Hot Bed
Lost in Temptation
THIS MONTH: Tokyo
Where? Suite 5331 at the Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo, in the city’s futuristic Midtown district.
What? Look east to see the red sun rise over the Imperial Palace and, in the distance, the silhouette of Mount Fuji.
Why? You are in the heart of ultramodern Tokyo, but a 20-minute bike ride brings you to the tranquil Shiba-Koen gardens and its Zojoji Temple, with hundreds of baby-shaped stone memorials, many sporting knitted red caps.
The WOWfactor: You can find anything in Tokyo. In the nearby shopping mall, there’s a glass-walled pets’ beauty parlour, where you can see local pooches get coiffed and pampered.
(Mary Gostelow is editor-in-chief of WOW.travel, the online magazine of kiwicollection.com. She is also a regular columnist for enRoute magazine.)
Getting there
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