The season blesses you. NATURE BLESS YOU

NEW
HAPPO-EN
WEDDING

is coming on Autumn 2025

October 2025
HAPPO-EN Wedding
Reborn

A Japanese garden with over 400 years of history. We hope you will feel closer to this beautiful nature, in its natural state. Returning to the aspirations of Fusanosuke Kuhara, who established the origins of HAPPO-EN in the Meiji period, we have reborn the garden as a space that coexists with nature and continues to grow more beautiful with the passage of time. A new, celebratory space where inside and outside intertwine without barriers, and where people and nature blend softly. We invite you to experience the new HAPPO-EN wedding.

New Concept

Cherry blossoms and haze in spring.
A cool summer breeze blowing on your cheeks.
Once the autumn leaves and moon viewing season is over,
Migratory birds visit the mysterious winter scenery.

Cultivated for 400 years
Set in a world of ever-changing seasons.
Even as we pile up,
All values and emotions
All-encompassing
Filled with gentle blessings.

Take the best step forward.
In this beautiful world.

Nature Bless You

The season,
Bless you.

HAPPO-EN WEDDING HAPPO-EN WEDDING

New Open

2025年5月。庭園の季節をめぐる、新たな独立型挙式会場が誕生いたしました。
新しい八芳園ウエディングのシンボルとなる、キリスト教式挙式会場「Celebration Hall -The GARDEN-」。円形に大きく開かれた天井開口から降り注ぐ光を水盤が鏡のように映し、さまざまな光の表情でおふたりを祝福します。都市の中にありながら、光、風、自然を感じて、ありのままの自分になれる空間。おふたりのはじまりの場所であり、いつかまた戻ってきたい場所。

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March 1, 2025. The grand opening of HAPPO-EN's first "The Bridal Boutique KOTOHOGI by HAPPO-EN" on Shirokanedai Platinum Street. We select high-quality bridal costumes from Japan and abroad, focusing on rare costumes that can only be encountered here, such as original kimono created from scratch in collaboration with craftsmen from time-honored manufacturers in Kyoto, and the finest imported dresses. This is a dedicated costume room produced by HAPPO-EN for everyone who has a wedding at HAPPO-EN. The name of the store, "KOTOHOGI = Kotohogi (Word Celebration)", which means "blessing by words", expresses the hope that you will come across a special piece of clothing that will be close to you and bless you on that important day. We will do our best to help you from costume selection to wedding day.

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Renewal Facilities

Main Lobby

長く愛されてきた八芳園本館も、庭園と柔らかに結びつく建物へと生まれ変わりました。庭園とつながり合うメインロビーをはじめ、400年以上の歴史を刻む日本庭園を随所に感じられる空間へ。「日本の美意識を凝縮する」というコンセプトにふさわしい、日本文化と職人技が融合したメインロビーの空間には、水墨画・組子の日本を代表する職人の想いが宿ります。

New Banquets

Two wedding reception halls have been completely renovated. Both venues face the Japanese garden, and are filled with traditional Japanese beauty and craftsmanship, with the changing seasons of the garden adding color to the space.

Wood Sound
KIOTO

KIOTO is a venue where natural beauty and traditional beauty coexist, featuring a motif of an inlaid wooden treasure chest. With the gardens of HAPPO-EN spreading out before you, this light-filled venue also includes a private front garden exclusively for venue guests. (Maximum capacity: 102 people)

On the banks among the trees,

Whispering in the wind—
The voices of the trees.
Light and shadow reflect
The colors of the trees.
Spend your time as you please.
Created by nature and human hands,
Filled with warmth—
A calm and gentle time.

Nature and Japanese aesthetic sense.
KIOTO

wave light
HAKOU

HAKOU is themed on a moonlit night and expresses the soft, flickering moonlight reflected on the garden pond. The bold and chic space, featuring gold and black as its primary colors, exudes a sophisticated and glamorous atmosphere. (Maximum capacity: 122 people)

Something soft and shining—

We know
The beauty of the moon when you look up.

We know
The beauty of the moon looking down is also wondrous.

A soft glow colors the surface of the lake.
A gentle breeze, flickering light.
Through the water, through the wind,
Beauty transforms all it touches.
This is a place where Japanese beauty resides.
HAKOU