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Tokyo Ryokan Hotel New Kamakura classic, the Fujiya
MAP Q3 • 2-4-8 Nishi- MAP B2 • 13-2 has been in business
Asakusa, Taito-ku • 090- Onarimachi, Kamakura since 1878, and the
8879-3599 • www. • 0467-22-2230 • www. wonderful old building
tokyoryokan.com • ¥ newkamakura.com • ¥ has drawn countless
Ideal for exploring Asakusa, Close by the station, the dignitaries and celebrities
this charming traditional New Kamakura is actually from around the world,
place has communal one of the temple town’s including John Lennon.
bathing. No meals are oldest Western-style The main dining room
provided, but there are hotels with plenty of retro is simply majestic. All
many local restaurants that charm. Rooms, both rooms have a bath fed
the owner can recommend. Western and Japanese by natural hot springs.
style, are split across two
Further Afield small buildings. Nikko Kanaya Hotel
MAP B1 • 1300 Kami-
Annex Turtle Nine Hours Narita Hatsuishi-machi, Nikko
Hotori-an Airport • 0288-54-0001 • www.
MAP B1 • 8-28 Takumicho, MAP B2 • Narita kanayahotel.co.jp • ¥¥
Nikko • 0288-53-3663 International Airport Built in 1873, this classic
• www.turtle-nikko.com • ¥ Terminal 2, 1-1 Furugome, resort hotel presents an
This family-run business Narita • 0476-33-5109 impressive blend of old-
has been welcoming • www.ninehours.co.jp/ world charm and flawless
travellers to Nikko for en/narita • ¥ service. Well-appointed
decades. This is the more Handy both for Tokyo’s rooms date from the
modern annex to their main international airport Meiji era to the 1950s.
original guesthouse and and as an affordable base
has both Western and for the attractions of Yokohama Royal
Japanese style rooms. Narita. Guests sleep in a Park Hotel
roomy, state-of-the-art MAP B2 • 2-2-1-3 Minato
Fuji Hakone Guest capsule. Luggage lockers Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
House and communal shower • 045-221-1111 • www.
MAP A2 • 912 facilities for men and yrph.com • ¥¥
Sengokuhara, Hakone women are available. This hotel is ideal
• 0460-84-6577 • www. for those looking for
fujihakone.com/en • ¥ Fuji Lake Hotel great views. Rooms
The English-speaking MAP A2 • 1 Funatsu, Fuji- are located on the 52nd
family who run this Kawaguchiko-machi to 67th floors of the
traditional-style inn are • 0555-72-2209 • www. soaring Landmark
very welcoming and very fujilake.co.jp • ¥¥ Tower, offering a splendid
knowledgeable about the Stunningly located on vista of the waterfront
area’s attractions. Sleep the clear shores of Lake and Mount Fuji.
on a futon and soak in an Kawaguchi with Mount
outdoor onsen bath. Fuji as its backdrop, this Hoshinoya Fuji
1930s hotel has bags of MAP A2 • 1408 Oishi,
Hotel New Grand retro appeal. There is a Fuji-Kawaguchiko-
MAP B2 • 10 Yamashita- sauna and Jacuzzi in the machi • 050-3786-0066
cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama communal onsen bath- • www.hoshinoyafuji.
• 045-681-1841 • www. room and a viewing com/en • ¥¥¥
hotel-newgrand.co.jp • ¥ terrace if your room Japan’s first “glamping”
A historic hotel in Japan’s doesn’t face Mount Fuji. resort, Hoshinoya
second-largest city, the Fuji is as far from
Grand has a prime spot Fujiya Hotel camping as you could
opposite a waterfront MAP B2 • 359 imagine. Stay in stylish,
park and the contem- Miyanoshita, Hakone minimalist cabins,
porary cruise terminal. • 0460-82-2211 • www. eat under the stars and
The public areas of the fujiyahotel.jp • ¥¥ take part in a range of
original building live up One of the oldest Western activities around the
to their grand billing. hotels in Japan and a true lake and Mount Fuji.

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