The Screen In a hotel as small as Kyoto’s hotel The Screen, what matters most is the attention to detail. It’s not simply the fact that it’s a hybrid style, (...)
The Ritz-Carlton TokyoTokyo’s all-new Midtown, a massive mixed-use development in Roppongi, has been big news lately — some third-world military coups and minor wars have (...)
The Ritz-Carlton OsakaOne might expect a Japanese Ritz-Carlton to set aside the company style book and make some concessions to the local traditions. But one would be wrong. (...)
The Peninsula TokyoLike Moses just back from the mountain, we’re here to tell you that we have seen the Peninsula Tokyo, and it is good. Actually, good is a bit of an (...)
The B AkasakaIf money is no object, then Tokyo is a hotel guest’s paradise — the top five luxury hotels here are easily in the world’s top ten. But it’s when (...)
Hyatt Regency KyotoHere’s a hotel that forces you to dispense with a couple of easy generalizations. The first is the idea that the big chains guarantee a dull experience (...)
Shangri-La Hotel TokyoWhether the Tokyo hotel market is crowded with high-end lodgings or merely presents a wealth of upscale choices is perhaps a matter of perspective. But (...)
Park Hyatt TokyoNo one quite does over-the-top like the Japanese. Take the Park Hyatt toilets, which have enthroned everyone from Issey Miyake to authentic royalty and, (...)
Park Hotel TokyoLike many Tokyo hotels, the Park Hotel occupies part of a mixed-use skyscraper; in this case, ten uppermost floors of the Shiodome Media Tower, right in (...)
MyojinkanJapan is justly famous around the world for its first-class luxury hotels and for a couple of very inspired boutique hotels. But there’s another, much (...)
Kise Bettei For too many visitors, Japan means Tokyo: packed trains, the neon lights at Shibuya crossing, and a hotel in the top of some skyscraper. But if you want (...)
Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort & SpaTravelers to (and within) Japan know the Hyatt name means something special here. There’s the famous Park Hyatt in Tokyo, of course, and a number of (...)
Granbell Hotel ShibuyaIt’s perhaps a bit odd that for all the other ways in which Tokyo leads the world in cool, it’s still hard to find a small and stylish boutique hotel (...)
Gora-KadanEighty-five minutes outside of New York and you could still be in North Jersey, or partway across Long Island; eighty-five minutes from central London and (...)
Four Seasons MarunouchiTokyo is the kind of place where they can just simply decide to build, from scratch, a brand-new commercial and financial district. Turn your back for a (...)
Conrad TokyoConventional wisdom holds that anyone hoping for a glimpse of the future need look no further than Tokyo; this is as true in the hotel business as it is (...)
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