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Free-flowing cocktails, natural onsen water, and custom pillows make this Osaka hotel a steal
- Elliot Hale
2 days ago - Tweet
Room-only stays usually mean no perks, but this hotel throws them at you, all in the name of having a good sleep.
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- (accommodation • COK • Gussuri Kenkyujo • hotel • hotel plan • hotels • Jibun Makura • Marie Morimoto • Osaka • ReFa • SNJO • Super Hotel Premier • TEARTH • tourism • travel)
Sleep at Hoshinoya Nara Prison, one of the most unique hotels in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 1, 2026
One-of-a-kind accommodation includes former prison cells that have been transformed into guest rooms.
- Japan
- (accommodation • crime • history • Hoshino Resorts • hotel • hotels • Japanese hotel • Luxury • Nara • Nara Juvenile Prison • Nara Prison • prison • travel • unique stays • unusual accommodation • unusual stays • weird)
Room 404: What happened when we stayed in an unlucky hotel room in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 14, 2026
There’s a reason hotels don’t use this number for their rooms.
- Japan
- (accommodation • business hotel • cheap stays • COK • ghosts • haunted • haunted hotels • haunted places • hotel • hotels • Japanese hotel • Masanuki Sunakoma • mysteries • SNJO • supernatural • travel)
Five amazing snow-view open-air Japanese hot springs in Hokkaido [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2026
Great reasons to add yukimiroten to your vocabulary and itinerary alike.
- Japan
- (baths • beautiful • COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • hotel • inns • Japan travel • Japanese inns • onsen • outdoors • rotenburo • ryokan • snow • tourism • travel • yukimiroten)
Have the berry best vacay at one of these five strawberry-picking experiences in Japan
- Krista Rogers
Jan 28, 2026
If you’re in a jam about what to do this winter, you may want to pick something sweet.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • farm • fruit • hotel • ichigo • resort • strawberries • strawberry picking • sweet • travel • winter)
We found possibly the quietest Japanese-style hotel in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku district
- Krista Rogers
Dec 31, 2025
It’s truly an oasis of calm away from the hustle and bustle of Shinjuku…in Shinjuku.
- Japan
- (accommodation • COK • futon • hotel • Japanese style • Keiunso • SNJO • tatami • Tokyo)
Stay in a hotel in Japan where you can see a UFO
- Oona McGee
Nov 9, 2025
Alien spacecraft looks even better when lit up at night.
- Japan
- (accommodation • aliens • business hotel • cheap stays • Chiba • COK • cool • Famy Inn • hotel • hotels • Japanese hotel • Kaihin Makuhari Station • Makuhari Messe • Masanuki Sunakoma • mysteries • SNJO • tourist sites • travel • UFO • UFO sighting • UFOs)
This beautiful Nara inn was once home to a Living National Treasure
- Elliot Hale
Nov 9, 2025
Art, history, and high-end dining make for a unique Japanese getaway.
- Japan
- (accommodation • art • ceramics • COK • culture • hotel • Japanese pottery • Kenkichi Tomimoto • Living National Treasure • Nara • pottery • Restaurant • SNJO • tourism • travel)
This mountain cottage retreat in Japan is the perfect summer escape
- Elliot Hale
Jul 18, 2025
Skip the city heat and unwind with fresh mountain air at this charming summer resort.
- Japan
- (accommodation • beautiful scenery • COK • cottage • highlands • hotel • Hotel Laforet Nasu • Laforet • local beer • local food • Mari Morimoto • Nasu • scenic • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel)
Tiny storage container hotels become the latest craze in Japan, thanks to Hotel R9 The Yard
- Oona McGee
Feb 2, 2025
From the country that brought you capsule hotels comes a new tiny form of accommodation.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotel • COK • container hotel • containers • freight containers • Gunma • hotel • hotels • news • SNJO • tiny homes • Tomioka • travel)
Hen na Hotel Haneda: What it’s really like to stay at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel” with dinosaur robots
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2025
The fun starts at the front desk, but it’s time to find out how far the weirdness extends through the hotel.
- Japan
- (accommodation • COK • contactless • cool • dinosaurs • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Henn na Hotel • hotel • hotels • review • robots • SNJO • technology • travel • weird)
The perfect budget-friendly hot spring hotel near Narita Airport
- Elliot Hale
Jan 3, 2025
Skip the stress of early flights by soaking in hot springs and board your flight feeling refreshed.
- Japan
- (accommodation • airport • airport hotel • bath • capsule hotel • Chiba • COK • hot spring • hotel • Narita • Narita Airport • sauna • Seiji Nakazawa • sento • SNJO • super sento)
Enjoy fall to the fullest by soaking up a splash of color with autumn leaves and onsen
- Krista Rogers
Oct 16, 2024
Here are four great places in Japan where you can enjoy both the fall foliage as well as a soak in the hot springs.
- Japan
- (autumn • Booking.com • fall • fall leaves • foliage • hot springs • hotel • leaves • onsen • seasons • tourism • travel)
Is this cheap, US$20-a-night capsule hotel in Tokyo’s Kabukicho a good-value stay?
- Oona McGee
Jul 19, 2024
We find out if Booth is a safe haven in the midst of Tokyo’s notorious entertainment district.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotel • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • COK • hostels • hotel • internet cafe • Kabukicho • review • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo)
We stayed at Asakusa’s super-narrow, super-cheap, and surprisingly comfortable hotel
- Shannon
Jun 6, 2024
We almost can’t believe it’s under 3,500 yen (US$22.57) a night.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • cheap hotels • comfortable • hostels • hotel • Hotel Plus Hostel • Kaminarimon • stylish)
New Hiroshima guest house is expressly designed to feel like staying in a submarine
- Dale Roll
Dec 25, 2023
Add this to your list of novelty accommodations!
- Japan
- (acommodation • guest house • Hiroshima • hotel • Kure • Kure City • submarine)
Osaka hotel has amazing all-you-can-eat takoyaki and kushikatsu breakfast buffet
- Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2023
Start the day with a street food buffet!
- Japan
- (accommodation • breakfast • breakfast buffet • food • hotel • hotel breakfast • hotels • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • kushikats • local specialties • Masanuki Sunakoma • Osaka • SNJO • takoyaki • travel)
This hotel near Tokyo’s Haneda airport has an all-you-can-read manga library of over 8,000 volumes
- Krista Rogers
Oct 18, 2023
Flying via Tokyo’s Haneda Airport? The Quintessa Hotel Tokyo Haneda Comic & Books is perfect for manga lovers with its 24-hour library and warm food.
- Japan
- (Haneda Airport • hotel • library • lodging • manga • Masanuki Sunakoma • Quintessa Hotel Tokyo Haneda • value)
Osaka hotel reveals the top five things guests leave behind in their rooms
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2023
This checklist will save you from forgetting some common items.
- Japan
- (accommodation • hotel • hotels • Osaka • ranking • TikTok • travel • travel tips • videos)
Five things you can do to make hotel staff happy in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 24, 2023
TikTok video shows us how to be a good guest.
- Japan
- (accommodation • etiquette • hotel • hotels • Japanese accommodation • manners • Osaka • TikTok • tourists • travel • videos)
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