Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Top 10 Hot Springs
and Baths
!
Azabu-Juban Onsen
Here the water is a natural
brown, with a lot of bucolic
iron.
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Map D6 • 1-5-22 Azabu-
Juban, Minato-ku • 3404-2610
@
Koshi-No-Yu-Sento
An authentic Japanese
bathhouse, with Jacuzzi and
sauna.
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Map D6 • 1-5-22 Azabu-
Juban, Minato-ku • 3404-2610
Nezu Institute of Fine Arts Garden
&
Nezu Institute of
Fine Arts Garden
This small but complex garden is
a cross between a natural land-
scape and a tea garden. There
are narrow paths, teahouses, an
iris pond at the bottom of sloping
hillsides, and Buddhist stone
statuary
(see p95)
.
*
Cocktails at the
£
Komparu-yu
Edo-period bathhouse with
two tubs:
atatakai
(hot) and
nurui
(lukewarm).
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Map M5 •
8-7-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku • 3571-5469
$
Rokuryu Onsen
Traditional façade, huge
interior with amber-colored
water.
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Map F1 • 3-4-20
Ikenohata, Taito-ku • 3821-3826
New York Bar
Cocktails at the Park Hyatt's New
York Bar is Tokyo at its most
urbane. The 52nd-floor daytime
views take in distant Mount Fuji,
while the nightscape resembles
a brilliant, liquid-crystal forest
(see p130)
.
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Lion Beer Hall
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Asakusa Kannon
Public Baths
Historic bathhouse near Senso-
ji Temple.
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Map R1 • 2-7-26
Asakusa, Taito-ku • 3844-4141
^
Jakotsu-Yu
Hot jet-powered brown
waters followed by a cooler
outdoor bath.
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Map R2 • 1-11-
11 Asakusa, Taito-ku • 3841-8645
Part of a 1930s building,
this Bavarian-style beer hall is
surprisingly down-to-earth and
affordable for its location in
upmarket Ginza. The pub menu,
with variations on the theme of
the sausage, makes for a good
night out.
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Map M5 • 7-9-20 Ginza,
Chuo-ku • 3571-2590
&
Oedo Onsen
Monogatari
Hot-spring theme park, with
multiple baths.
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Map D2 •
2-57 Aomi, Koto-ku • 5500-1126
*
Shimizu-yu
A traditional bathhouse.
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Map C6 • 3-12-3 Minami-
Aoyama, Minato-ku • 3401-4404
(
La Qua Spa
)
Nail Bee
The water here is great for
poor circulation.
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Map E1
• La Qua Bldg, 6F, 1-1-1 Kasuga,
Bunkyo-ku • 3817-4173
)
Seta Onsen
Nail sculpturing, design, and
coloring are hyper-fashionable in
Tokyo. Besides a range of mani-
cures and pedicures to make
nails look like pop-art works, the
salon offers eyelash and eyebrow
treatments.
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Map N4 • Keitoku Bldg,
3F, 3-3-14 Ginza, Chuo-ku • 5250-0018 •
Open 11am-8pm
Indoor and outdoor baths
in a garden setting.
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Map B2
• 4-15-30 Seta, Setagaya-ku
• 3707-8228
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The Park Hyatt, home to the New York Bar, was the setting of the
film
Lost in Translation
(2003).
