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"Zen wellness suspended among skyscrapers comes into focus about an hour after check-in—perhaps mid-meditation, 34 floors up—within the crisp geometry of Kerry Hill’s Japan-inspired masterpiece. A soaring lobby stages abstract blooms and a kimono-clad koto player, while bedrooms feel like mindfulness chambers with aromatic hinoki, sliding screens, and staggered levels. Impeccable food and service are givens, but the spa steals the show with everything from Shinto purification rituals to iaido sword training—though simply being here, as Tokyo glimmers below, is therapy enough." - Danielle Demetriou, Adam H. Graham