Level 1 · Exercise Normal PrecautionsUltra-safe, impossibly organized, and endlessly novel — Japan pairs neon-lit streets in Tokyo and Osaka with silent temples in Kyoto and powder-deep ski slopes in Hokkaido. You can walk anywhere after midnight, eat street food without a second thought, and ride a train system that runs to the second.
Ian Schrager's minimalist tower with a forest-garden lobby and Tokyo Tower views u2014 design-hotel polish meets izakaya hospitality.
A vertical ryokan suspended 33 floors above Otemachi: timber, stone, and a 30-meter lap pool over the Imperial Palace.
The Lost in Translation original u2014 still the best sunset in Shinjuku from the New York Bar on floor 52.
