Design | How an Ordinary Japanese Hotel Outshines Many Luxury Brands

💖 While traveling in Fukuoka, I booked a hotel just for a quick stopover, but it turned out to be a delightful surprise. 🏨 Despite being located in a small city, the design and quality of this hotel are truly impressive. If we disregard the aging of the property, it can easily rival the newly opened Alila in Shanghai this year. In fact, in terms of details like glassware, tableware, hairdryers, and building materials both inside and out, this hotel, which costs over a thousand yen per night, surpasses the standards of most luxury hotels in China. Comparatively, Marriott, Hilton, and even some Park Hyatt hotels fall short. ✨ The fonts and 3D engravings on the walls of the public areas are similar to those in Park Hyatt. The fabric lamps and metal parts in the rooms are made of solid steel, unlike the hollow stainless steel tubes commonly used in China. The chairs in the rooms have unique designs and can be used as finished furniture. 📸 Just look at the pictures; this is a hotel with a hundred-year history that effortlessly achieves design excellence, all thanks to the accumulation of traditional Japanese design aesthetics.