Hotels suspended above the Japanese capital, century-old ryokan lined with onsen… Japan is home to places that leave a lasting mark on a trip. Here are thirty exceptional addresses.
In Japan, there are hotels that you choose almost as you would choose a destination. Some dominate the skyscrapers of Tokyo, others hide in a forest in Kyoto, on the edge of a lake under Mount Fuji or on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. They all tell in their own way a certain idea of the country: its taste for silence, its knowledge of detail, its art of simplicity, but also its sense of the spectacular.
Because here, luxury takes very different forms. It can be accommodated in the perfection of a ryokan, in a hot spring bath opening onto the mountain, in a moss garden framed by shoji trees, or in the dizzying view of a suite installed at the top of a tower. The hotel is no longer just a base: it becomes an observation post, a refuge, sometimes even an experience in itself.
For this selection, we have selected thirty addresses among the most notable in the country. Institutions known to travelers around the world, retreats more…
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