Design

Emotional Rescue

Japanese Hotels That Defy Their Reputation

As a whole, Japan’s hotels have long been thought of as restrained and innocuous. But there are emotions to be found. You just need to know where to look.

Full Monty

Spa Hotels With the Total Zen Package

To achieve full zen status, a hotel needs stunning design and an inspired setting to go along with its saunas, steam rooms, and sound baths. Oh, and maybe one other thing.

Award Tour

The Best New Hotel Designs of 2022

We’ve sifted through every hotel added to the Tablet selection in 2022. These are our picks for the year’s most exciting designs.

Serenity Now

The Reinvention of the Ryokan

Thirteen hundred years after the first ryokan opened, the formula for these Japanese country inns remains as appealing as ever, and plenty ripe for reinventing. Not that it needs any.

Hold the Fort

All Along the Watchtower Hotels

The thing about forts and watchtowers is that they typically stand guard on some pretty choice locations. That doesn’t change when they’re converted into hotels.

Adults Only

Some Hotels Are Not Suitable for Children

When you need a break from the kids — yours, everyone else’s — there are a number of Tablet hotels happy to host. These impressive spaces allow adults to do some serious adulting, far from young and impressionable eyes.