Your journey

Nights
5 nights
Guests
2 guests
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A chauffeured limousineWhite-gloved driver, all week$6,000
Private butlerFluent in five languages$8,400
Dawn with the moss gardenerHelp tend the garden before sunrise$2,800
An evening at an ochayaA Gion teahouse that admits guests by introduction only$28,000By introduction only; the next opening is in spring
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