HotelChatter - Tag: Japan Hotels

It's a Bird...It's a Plane...Nope! It's the Shinkansen Seen from the Park Hotel Tokyo

JetSetCD — 2011-08-19T16:46:44-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1Shinkan_1.jpg" class="top"> Believe it or not, this shot of the Shinkansenthe Tokyo bullet train (versus a regular, slow train)was taken from 33 stories above the tracks, from our room at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/10/211316/67/hotels/Inside_the_Park_Hotel_Tokyo">Park Hotel</a>. We've already showed you <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/10/211316/67/hotels/Inside_the_Park_Hotel_Tokyo">all around</a> inside the place, but the magic of the property isn't just its affordable rates (for Tokyo!) and up-and-coming location surrounding by the big media skyscrapers in Shiodome, but its views. Looking down, it's thisthe bullet train tracks and a reminder of that fact that this capital of Japan is always on the move. Looking up and out, it's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/10/16105/039/hotels/A_Killer_View_of_Tokyo_Tower_from_the_Park_Hotel_s_Skyscraping_Rooms">this</a>, a glittering still shot you otherwise only see on postcards. Rooms at the Park Hotel average $250 per

Tokyo: A Valet for Each Car Door at the Hotel Okura Tokyo

JetSetCD — 2011-08-18T15:24:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Okuravalet.jpg" class="top"> Before you can step into the preserved 1960s modernist environment that is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/5/155659/884/hotels/The_Lobby_of_the_Hotel_Okura_Tokyo_A_Time_Capsule_of_1960s_Modern_Design">grand lobby</a> of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Okura,+Tokyo/ian/122252">Hotel Okura Tokyo</a>, you first must arrive. For many that means being driven up and around to the hotel's off-the-street- entrance, where there'll be one valet for each door that needs opening, and more still to whisk away your bags. Anyone who has experienced classic 5-star service at a Japanese hotel can tell you that this is par for the course; the need to touch anything mundanedoors, luggage, room keyscan be erased completely by some attentive hotel staffs, and if you chose to stay at the Okura then you likely already know this. This attention to detail, which

Tokyo: What Tokyo Capsule Hotel Should We Choose?

JetSetCD — 2010-09-29T15:55:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/9HrsPod.jpg" class="top"> Back in December of 2009, a new sort of hotel opened in Japan. It's a capsule hotel sure, but it's one unplagued by shochu-swigging salarymen who rent capsules by the month. It's called <a href="http://9hours.jp/">9Hours Hotel</a> and it prides itself on being technologically up-to-date, very clean, very design-aware and yet completely affordable. We've got an upcoming trip to Japan and we were totally psyched at the idea of sleeping there, until we discovered that the 9Hours is not in Tokyo as we thought, but in Kyoto and it's the only one of its kind. Sad face! Why is Tokyo lacking the 9Hours love? Perhaps it's because the city is already well-stocked with capsule hotels, skyscraper Western hotels

Hilton Opens Three New Far-Flung Hotels

Jennifer Kester — 2010-06-29T10:45:59-05:00

Hilton Hotels is adding more international properties to its brand than the Jolie-Pitts are adding kiddies to its clan. The company recently debuted three new hotels in far-flung locales like Japan, China and Poland.

Check after the jump for more on the new hotels.

Kyoto City: Another Day, Another Cute Capsule Hotel

MsRebecca — 2010-03-31T12:35:14-05:00

We’ve been on a bit of a Capsule Hotel roll lately, so why stop now? The latest itty-bitty hotel rooms to capture our attention are in—where else?—Japan, at the highly conceptualized 9 Hours Hotel. What makes this one so special is not just the lines of pods that makes us think of rows of washing machines, but the minimalist design that flows through the entire property.