Japan's Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
Owned by rival Japan Airlines and giving the ANA Hotel across the street a run for its money, this 29-story high-rise was designed by a Japanese-French team, who succeeded in giving it a boutique-hotel ambience despite its size. Its lobby exudes an exotic, French-colonial atmosphere, adorned with a bubbling fountain, rattan chairs stuffed with pillows, fake trees, antiques, and Asian decorative art ranging from ginger jars to Japanese lacquered boxes.
The English-speaking concierge staff receives high marks. Rooms are spacious, all with double-size or larger beds and decent-size bathrooms. Sink areas are separated from the bathrooms in doubles and twins, the most expensive of which add vanities.
