Experience the Japanese city of Kyoto like a local this summer with The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto’s summer promotion immersing guests in the city’s rich history and culture.

As the weather warms in Kyoto, residents of Japan’s cultural and spiritual heart don their finest yukata — traditional Japanese summer kimono — to enjoy summer festivals and time outdoors at any of the city’s several kawa-yuka — restaurant balconies overlooking the river. Guests of the hotel are offered the unique opportunity to take part in this local tradition with the Dressed In A Traditional Yukata Kyoto Summer Experience.

The hotel’s promotion provides guests with a yukata advisor who personally fits them for a garment and assists them in wearing the authentic dressing for the day. Guests taking part in this experience will have the chance to stroll through the city’s famed temples, shrines and gardens or visit off-the-beaten-path restaurants, all while dressed like a local. To remember their time, the property will take photos of guests dressed in the traditional garb and frame it for them to take home at the end of their trip.

Nestled on the serene banks of the Kamogawa River close to Kyoto’s popular downtown areas, The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto opened last year as the first luxury urban resort in Japan. The resort offers 134 guestrooms and suites boasting views of the famous Higashiyama mountains as well as four restaurants and bars, a spa and four types of banquet spaces for corporate dinners, meetings, exhibitions and private events.

The Dressed In A Traditional Yukata Kyoto Summer Experience is available for stays on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays between June 26 and Aug. 31 and includes overnight accommodations, one in-room uchiwa amenity per person per stay, one original photo and frame per stay, daily half buffet breakfast for two, one kimono fitting and rental per person per stay and one Ennnichi cocktail per stay.