JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED HOTELS36 hotels
Hotels with a large shared bath in Japan
36 hotels in Japan with a large shared bath (daiyokujo), as stated on their official websites. Areas include Kanazawa, Sapporo Station, Setagaya-Daita, Shinjuku, Kiyomizu-Gojo, Otaru. Each page has interior photos, check-in times where published, and how to get there, with the address in Japanese.
Fittings from a thatched farmhouse, and an outdoor bath of Hakone spring water
A sukiya gate and garden, and an outdoor hot spring bath on the 18th floor
In front of Omicho Market: natural materials and local craftsmen's pieces
A lobby bar lounge that borrows the scenery, and suites with a mizuya
Home-like rooms surrounded by Otaru crafts and art
Custom furniture inspired by Nanbu chests and Nanbu ironware
A green lounge fitting a town of bonsai
Walls of hana-block, and a music bar inspired by Koza's music
The “Iyotetsu Room”, made from a real train
A modern irori hearth, and a large bath that reflects the ripple of water
An infinity pool overlooking Chatan, and blue-grey rooms
A large bath with an outdoor bath facing a Japanese garden
A “northern inn” of oak and Sapporo soft stone
“Plain space” rooms looking out over Atami Bay
“Creative hospitality” linking Japanese and international sensibilities
“Wood, stone and earth” art using old timber and stones from the former Matsuzakaya
A lobby of art themed on forest, water and light
A lobby lounge showing kimono chosen by Chikiriya, changed every month
“Mai” rooms inspired by how a kimono is worn
Art themed on the “water” of Nihonbashi, which prospered by river transport
A lobby lounge with a relief of a flowering tree
Designed as “a journey from under the sea to the sky”, up to 165 m
Lobby art on the 18th floor inspired by golden sunset clouds
Rooms evoking Kaga Yuzen, lacquer and washi
Walls of stone and wood, and a lobby of light art
“Japanese bustle, Edo chic”, drawing on the world of kabuki
Wooden-floored premier floors where you relax barefoot
A top-floor lobby themed on “the breath of the forest”
Continuous art that sees the building as a rooted plant
Interiors inspired by the five colours of Hakata-ori “goshiki kenjo”
“WOODY BEAR”, a wooden bear made from salvaged furniture
Like staying in a temple museum, beside a 500-year-old temple
A restaurant facing the greenery, and a large bath with big windows
“Light Place”, themed on sunlight through the trees of the City of Trees
A lobby of green and stone, and a lounge with botanical paintings
Wall art with Fibonacci's golden ratio as its motif
