Best Book Hotels & Hostels in Japan
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If you're a bibliophile looking for a little R&R during your trip to Japan, you're in luck! There's a surprising number of book-themed accommodation options that can help satisfy both your wanderlust and your desire to curl up with a great novel! Check out these recommendations form our friends at Trip101!
10. Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort
The Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort in Miyazaki Prefecture proudly advertises that it provides an ocean view from every room, and two separate library spaces. One is close to the elevator that takes you to its hot springs, Shousenkyu. It’s bookshelves, giant sofas, and classic furnishings is a space perfect for adults. The other library space is the Kaze Mochi Terrace for guests that are staying. It has travel books and magazines, a collection of pictures, sofas and swinging chairs, which makes you feel like you’re in the comfort of your own living room.
9. Ryokan Fujimoto
The Ryokan Fujimoto is home to the Okumanganji Hot Springs and is located nearby the Kurosawa Hot Springs in Yamagata Prefecture. It has a bar counter, a library with books and DVDs and a café space where you can drink complimentary coffee. From the windows, you can gaze out at beautiful verdure in between pages, which makes it the perfect place for some quiet contemplation.
8. Sekitei
At the Sekitei in Hiroshima, you can have a pleasant stay enjoying the expansive 1,500 square meters (about 16,146 square feet) garden. Its library space, the Yukashita Salon, feels like a hiding spot for adults, complete with an entrance that takes you downstairs and below ground. In addition, you can have a fulfilling stay by sitting on the chairs facing the garden as you are free to read, enjoy some wine or view the carp fish in the ponds.
7. Mikiya Ryokan
The Mikiya is home to the Kinosaki Hot Springs, and is also where Naoya Shiga, a famous author, wrote “Kinosaki ni Te,” or “At Cape Kinosaki.” Along with its sofas, the library lounge is packed with famous works of numerous authors and travel books for you to check out as you stay. The lounge area has a custom-made bookshelf with books. Highlighted by bright lights, it works as the focal point of the sitting area. The concept is unique and can keep you entertained all day.
6. Lamplight Books Hotel Nagoya
The Lamp Light Books Hotel Nagoya is part of a 24-hour operated book store. With about 3,000 books—that mostly consist of travel and mystery—on the first floor book store, guests are allowed to take books to their room and spend the night in its world, for a fresher kind of stay. You can have a fulfilling reading experience in its simple rooms as it includes reading lamps, and Ottoman-brand sofas to rest your elbows. In addition to reading, you can also relax at the café.
5. Nojiriko Hotel El Bosco
Within the forests which neighbor Lake Nojiriko in Nagano is the Nojiriko Hotel El Bosco. The concept of this hotel is for reading and to relax within nature, and to feel like you’re in a vacation house. From the lobby to the library space, you can read while looking at its vast nature from the windows. At this hotel, you can find a quiet and fulfilling time. Please note that due to construction, the hotel is closed from June 9, 2019, to October 31, 2019.
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