In Bunkyo, Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo rises above a historic garden of waterfalls, ponds, camellias and a three-storey pagoda. Spacious rooms and suites use either classically European furnishings or calmer Japanese references, with windows looking towards the garden or city skyline. Dining ranges from Il Teatro and Miyuki to Mokushundo, housed in a traditional building among the trees, while YU, THE SPA includes an indoor pool, treatment rooms and a hot-spring bath. Seasonal illumination and the garden’s drifting ‘Sea of Clouds’ mist transform the paths below the hotel throughout the day.