The Okura Tokyo

Best Tour of Japan with Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Andrew Sean Greer

"We arrive, jet-lagged and still 48, to a perfect re-creation of the original Okura’s former grandeur by Yoshio Taniguchi, the son of the first hotel’s architect, Yoshiro Taniguchi. A man in glasses and a vest leads us to our room; an elderly woman in a kimono holds the elevator for us. The room is large and modern, with sliding wooden walls that manage to imprison Mike within minutes of our arrival. A hotel worker in a tie and ponytail brings us champagne and roses. Reservations at the sushi counter are confirmed, and we enjoy a cocktail on the 41st floor with a view of Tokyo." - Travel + Leisure Editors