Hotel in Tokyo, Japan
Fufu Tokyo Ginza
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About Fufu Tokyo Ginza
Tokyo’s flashy Ginza neighborhood is known for its luxury shopping brands. But the new Fufu—which means “to giggle” in Japanese—sits discreetly on a quiet backstreet behind the flagship Harry Winston. Guests arrive by passing through an earthen wall, then follow a darkened hallway to the end, where an ikebana flower lantern hangs, each colorful stamen, petal, and leaf vein poetically illuminated. But the 34-room property’s humble exterior belies the artful interiors on floors 7 to 12, which coddle guests in ultra privacy from the moment they arrive. The ethereal lobby, which smells of smoked green tea, is a herringbone configuration of individual check-in alcoves made of snow white washi paper. Other rarefied materials are found at every turn: aluminum silver designed to oxidize in the elevator, a zelkova-wood bar, willow-leaf-impressed mud tiles. It goes above and beyond the standard ryokan furnishings of tatami mats, sliding shoji, and hinoki onsen, which Fufu Ginza has too. *Privacy* is the code word here: An open-air foot bath on the rooftop features cabanas where guests sip sparkling yuzu soda and wine; retractable booths at the eight-seat sushi counter cordon you off from chatty neighbors. The big sell: Every room has a furnished and landscaped terrace and its own private onsen filled with volcanic water trucked in from Atami, 90 minutes away. The hidden bonus, however, is that there is no hotel crowd, and that’s precisely the point. You’ll get only fleeting glimpses of the other guests, as you decompress, reflect, and soak up the seclusion, the biggest luxury in a city of 14 million. *From $728. —Adam H. Graham*
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