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March 2026: 89 rooms inside a living geisha district; the hardest new booking in Japan
March 2026: 89 rooms inside a living geisha district; the unrepeatable location
Opened March 2026 in one of Kyoto's five kagai, with 89 rooms by Kengo Kuma and Associates
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