KIGO Autumn Menu returns at Four Seasons DIFC

KIGO Autumn Menu returns at Four Seasons DIFC

KIGO at Four Seasons Hotel DIFC is marking one year of Kaiseki dining as its Autumn Menu returns on 16 September 2026. Four Seasons Hotel DIFC published the story on 14 September. Chef Akinori Tanigawa leads the room. The Signature Sushi Kaiseki sits at eight courses and AED 1,500 per person.

KIGO at Four Seasons Hotel DIFC is marking one year of Kaiseki dining as its Autumn Menu returns on 16 September 2026. Four Seasons Hotel DIFC published the story on 14 September. Chef Akinori Tanigawa leads the room. The Signature Sushi Kaiseki sits at eight courses and AED 1,500 per person.

One year of Kaiseki at Four Seasons Hotel DIFC

KIGO sits inside Four Seasons Hotel DIFC. Four Seasons says the restaurant has spent a year bringing Kaiseki tradition to Dubai, with menus that shift with the ingredients, atmosphere and emotion of each season. Chef Aki, as the house calls him, combines traditional technique with a contemporary hand so each ingredient can take the centre.

Seatings run Wednesday to Sunday between 6pm and 10pm. Bookings go through kigo.dubaidifc@fourseasons.com or +971 4 506 0388. Follow @kigo.dubai and @fsdubaidifc for updates.

The Autumn Menu on the board

Autumn in Kaiseki is harvest, abundance and reflection. Four Seasons names Chef Aki's favourite season as the driver for the second edition of the Autumn Menu. Familiar elements sit beside fresh creations drawn from Japan's seasonal produce.

The Signature Sushi Kaiseki opens with Vinegared Barracuda with Dried Persimmon, Chawanmushi with Grilled Eggplant Chilled Purée, and Grilled Pacific Saury. Autumn Mushrooms on a Hnba Leaf follow, inspired by Chef Aki's walks through Japan's mountains. Slow-Braised A5 Kumamoto Black Wagyu, Seasonal Sushi Selections, Miso Soup and premium Japanese fruits close the arc of land and sea.

The Autumn Menu will now return every September. That turns a one-off into a calendar fixture buyers can plan around year after year.

Chef Aki and the story of the season

Chef Aki frames Kaiseki as appreciating the moment and letting each season tell its own story. Autumn means abundance, reflection and ingredients at their peak. Through KIGO he wants guests to taste not only the flavours of Japan, but the philosophy behind each dish.

Chef Izu Ani of Fundamental Hospitality adds that a year in, KIGO keeps proving cuisine is never static. Each season brings fresh ingredients and fresh ways to respect Japanese tradition. Guests become part of that journey. The anniversary is a next chapter, not a closing line.

What this means for Kattegat buyers and sellers

Buyers, this is a story you feel before you open a rate card. DIFC. Four Seasons Hotel DIFC. A named Kaiseki room with a named chef. An Autumn Menu that returns on a fixed date every September. An eight-course Signature Sushi Kaiseki with a clear price and a clear clock. When the brief is Japanese fine dining with a seasonal arc, off the usual Marina and Palm loop, you now have a programme with doors open and a night that is named.

Sellers, read the line-up. Kaiseki craft. Seasonal sushi. Slow-braised wagyu. A room that needs precision on the pass and calm on the floor. If your story is holding a fine dining Japanese night or supporting a seasonal tasting room, this is the market moving in DIFC.

Kattegat sits in the middle. Venues need people who show up. Talent needs rooms that book. Planners need one place where both sides tell the story straight, not forty WhatsApp threads named final.

We did not invent Dubai hospitality. We turned the trade we already live into a system buyers and sellers can run from the pocket. Nights like this in DIFC are why the marketplace exists.

Book the season, book the set

If you are locking an autumn Kaiseki dinner, a DIFC Japanese table, or talent for a room that already has a seasonal story, start with the menu and the chef, not capacity alone.

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Source. Four Seasons Hotel DIFC, KIGO celebrates one year of Kaiseki excellence and the return of its Autumn Menu. https://press.fourseasons.com/dubaidifc/hotel-news/2026/kigo-autumn-menu/

Kayzar Floki, The Builder. Follow @kayzar.floki, @verou.poli, @kattegat.app.