A glass art exhibition by glass artist Takumi Hon'ami, the "Takumi Hon'ami Glass Installation," will be held in the public areas of ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & Resorts in Kita-ku, Kyoto, for a limited 10 days from Friday, October 23 to Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Takagamine, where the hotel stands, is a historic part of Kyoto steeped in the aesthetic of Rinpa, one of the major currents of Japanese art. Set in the hotel's public areas, surrounded by nature, the exhibition presents glass art by Hon'ami, who carries on the spirit of Japanese craftsmanship while giving new value to materials such as optical glass.
The glass works, which let through the shifting moods of the mountains and clear light, resonate with the nature of Takagamine and the hotel's spaces, creating a new art world where traditional aesthetics and contemporary sensibility meet.
Takumi Hon'ami Glass Installation Overview
Dates: Friday, October 23 to Sunday, November 1, 2026 (until 5:00 PM on the final day)
Venue: Public areas of ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & Resorts (44-1 Kinugasa Kagamiishi-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto)
Admission: Free
Tea Gathering "Tea of Memory"
On four days during the exhibition, the hotel will also hold a tea gathering, "Tea of Memory" (Kioku no Cha), where guests can enjoy sweets made especially for this installation and tea served in Hon'ami's vessels and tea utensils. It is limited in quantity and by advance reservation only.
Dates: Monday, October 26; Tuesday, October 27; Thursday, October 29; and Friday, October 30, 2026
Venue: Entrance area of ROKU KYOTO
Details: Tea and sweets (都本舗 光悦堂) served in Takumi Hon'ami's vessels
Price: ¥4,000 (tax and service charge included)
Times: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM and 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM (45 minutes per session)
Capacity: Up to 10 guests per session
Reservations: https://www.tablecheck.com/ja/lxr-rokukyoto-spa/reserve/experience/teaofmemory
Reservations open on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM.
About the Artist, Takumi Hon'ami
Takumi Hon'ami / Photographer: 鈴木正美
Takumi Hon'ami (Hon'ami Takumi) is a glass craft artist and a direct 17th-generation descendant of Hon'ami Koetsu. After training at a glass craft institute in Tokyo (東京ガラス工芸研究所), he founded the glassblowing studio "GLASS FISH" in Chikura, Chiba, in 2000.
Rather than stopping at an imitation ("utsushi") of his great ancestor, he continues to pursue expression unique to the present day. While respecting tradition, he creates innovative works that serve as a starting point for a new culture leading into the future.
Entrance Area Installation "Kikai"
"Kikai" (記械) is a word coined by Hon'ami. It reflects his own idea of imagining a mechanism for organizing the time and memories within oneself and giving them form.
Countless memories well up from the bottom of the water, overlapping in layers and accumulating toward the surface. Hon'ami expresses these fragments of memory through a group of his glass works. The scene, in which things that never fade coexist with things that lose their shape and are eventually lost, is created in the space that first greets visitors.
About the Venue, ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & Resorts
The hotel opened in September 2021 in Takagamine, in Kyoto's Rakuhoku area, as a property of Hilton's luxury brand LXR Hotels & Resorts. Set in a nature-rich location away from the bustle of central Kyoto, it has 114 guest rooms, along with a thermal pool that uses natural hot spring water, a spa, a restaurant, and a bar. In 2026, it earned 5 Stars, the highest rating from the global hotel rating system Forbes Travel Guide.
- Opened: September 16, 2021
- Location: 44-1 Kinugasa Kagamiishi-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto
- Rooms: 114
- Dining: TENJIN
- Spa: THE ROKU SPA
- Official website: https://www.hilton.com/ja/hotels/itmolol-roku-kyoto/
