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"Hidden in Kagurazaka’s geisha-lined alleys, this single-townhouse hotel reveals an astonishing residence where restored tea-house details meet dark terrazzo floors and wood-paneled ceilings. A tatami tearoom with an iroko firepit hosts grandmaster-led tastings or geisha performances arranged by the on-call butler, while chef Masashi Okamoto serves French–Japanese feasts—think Jerusalem artichoke potage with soy milk foam and strawberry daifuku—at a long oak table. A huge cypress soaking tub sits cheekily beneath a shunga painting, and the pièce de résistance is a tiny soundproofed disco where creatives (Kaws has already dropped by) can karaoke on a rainbow checkerboard floor into the wee hours." - Danielle Demetriou, Adam H. Graham