Playlist - Japan: The Precision Edit

So here’s a combination I didn’t see coming: a Thai luxury hotel brand, a brand new building, an underground pool, and a location literally steps from one of...

There’s a specific kind of travel experience that people spend years working toward and then, when they finally do it, describe as the best thing they’ve...

So Aman – the brand that basically invented the concept of obscenely quiet, criminally expensive luxury resorts – decided to launch a sister brand. And...

Right, so you just watched an hour-long tour of a hotel built around a pond garden that’s older than most European countries, and now you want to know if...

Okay so here’s the thing about Higashiyama Niseko Village, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve. The exterior is, to be honest, a bit of a shock. You drive up to what is...

Kyoto has no shortage of luxury hotels competing for the title of most culturally considered five-star in the city. But The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto has a location argument...

There are luxury hotels in Kyoto. And then there’s Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto — a place where the gate at the entrance was built in 1703 and the grounds your room...

Capella Kyoto opened on March 22, 2026 — which means this vlog, filmed in late April 2026, is about five weeks into the hotel’s life. The property was still warm...

There are ryokans and then there is Asaba. I don’t say that lightly — Japan has thousands of traditional inns, some of them genuinely extraordinary, and the word...