JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED HOTELS12 hotels
Hotels in historic buildings in Japan
12 hotels in Japan in buildings with a long history, from Meiji-era classics to converted banks and inns. Areas include Yanagawa, Urabandai, Takamatsu, Karuizawa, Karasuma, Kawaramachi. Each page has interior photos, check-in times where published, and how to get there, with the address in Japanese.
Stay at a national Place of Scenic Beauty, in a lodging wing stripped of ornament
A chandeliered lobby that modernises a classic hotel
A library lounge themed on books
“Light make-up” rooms that set off the quality of the architecture
“Wood, stone and earth” art using old timber and stones from the former Matsuzakaya
Like staying in a temple museum, beside a 500-year-old temple
Arched-window rooms inside a 1914 modern building
Founded 1878: stay in Meiji and Showa buildings in Hakone
A European-classic hotel inside the Marunouchi Station Building, an Important Cultural Property
Founded 1935: a Swiss-chalet-style Registered Cultural Property
A hinoki main building in Momoyama palace style, designed by Kingo Tatsuno
Opened 1927: the grand staircase of the main building by Jin Watanabe
