from $495 per night

5 Star Hotel

Park Hyatt Tokyo

Tokyo’s most famous hotel has 177 rooms spread out over a dozen floors of a Tange Kenzō-designed skyscra...

from $263 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

Hyatt Regency Kyoto

The Hyatt Regency is an excellent, stylish and foreigner-friendly hotel at the southern end of Kyoto’s S...

from $319 per night

4 Star Hotel

The Westin Miyako Kyoto

This grande dame of Kyoto hotels occupies a commanding position overlooking the Higashiyama sightseeing ...

from $525 per night

5 Star Hotel

The Ritz Carlton, Tokyo

Crowning Tokyo Midtown, the Ritz-Carlton literally begins where other hotels leave off...

from $238 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Granvia Kyoto

Imagine being able to step out of bed and straight into the shinkansen (bullet train)...

from $344 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

With The Style Fukuoka

We don't know what the name means, but 'style' is indeed the byword at this sleek, designer hotel...

from $396 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Umine

In-room onsen baths with water views, gorgeous common baths, savvy contemporary design, excellent restau...

from $335 per night

Hotel resort

Lake Akan Tsuruga Resort Spa Tsuruga Wings

If you're looking for a worthwhile splurge, this stunner of a ryokan offers refined elegance in the true...

from $119 per night

5 Star Hotel

La Vista Hakodate Bay

This truly excellent upmarket hotel benefits from its location in Nishi-hatoba, a waterfront district wi...

from $70 per night

3 Star Hotel

Arietta Hotel Osaka

Located in Honmachi, which is about 10 minutes' walk north of the hopping Minami district (and served by...

from $31 per night

Hostel

Historical Ryokan Hostel K's House Ito Onsen

This newly opened hostel in a 100-year-old former ryokan might be the best deal in Japan...

from $35 per night

Hostel

Kussyarogenya Youth Hostel

Located just off of Rte 243 on the southern shores of Kussharo-ko, this wonderfully designed youth hoste...

from $27 per night

Hostel

Guest House Pongyi

Run by a friendly Japanese man who did a stint in Southeast Asia as a monk, Pongyi is a charmingly renov...

from $26 per night

Hostel

Hiroshima Hana Hostel

Hana is more guesthouse than backpacker joint, with a choice of Japanese- or Western-style private rooms...

from $35 per night

Hostel

Yakushima Youth Hostel

This well-run youth hostel is about 3km west of Onoaida...

from $152 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Clubby Sapporo

The Clubby is a busy, posh place located across the street from Sapporo Beer Factory (though beer's not ...

from $83 per night

4 Star Hotel

Crowne Plaza Ana Hiroshima

Rooms are large but plain, and the café downstairs is a mellow place to start the day over a buffet brea...

from $105 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Universal Port

This brand new luxury hotel near Universal Studios Japan is great for families with children...

from $132 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

Imperial Hotel Osaka

The Imperial Hotel Osaka is an elegant and gorgeous hotel...

from $58 per night

3 Star Hotel

Osaka Namba Washington Hotel Plaza

The Osaka Namba Washington Hotel Plaza is a large business hotel that gets its fair share of foreign vis...

from $348 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

Imperial Hotel

The legendary Imperial Hotel’s present building is the successor to Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1923 masterpiec...

from $89 per night

3 Star Hotel

Plaza Hotel Premier

Located in trendy Daimyō, the Premier is a smooth operator rivalling far pricier hotels...

from $66 per night

4 Star Hotel

Dormy Inn Kanazawa

This brand-new hotel steps from the station is filled with futuristic art...

from $90 per night

3 Star Hotel

Matsumoto Hotel Kagetsu

Southeast of the castle, this polished, old-line hotel has nice-sized Japanese- or Western-style rooms w...

from $157 per night

4 Star Hotel

Cross Hotel Osaka

Stylish rooms, excellent service and an awesome location make the Cross a fine choice at the upper end o...

from $201 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Avanshell Akasaka

The rooms in this beautifully designed 2004 high-rise are laid out under themes such as ‘primo’, and hav...

from $215 per night

4 Star Hotel

Fujiya Hotel

The posh, wood-trimmed Fujiya Hotel, which has the rustic feel of a 19th-century hunting lodge, is famou...

from $98 per night

3 Star Hotel

Keio Presso Inn Kanda

The Presso Inn chain is very much a businessperson’s hotel, with purely functional decor and few frills ...