While visiting Tokyo it can feel like you’re traveling back in time and somehow also going into the future. Japan mixes tradition with modern technology and while staying in these places, you’ll get the best of both worlds.
Park Hotel Tokyo
When booking a stay at this hotel, try and get a room on the 31st floor which has been hand-painted by 31 different artists. Each room provides a unique experience with bold murals that feature everything from wrestlers and geishas to local floral and fauna. In addition to the artwork, the hotel has a whisky bar with over 100 varieties of single mal and a classic kaiseki restaurant that serves traditional multi-course meals as well as 50 types of shochu liquor.
TRUNK Hotel
You won’t believe that everything made in this small hotel in Shibuya comes from local recycled materials. While the hotel features a minimalist contemporary design, behind it sits a 13-year-old shrine, which is what inspired the Onden Guardian Dog cocktails, and just a short walk away is Yoyogi Park, which houses the Meiji Shrine.
The Millennials Shibuya
The tagline of this capsule hotel is “Welcome to the Edge of the Future”, which makes sense as you’ll be sleeping in smart pods controlled by your phone. While in the capsules you can project movies onto the walls from your phone or computer and program an alarm to gradually wake you up. Did we mention that there’s also free beer, free breakfast, and free coffee?
